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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Mobile, AL

March 1, 2007Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 1, 2007, 10:46 AM CST for Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 44 min. 1 report 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
Mar 1, 2007, 10:46 AM CST (16:46 UTC)
Expired
Mar 1, 2007, 11:30 AM CST
In force
44 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), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:49 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 1, 11:37 AM CSTTSTM WND DMG10 S Munson, FLPOSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR HWY 191 NEAR SPRING HILL. TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 1, 7:28 AM CSTTornado Watch PDSSPC12 hr
Mar 1, 9:47 AM CSTTornado Watch PDSSPC10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 234 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2007-03-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 15 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2007-03-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 322 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
15 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-377 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
891 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
70 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
322 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
447 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.2

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KMOB 011645
TORMOB
FLC091-113-011730-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0010.070301T1646Z-070301T1730Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1046 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN OKALOOSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CRESTVIEW...
  EAST CENTRAL SANTA ROSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...

* UNTIL 1130 AM CST

* AT 1041 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES WEST OF
  GALLIVER...OR ABOUT 14 MILES WEST OF CRESTVIEW...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  BAKER AND MILLIGAN BY 1055 AM CST...
  CANNON TOWN AND CRESTVIEW BY 1100 AM CST...
  6 MILES NORTHWEST OF CRESTVIEW AIRPORT BY 1105 AM CST...
  PEADEN BY 1110 AM CST...
  8 MILES NORTHWEST OF DORCAS BY 1115 AM CST...

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.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3075 8692 3060 8679 3079 8639 3097 8650

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 1, 4:37 AM CSTFire Weather WatchMOBWalton10 hr
Mar 1, 8:39 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB36 min
Mar 1, 9:00 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa30 min
Mar 1, 9:15 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB30 min
Mar 1, 9:57 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBEscambia24 min
Mar 1, 10:03 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB27 min
Mar 1, 10:15 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa45 min
Mar 1, 11:14 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBOkaloosa, Santa Rosa46 min
Mar 1, 12:01 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBOkaloosa34 min
Mar 1, 1:55 PM CSTWind AdvisoryMOB4 hr
Mar 1, 2:35 PM CSTRed Flag WarningMOBWalton28 hr
Mar 1, 3:41 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB49 min
Mar 1, 5:32 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB58 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.