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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Mobile, AL

July 3, 2002Okaloosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jul 3, 2002, 1:28 PM CDT for Okaloosa County, Florida. It was in force for 84 days. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 3, 2002, 1:28 PM CDT (18:28 UTC)
Expired
Sep 25, 2002, 4:30 PM CDT
In force
84 days
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Okaloosa County, FL

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 20, 5:20 PM CDTHail 0.75Crestview, FL
Jul 22, 2:00 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 50 ECrestview, FLTrees were blown down along State Highway 285 east of Duke Field by high winds from a thunderstorm.
Sep 25, 4:20 PM CDTThunderstorm WindChoctaw Beach, FLA house was damaged by fallen trees. Reported by the Walton County EMA.

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

Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL (KVPS), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 7 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, Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL at 12:00Z on 2002-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 994 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, Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL at 12:00Z on 2002-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 17 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
994 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-64 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1086 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
20 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.

400 
WFUS54 KMOB 031828
TORMOB
FLC091-031900-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
125 PM CDT WED JUL 3 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  OKALOOSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA

* UNTIL 200 PM CDT

* AT 124 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF DESTIN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT AREAS OVER...  
  MORENO POINT EAST OF DESTIN BY 135 PM CDT.

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

LAT...LON 3054 8637 3041 8651 3021 8630 3038 8613

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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.