Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 23, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Feb 12, 2008, 6:33 PM CST for Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 42 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, 6:33 PM CST (00:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 12, 2008, 7:15 PM CST
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:36 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, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 224 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 130033
TORMOB
FLC091-113-130115-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0023.080213T0033Z-080213T0115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
633 PM CST TUE FEB 12 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
OKALOOSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...FORT WALTON BEACH...CRESTVIEW...
SOUTHEASTERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF NAVARRE...
* UNTIL 715 PM CST
* AT 632 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF GALLIVER TO NAVARRE...OR
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES WEST OF CRESTVIEW TO
NAVARRE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
* TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
GALLIVER BY 640 PM CST...
BAKER AND HOLT BY 645 PM CST...
MILLIGAN BY 650 PM CST...
WRIGHT AND CRESTVIEW BY 655 PM CST...
CRESTVIEW AIRPORT...OCEAN CITY AND FORT WALTON BEACH BY 700 PM
CST...
VALPARAISO BY 705 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 3078 8686 3085 8645 3045 8650 3043 8649
3044 8650 3044 8653 3042 8656 3041 8695
TIME...MOT...LOC 0033Z 268DEG 32KT 3076 8679 3043 8687
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KMOB 130056
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
656 PM CST TUE FEB 12 2008
FLC113-130106-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-080213T0115Z/
SANTA ROSA FL-
656 PM CST TUE FEB 12 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL SANTA ROSA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING
FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 3085 8645 3074 8646 3073 8648 3072 8647
3045 8650 3042 8656 3043 8672 3078 8670
TIME...MOT...LOC 0056Z 268DEG 32KT 3076 8662 3047 8665
$$
FLC091-130115-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-080213T0115Z/
OKALOOSA FL-
656 PM CST TUE FEB 12 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CST FOR CENTRAL
OKALOOSA COUNTY...
AT 654 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS. THESE TORNADO PRODUCING
STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MILLIGAN TO WRIGHT...
OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CRESTVIEW TO 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT
WALTON BEACH...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
CRESTVIEW AIRPORT...AUBURN AND EGLIN AFB BY 705 PM CST...
VALPARAISO BY 710 PM CST...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING
FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 3085 8645 3074 8646 3073 8648 3072 8647
3045 8650 3042 8656 3043 8672 3078 8670
TIME...MOT...LOC 0056Z 268DEG 32KT 3076 8662 3047 8665
$$000
WWUS54 KMOB 130114
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
711 PM CST TUE FEB 12 2008
FLC091-130121-
/O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-080213T0115Z/
OKALOOSA FL-
711 PM CST TUE FEB 12 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL OKALOOSA COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
715 PM CST...
THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST ACROSS OKALOOSA COUNTY
CONTINUE TO PRODUCE STRONG STRAIGHT LINE WINDS TO AROUND 50 MPH.
THE ROTATION OF STORMS ALONG THE LINE HAVE WEAKENED OVER THE PAST
FEW MINUTES...AND THE TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE FOR
OKALOOSA COUNTY.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 3085 8645 3074 8646 3073 8648 3072 8647
3045 8650 3042 8656 3043 8672 3078 8670
TIME...MOT...LOC 0111Z 268DEG 32KT 3076 8645 3048 8647
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 12, 6:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Santa Rosa | 23 min |
| Feb 12, 6:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 53 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.