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Tornado Warning 62, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Dec 15, 2007, 4:05 PM CST 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
- Dec 15, 2007, 4:05 PM CST (22:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 15, 2007, 4:45 PM CST
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Okaloosa County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:07 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, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 216 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
- 39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -96 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 636 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 206 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KMOB 152205
TORMOB
FLC091-152245-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0062.071215T2205Z-071215T2245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
405 PM CST SAT DEC 15 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN OKALOOSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...FORT WALTON BEACH...DESTIN...
* UNTIL 445 PM CST
* AT 403 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR MARY
ESTHER...OR ABOUT NEAR FORT WALTON BEACH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45
MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
EGLIN AFB AND DESTIN BY 410 PM CST...
VALPARAISO...POSTIL AND NICEVILLE BY 415 PM CST...
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.
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.
LAT...LON 3042 8675 3071 8643 3051 8640 3046 8645
3046 8647 3045 8650 3044 8647 3037 8654
3039 8661 3038 8670
TIME...MOT...LOC 2205Z 225DEG 42KT 3043 8660
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS54 KMOB 152223
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
421 PM CST SAT DEC 15 2007
FLC091-152245-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0062.000000T0000Z-071215T2245Z/
OKALOOSA FL-
421 PM CST SAT DEC 15 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN OKALOOSA COUNTY...
AT 416 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THE STORM CONTAINING THE POSSIBLE
TORNADO WAS ABOUT 9 MILES NORTH OF DESTIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40
MPH.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 3047 8664 3064 8644 3052 8640 3046 8645
3045 8650 3044 8647 3045 8651 3042 8658
TIME...MOT...LOC 2221Z 226DEG 36KT 3057 8643
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 15, 11:19 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 56 min | |
| Dec 15, 1:06 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 24 min | |
| Dec 15, 1:27 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 63 min | |
| Dec 15, 1:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 52 min |
| Dec 15, 2:33 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 42 min |
| Dec 15, 3:12 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | MOB | Walton | 38 hr |
| Dec 15, 3:12 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | MOB | Walton | 24 hr |
| Dec 15, 3:20 PM CST | Wind Advisory | MOB | 20 hr | |
| Dec 15, 3:27 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 63 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.