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Tornado Warning 36, NWS Mobile, AL

October 13, 2001Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Oct 13, 2001, 2:32 PM CDT for Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 28 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Oct 13, 2001, 2:32 PM CDT (19:32 UTC)
Expired: Oct 13, 2001, 3:00 PM CDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Escambia County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Oct 13, 2:40 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 60 E	Molino, FL	Trees were blown down near the community as a thunderstorm moved through.
Oct 13, 2:40 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 60 E	Chumuckla, FL	High thunderstorm winds blew down trees near the community.

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 watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Oct 13, 2:00 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 243 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1483 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 513 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 223 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 295 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.8
Supercell composite: 9.9

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The text

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

472 
WFUS54 KMOB 131932
TORMOB
FLC033-113-132000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
232 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 300 PM CDT

* AT 232 PM CDT...PENSACOLA FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR 
HIGHWAY 29 AROUND CAR CITY IN PENSACOLA.  DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A 
TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM NEAR THIS LOCATION...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MILES 
AN HOUR.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  PACE...COTTAGE HILL BY 235 PM CDT
  MILTON BY 240 PM CDT
  MOLINO BY 250 PM CDT
  CHUMUCKLA...MILTON NEAR WHITING FIELD BY 255 PM CDT

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.  DO NOT USE YOUR 
CAR TO OUTRUN A TORNADO.

LAT...LON 3048 8736 3045 8716 3060 8704 3088 8693
          3091 8740

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 13, 2:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Escambia, Santa Rosa	30 min
Oct 13, 2:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Escambia, Santa Rosa	20 min
Oct 13, 3:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Escambia, Santa Rosa	22 min
Oct 13, 3:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Escambia	27 min
Oct 13, 4:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Escambia, Santa Rosa	45 min
Oct 13, 5:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Escambia, Santa Rosa	52 min
Oct 13, 6:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Escambia	50 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.