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Tornado Warning 159, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Oct 8, 2008, 10:46 AM CDT for Okaloosa County, Florida. It was in force for 12 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 8, 2008, 10:46 AM CDT (15:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 8, 2008, 10:58 AM CDT
- In force
- 12 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Okaloosa County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:46 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, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 221 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
- 289 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 615 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 168 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 177 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KMOB 081546
TORMOB
FLC091-081630-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0159.081008T1546Z-081008T1630Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1046 AM CDT WED OCT 8 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN OKALOOSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CRESTVIEW...
* UNTIL 1130 AM CDT
* AT 1041 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR MILLIGAN...
OR ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CRESTVIEW...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20
MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
CRESTVIEW BY 1055 AM CDT...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING...PREFERABLY IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR A ROOM SUCH AS
A CLOSET OR BATHROOM. IF POSSIBLE...GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER
PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY
AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL OR DAMAGING
STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
IF YOU ARE IN MOBILE HOME...EVACUATE IT AND GET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF A NEARBY STURDY BUILDING OR IN AN UNDERGROUND STORM SHELTER. IF NO
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER IS AVAILABLE AND A TORNADO IS FAST APPROACHING...
SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW DEPRESSION AND COVER YOUR
HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 3061 8664 3076 8675 3098 8657 3098 8638
3084 8638
TIME...MOT...LOC 1546Z 225DEG 17KT 3075 8662
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS54 KMOB 081558
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1058 AM CDT WED OCT 8 2008
FLC091-081608-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0159.000000T0000Z-081008T1630Z/
OKALOOSA FL-
1058 AM CDT WED OCT 8 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN OKALOOSA COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3061 8664 3076 8675 3098 8657 3098 8638
3084 8638
TIME...MOT...LOC 1558Z 225DEG 17KT 3079 8657
$$Nearby
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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.