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Tornado Warning 46, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Oct 18, 2007, 11:20 AM CDT for Okaloosa County, Florida. It was in force for 40 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 18, 2007, 11:20 AM CDT (16:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 18, 2007, 12:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Okaloosa County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 228 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 224 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -91 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 770 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KMOB 181620
TORMOB
FLC091-181700-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0046.071018T1620Z-071018T1700Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1120 AM CDT THU OCT 18 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN OKALOOSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH...
* UNTIL NOON CDT
* AT 1120 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 10 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF MARY ESTHER...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NAVARRE...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
MARY ESTHER BY 1140 AM CDT...
WRIGHT...OCEAN CITY AND 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT WALTON BEACH BY
1150 AM CDT...
7 MILES NORTHWEST OF EGLIN AFB AND 9 MILES WEST OF VALPARAISO BY
NOON CDT...
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 3044 8679 3066 8668 3054 8639 3038 8660
3039 8662 3039 8669 3037 8670 3038 8679
TIME...MOT...LOC 1620Z 211DEG 18KT 3034 8677
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KMOB 181636
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1136 AM CDT THU OCT 18 2007
FLC091-181700-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0046.000000T0000Z-071018T1700Z/
OKALOOSA FL-
1136 AM CDT THU OCT 18 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT FOR SOUTHERN
OKALOOSA COUNTY...
AT 1133 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS MOVING ONSHORE JUST WEST OF
MARY ESTHER...ABOUT 8 MILES WEST OF FORT WALTON BEACH...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
WRIGHT...OCEAN CITY AND 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT WALTON BEACH BY
1150 AM CDT...
7 MILES NORTHWEST OF EGLIN AFB AND 9 MILES WEST OF VALPARAISO BY
NOON CDT...
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 3040 8675 3043 8676 3065 8668 3066 8667
3061 8658 3054 8639 3040 8660 3039 8672
TIME...MOT...LOC 1636Z 211DEG 18KT 3042 8671
$$000
WWUS54 KMOB 181700
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1156 AM CDT THU OCT 18 2007
FLC091-181706-
/O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0046.000000T0000Z-071018T1700Z/
OKALOOSA FL-
1156 AM CDT THU OCT 18 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN OKALOOSA COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED
TO EXPIRE AT NOON CDT...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATES THE
ROTATION IN THE STORM HAS WEAKENED SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THE PAST
SEVERAL MINUTES. NO TORNADO SIGHTINGS OR DAMAGE REPORTS HAVE BEEN
RECEIVED WITH THIS STORM. AT 1156 AM...THE STORM WAS LOCATED JUST
NORTH OF WRIGHT...AND CONTINUED MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
STAY TUNED FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3040 8675 3043 8676 3065 8668 3066 8667
3061 8658 3054 8639 3040 8660 3039 8672
TIME...MOT...LOC 1656Z 220DEG 24KT 3052 8660
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 1:30 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 90 min | |
| Oct 18, 3:23 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 97 min | |
| Oct 18, 6:23 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 67 min | |
| Oct 18, 7:35 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 25 min | |
| Oct 18, 8:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 51 min |
| Oct 18, 8:58 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 62 min | |
| Oct 18, 9:11 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 34 min |
| Oct 18, 9:18 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Santa Rosa | 42 min |
| Oct 18, 9:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 39 min |
| Oct 18, 10:10 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 35 min |
| Oct 18, 10:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 36 min |
| Oct 18, 10:45 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 30 min | |
| Oct 18, 11:01 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 89 min | |
| Oct 18, 11:30 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 45 min |
| Oct 18, 12:11 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 94 min | |
| Oct 18, 1:47 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 88 min | |
| Oct 18, 3:19 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 86 min | |
| Oct 18, 3:52 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 83 min | |
| Oct 18, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia | 46 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.