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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Mobile, AL

February 23, 1999Escambia County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Feb 23, 1999, 6:32 PM CST for Escambia County, Florida. It was in force for 28 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 23, 1999, 6:32 PM CST (00:32 UTC)
Expired
Feb 23, 1999, 7:00 PM CST
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Escambia County, FL

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 23, 6:45 PM CSTTornado F0Pensacola Regional, FLA pilot saw a tornado briefly touch down on airport property. No damage was found.

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

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 230 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 1999-02-24Temperature 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 1999-02-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 72 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
2672 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
169 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.

000 
TTAA00 KMOB 240031 RRA
TORMOB
FLC033-240100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
632 PM CST TUE FEB 23 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN FLORIDA

* UNTIL 700 PM CST

* AT 628 PM CST... AS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR A TORNADO WAS LOCATED
  4 MILES NORTHWEST OF PENSACOLA OR 1 MILE NORTHWEST OF GOULDING...
  MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* TORNADO WILL PASS-
  JUST NORTH OF PENSACOLA NEAR HIGHWAY 90 BY 635 PM

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 23, 6:39 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBSanta Rosa36 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.