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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Mobile, AL

February 22, 1998Okaloosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Feb 22, 1998, 5:46 AM CST for Okaloosa County, Florida. It was in force for 34 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
Feb 22, 1998, 5:46 AM CST (11:46 UTC)
Expired
Feb 22, 1998, 6:20 AM CST
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Okaloosa County, FL

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 22, 6:00 AM CSTHail 1Crestview, FLQuarter size hail was reported along I-10 just east of Crestview.

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 nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 11.8 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 1998-02-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1998-02-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
2350 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
107 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.

806 
WFUS1 KMOB 221143 RRA
TORMOB
FLC091-221220-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
546 AM CST SUN FEB 22 1998


THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE AL HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 620 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN NORTHWESTERN FLORIDA

   ...OKALOOSA COUNTY


AT 543 AM CST... DOPPLER RADAR AT MOBILE INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO
5 MILES NORT-NORTHWEST OF VALPARAISO,FL. THIS STORM WAS MOVING
EAST- NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.  THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO MOVE TO NEAR THE
OKALOOSA- WALTON COUNTY BORDER...ABOUT 2 MILES SOUTH OF I-10...BY 6AM.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...SEEK SAFETY IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...OR
CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 22, 4:31 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBOkaloosa, Santa Rosa64 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.