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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Mobile, AL

September 26, 2002Okaloosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Sep 26, 2002, 9:07 AM CDT for Okaloosa County, Florida. It was in force for 33 days. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Sep 26, 2002, 9:07 AM CDT (14:07 UTC)
Expired
Oct 29, 2002, 8:15 AM CST
In force
33 days
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Okaloosa County, FL

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 26, 3:40 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 82 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 2002-09-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 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 2002-09-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 19 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
941 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
42 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.

448 
WFUS54 KMOB 261407
TORMOB
FLC091-261430-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
907 AM CDT THU SEP 26 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 930 AM CDT

* AT 903 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF VALPARAISO...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  HOLT BY 920 AM CDT
  CRESTVIEW...MILLIGAN BY 925 AM 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 3051 8670 3050 8649 3097 8644 3098 8670

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 25, 10:07 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa3 hr
Sep 25, 10:12 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa3 hr
Sep 26, 8:00 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBSanta Rosa24 days
Sep 26, 8:48 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBOkaloosa, Santa Rosa24 days
Sep 26, 8:48 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBOkaloosa24 days

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.