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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Feb 12, 2008, 3:07 PM CST for Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 38 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
- Feb 12, 2008, 3:07 PM CST (21:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 12, 2008, 3:45 PM CST
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Santa Rosa County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 12, 12:34 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 262 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1161 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 147 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KMOB 122106 TORMOB FLC113-122145- /O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0017.080212T2107Z-080212T2145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 307 PM CST TUE FEB 12 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL SANTA ROSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA... * UNTIL 345 PM CST * AT 302 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR MILTON NEAR WHITING FIELD...OR ABOUT 21 MILES NORTH OF PENSACOLA...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... ALLENTOWN BY 315 PM CST... BERRYDALE AND 7 MILES WEST OF MUNSON BY 345 PM CST... 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. LAT...LON 3097 8709 3088 8684 3064 8707 3067 8713 TIME...MOT...LOC 2107Z 202DEG 16KT 3073 8706 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KMOB 122117 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 317 PM CST TUE FEB 12 2008 FLC113-122145- /O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-080212T2145Z/ SANTA ROSA FL- 317 PM CST TUE FEB 12 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CST FOR NORTH CENTRAL SANTA ROSA COUNTY... AT 317 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ALLENTOWN...OR ABOUT 24 MILES SOUTH OF BREWTON...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... BERRYDALE AND 7 MILES WEST OF MUNSON BY 345 PM CST... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. LAT...LON 3097 8709 3088 8684 3074 8703 3076 8707 TIME...MOT...LOC 2117Z 202DEG 16KT 3077 8704 $$
000 WWUS54 KMOB 122136 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 333 PM CST TUE FEB 12 2008 FLC113-122145- /O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-080212T2145Z/ SANTA ROSA FL- 333 PM CST TUE FEB 12 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CST FOR NORTH CENTRAL SANTA ROSA COUNTY... AT 333 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BERRYDALE...OR ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTH OF BREWTON...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... BERRYDALE BY 345 PM CST... THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING A BRIEF TORNADO NEAR WHITING FIELD NEAR MILTON...AND CONTINUES TO SHOW SIGNS OF ROTATION. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. LAT...LON 3093 8703 3087 8687 3081 8700 3083 8704 TIME...MOT...LOC 2133Z 202DEG 16KT 3084 8701 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 12, 1:55 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | MOB | Walton | 17 hr |
| Feb 12, 3:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Santa Rosa | 32 min |
| Feb 12, 4:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia | 65 min |
| Feb 12, 5:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 55 min |
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.