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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Mobile, AL

June 6, 2003Okaloosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 2003, 2:19 PM CDT for Okaloosa County, Florida. It was in force for 26 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 6, 2003, 2:19 PM CDT (19:19 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 2003, 2:45 PM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Okaloosa County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL (KVPS), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 10 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 2003-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1535 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 2003-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 35 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
1535 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
674 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

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

187 
WFUS54 KMOB 061919
TORMOB
FLC091-061945-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
218 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 245 PM CDT

* AT 214 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS FROM 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  VALPARAISO TO 6 MILES SOUTH OF POSTIL...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* LINE OF TORNADIC STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  NICEVILLE...SEMINOLE BY 225 PM CDT

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...ABANDON VEHICLES
AND TRAILER HOMES AND SEEK A REINFORCED SHELTER NOW. MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR CLOSET.

CALL 1-800-284-9054 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER.

LAT...LON 3067 8664 3040 8648 3039 8638 3074 8638

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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.