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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Mobile, AL

March 9, 1999Escambia County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 9, 1999, 4:59 AM CST for Escambia County, Florida. It was in force for 61 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
Mar 9, 1999, 4:59 AM CST (10:59 UTC)
Expired
Mar 9, 1999, 6:00 AM CST
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Escambia County, FL

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 9, 1:00 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 11.0 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 1999-03-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 230 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 1999-03-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 224 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
230 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
476 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
224 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
298 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMOB 091059 RRA
TORMOB
FLC033-091200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
459 AM CST TUE MAR 9 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 600 AM CST

* AT 456 AM CST... AS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR A TORNADO WAS LOCATED
  11 MILES NORTHWEST OF PENSACOLA OR 5 MILES WEST OF ENSLEY... MOVING
  EAST AT 45 MPH.

* TORNADO WILL PASS NEAR-
  ENSLEY BY 500 AM CST
  OLIVE BY 505 AM CST
  BRENT BY 505 AM CST
  PENSACOLA BY 505 AM CST
  RIVERVIEW BY 510 AM CST

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
Mar 9, 2:39 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia51 min
Mar 9, 3:04 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBSanta Rosa41 min
Mar 9, 3:27 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBOkaloosa, Santa Rosa78 min
Mar 9, 4:44 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia76 min
Mar 9, 5:29 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBOkaloosa61 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.