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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Mobile, AL

January 15, 1997Santa Rosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jan 15, 1997, 9:36 PM CST for Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 69 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jan 15, 1997, 9:36 PM CST (03:36 UTC)
Expired: Jan 15, 1997, 10:45 PM CST
In force: 69 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Whole counties

County Santa Rosa County, FL

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jan 15, 9:45 PM CST	Tornado F1	Milton T Fld, FL

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jan 15, 5:30 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 262 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 548 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 582 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 309 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 388 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.8
Supercell composite: 3.7

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMOB 160337 RRA
TORMOB
FLC113-160445-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
936 PM CST WED JAN 15 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA
 
   ...SANTA ROSA COUNTY
 
 
 
 
AT 935 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AND SHERRIFS
REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND JUST EAST OF PACE WHICH WILL AFFECT
MILTON BY 945 PM.
 
TAKE COVER NOW!!!
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
RSUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 15, 9:16 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Santa Rosa	44 min
Jan 15, 9:41 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Okaloosa	64 min
Jan 15, 10:13 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Okaloosa	47 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.