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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Mobile, AL

January 15, 1997Okaloosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jan 15, 1997, 10:13 PM CST for Okaloosa County, Florida. It was in force for 47 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 15, 1997, 10:13 PM CST (04:13 UTC)
Expired
Jan 15, 1997, 11:00 PM CST
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Okaloosa County, FL

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 15, 5:30 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 221 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 1997-01-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 1997-01-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 258 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
753 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
258 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
408 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

184 
WFUS1 KMOB 160406 RRA
TORMOB
FLC091-160500-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1004 PM CST WED JAN 15 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA
 
   ...OKALOOSA COUNTY
 
AT 1004 PM CST...SHERIFF AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTS CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO ON THE GROUND IN EXTREME EAST CENTRAL SANTA ROSA
COUNTY FL...JUST NORTH OF HIGHWAY 90 INBETWEEN MILTON AND HAROLD. THE
TORNADO WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK EAST AND PASS JUST SOUTH OF HOLT NEAR 101
P 
IN YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...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
SUCH 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 15, 9:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBSanta Rosa44 min
Jan 15, 9:36 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBSanta Rosa69 min
Jan 15, 9:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBOkaloosa64 min

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.