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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Mobile, AL

November 8, 2000Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Nov 8, 2000, 11:40 AM CST for Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 35 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
Nov 8, 2000, 11:40 AM CST (17:40 UTC)
Expired
Nov 8, 2000, 12:15 PM CST
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Escambia County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 246 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 12:00Z on 2000-11-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 985 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 12:00Z on 2000-11-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 180 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
985 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
661 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
180 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
204 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
5.6

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KMOB 081740
TORMOB

FLC033-113-081815-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1140 AM CST WED NOV 8 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA
  SANTA ROSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA

* UNTIL 1215 PM CST

* AT 1138 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO OVER BRENT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
   FERRY PASS...GONZALEZ BY 1145 AM CST
   PACE BY NOON CST
   MILTON BY 1215 PM CST

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...ABANDON VEHICLES AND TRAILER
HOMES AND SEEK A REINFORCED SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

IF IN A MOBILE HOME OR VEHICLE...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LOIN 3048 8740 3036 8725 3060 8693 3076 8711

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 8, 2:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBOkaloosa30 min
Nov 8, 2:15 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBOkaloosa30 min
Nov 8, 4:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBOkaloosa65 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.