Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 1, 2007, 9:57 AM CST for Escambia County, Florida. It was in force for 24 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, 9:57 AM CST (15:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 1, 2007, 10:21 AM CST
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Escambia County, FL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 7:28 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 12 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 227 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
- 1034 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 563 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 172 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 257 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 5.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KMOB 011557
TORMOB
FLC033-011645-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0008.070301T1557Z-070301T1645Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
957 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 1045 AM CST
* AT 954 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES WEST
OF WALNUT HILL...OR ABOUT 9 MILES EAST OF BAY MINETTE...MOVING
EAST TO NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
WALNUT HILL BY 1005 AM CST...
OAK GROVE BY 1010 AM CST...
BRATT BY 1015 AM CST...
8 MILES NORTHWEST OF MCDAVID BY 1020 AM CST...
CENTURY BY 1030 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 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 3088 8763 3079 8754 3080 8731 3093 8729
3100 8719 3100 8758
$$2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KMOB 011612 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1012 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 FLC033-011645- /O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070301T1645Z/ ESCAMBIA FL- 1012 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 AM CST FOR NORTHWESTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY... AT 1011 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BRATT...OR ABOUT 18 MILES EAST OF BAY MINETTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF CENTURY BY 1025 AM CST... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA. LAT...LON 3092 8755 3087 8733 3100 8720 3099 8754 $$
000 WWUS54 KMOB 011621 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1020 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 FLC033-011630- /O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070301T1645Z/ ESCAMBIA FL- 1020 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM HAS MOVED NORTH OF THE COUNTY. 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 3092 8755 3087 8733 3100 8720 3099 8754 $$
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, 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, 12:01 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 34 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.