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Tornado Warning 42, NWS Mobile, AL

October 22, 2006Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Oct 22, 2006, 2:34 AM CDT for Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa 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: Oct 22, 2006, 2:34 AM CDT (07:34 UTC)
Expired: Oct 22, 2006, 3:00 AM CDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 238 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 5547 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 79 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KMOB 220734
TORMOB
FLC091-113-220800-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0042.061022T0734Z-061022T0800Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
234 AM CDT SUN OCT 22 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...

  OKALOOSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA
  SOUTHEASTERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA

* UNTIL 300 AM CDT

* AT 230 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 13 MILES WEST OF
  WRIGHT...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  WRIGHT BY 300 AM CDT

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...ABANDON VEHICLES AND
MOBILE HOMES AND SEEK A REINFORCED SHELTER. MOVE TO THE LOWEST FLOOR
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR CLOSET. COVER YOUR BODY WITH BLANKETS OR PILLOWS.

IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 3046 8687 3042 8687 3043 8663 3057 8666

$$

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS54 KMOB 220753
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
252 AM CDT SUN OCT 22 2006

FLC113-220802-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0042.000000T0000Z-061022T0800Z/
SANTA ROSA FL-
252 AM CDT SUN OCT 22 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SANTA ROSA COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM HAS MOVED EAST INTO OKALOOSA COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3050 8676 3046 8677 3047 8658 3058 8661

$$

FLC091-220800-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0042.000000T0000Z-061022T0800Z/
OKALOOSA FL-
252 AM CDT SUN OCT 22 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 300 AM CDT FOR OKALOOSA 
COUNTY...

AT 251 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHWESTERN
OKALOOSA COUNTY...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF NAVARRE...MOVING EAST
AT 25 MPH.

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

TREES AND POWER LINES WERE REPORTED DOWN AROUND THE MIDWAY AREA OF 
SOUTH SANTA ROSA COUNTY AS THIS STORM MOVED THROUGH.   

LAT...LON 3050 8676 3046 8677 3047 8658 3058 8661

$$

000 
WWUS54 KMOB 220805
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
303 AM CDT SUN OCT 22 2006

FLC091-220811-
/O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0042.000000T0000Z-061022T0800Z/
OKALOOSA FL-
303 AM CDT SUN OCT 22 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL OKALOOSA COUNTY WAS ALLOWED 
TO EXPIRE AT 300 AM CDT...

AT 301 AM CDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THE ROTATION IN THE 
STORM OVER SOUTH CENTRAL OKALOOSA COUNTY HAS WEAKENED CONSIDERABLY 
OVER THE PAST FEW MINUTES AND THE POTENTIAL FOR A TORNADO HAS 
DIMINISHED FOR THE MOMENT.

THIS STORM IS STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SUDDEN WIND GUSTS AROUND 45 
MPH IN ADDITION TO DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES AND LOCALLY HEAVY 
RAINS.  

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECASTERS CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS STORM 
CLOSELY.  THE ENVIRONMENT REMAINS CONDUCIVE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF 
BRIEF...ISOLATED TORNADOES THROUGH 6 AM ACROSS THE WESTERN FLORIDA 
PANHANDLE AND OFFSHORE OVER THE NEAR SHORE GULF COASTAL WATERS.  

STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 3050 8676 3046 8677 3047 8658 3058 8661

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 22, 4:02 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	MOB	Walton	39 hr
Oct 22, 2:06 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	MOB	Walton	24 hr

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.