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Tornado Warning 48, NWS Mobile, AL

April 5, 2008Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 5, 2008, 7:51 AM CDT for Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 39 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
Apr 5, 2008, 7:51 AM CDT (12:51 UTC)
Expired
Apr 5, 2008, 8:30 AM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Escambia County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 230 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2008-04-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 46 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2008-04-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -40 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
46 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-137 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
460 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
73 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
12 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS54 KMOB 051251
TORMOB
FLC033-113-051330-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0048.080405T1251Z-080405T1330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
751 AM CDT SAT APR 5 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
  WEST CENTRAL SANTA ROSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...

* UNTIL 830 AM CDT

* AT 746 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR BELLVIEW...
  OR ABOUT 8 MILES WEST OF PENSACOLA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  FERRY PASS BY 800 AM CDT...
  PACE BY 810 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 3044 8738 3046 8737 3046 8739 3048 8742
      3067 8717 3054 8707 3041 8734
TIME...MOT...LOC 1251Z 232DEG 31KT 3049 8729

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 4, 11:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia24 min
Apr 5, 5:48 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBEscambia3 hr
Apr 5, 8:45 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa2 hr
Apr 5, 9:43 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchMOB4 hr
Apr 5, 10:42 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa2 hr
Apr 5, 11:14 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMOBEscambia, Okaloosa11 hr
Apr 5, 11:14 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMOBEscambia11 hr
Apr 5, 11:14 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMOBOkaloosa, Santa Rosa22 hr
Apr 5, 1:11 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMOBOkaloosa, Santa Rosa9 hr
Apr 5, 1:11 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMOBEscambia37 hr
Apr 5, 6:12 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMOBOkaloosa4 days

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.