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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Feb 12, 2008, 6:07 PM CST for Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 23 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, 6:07 PM CST (00:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 12, 2008, 6:30 PM CST
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Santa Rosa County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:10 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
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 255 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
- 1391 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 182 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 130009 TORMOB FLC113-130030- /O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0022.080213T0007Z-080213T0030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 607 PM CST TUE FEB 12 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA... * UNTIL 630 PM CST * AT 605 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO JUST EAST OF WALLACE AND JUST NORTH OF MILTON...OR ABOUT 18 MILES NORTH OF PENSACOLA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... MILTON NEAR WHITING FIELD AND ALLENTOWN BY 615 PM CST... 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF HAROLD BY 625 PM CST... 6 MILES SOUTH OF MUNSON BY 630 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. LAT...LON 3098 8678 3064 8679 3059 8716 3074 8714 TIME...MOT...LOC 0007Z 245DEG 33KT 3068 8710 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 12, 6:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 53 min |
| Feb 12, 6:33 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 42 min |
| Feb 13, 6:49 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | MOB | Walton | 23 hr |
| Feb 13, 6:49 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | MOB | Walton | 5 hr |
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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.