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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Mobile, AL

March 1, 2007Okaloosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 1, 2007, 12:01 PM CST for Okaloosa County, Florida. It was in force for 34 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: Mar 1, 2007, 12:01 PM CST (18:01 UTC)
Expired: Mar 1, 2007, 12:35 PM CST
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Okaloosa County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 1, 9:47 AM CST	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 219 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: 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 011801
TORMOB
FLC091-011845-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0014.070301T1801Z-070301T1845Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1201 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1245 PM CST

* AT 1159 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR PEADEN...OR
  ABOUT 9 MILES NORTH OF CRESTVIEW...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  SVEA BY 1210 PM 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 600 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 800 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3089 8664 3076 8650 3084 8639 3098 8639
      3098 8657

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KMOB 011835
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1235 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007

FLC091-011845-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-070301T1845Z/
OKALOOSA FL-
1235 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN OKALOOSA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3089 8664 3076 8650 3084 8639 3098 8639
      3098 8657

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 1, 4:37 AM CST	Fire Weather Watch	MOB	Walton	10 hr
Mar 1, 8:39 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		36 min
Mar 1, 9:00 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Escambia, Santa Rosa	30 min
Mar 1, 9:15 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		30 min
Mar 1, 9:57 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Escambia	24 min
Mar 1, 10:03 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		27 min
Mar 1, 10:15 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Escambia, Santa Rosa	45 min
Mar 1, 10:46 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Okaloosa, Santa Rosa	44 min
Mar 1, 11:14 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Okaloosa, Santa Rosa	46 min
Mar 1, 1:55 PM CST	Wind Advisory	MOB		4 hr
Mar 1, 2:35 PM CST	Red Flag Warning	MOB	Walton	28 hr
Mar 1, 3:41 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		49 min
Mar 1, 5:32 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		58 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.