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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 24, 2000, 6:11 AM CDT for Santa Rosa 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
- Apr 24, 2000, 6:11 AM CDT (11:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 24, 2000, 6:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Santa Rosa County, FL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 6:20 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 65 E | Milton, FL | High winds damaged three homes just off of State Highway 87 and just south of Whiting Field. Siding and pieces of tin were picked up by the wind and blown into the houses. Most of the damage was to the roofs of the homes caused by flying debris. Trees and |
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, 11.2 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 89 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -269 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 924 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 75 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 270 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 304 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KMOB 241112 TORMOB FLC113-241145- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 611 AM CDT MON APR 24 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SANTA ROSA COUNTY IN FLORIDA * UNTIL 645 AM CDT * AT 611 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO OVER EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL SANTA ROSA COUNTY...OR ABOUT 16 MILES EAST OF PENSACOLA...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MOBILE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 5:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia | 36 min |
| Apr 24, 5:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Santa Rosa | 43 min |
| Apr 24, 6:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 49 min |
| Apr 24, 12:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 33 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.