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Tornado Warning 65, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at May 15, 2008, 12:35 PM CDT for Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 40 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
- May 15, 2008, 12:35 PM CDT (17:35 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 2008, 1:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 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), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:36 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 8:58 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 244 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
- 29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -291 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 528 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 212 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KMOB 151735
TORMOB
FLC091-113-151815-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0065.080515T1735Z-080515T1815Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1235 PM CDT THU MAY 15 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN OKALOOSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
NORTHERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 115 PM CDT
* AT 1235 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
ALLENTOWN...OR ABOUT 23 MILES SOUTH OF BREWTON...MOVING EAST AT 33
MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
ALLENTOWN AND MILTON NEAR WHITING FIELD BY 1240 PM CDT...
6 MILES SOUTH OF BERRYDALE BY 1245 PM CDT...
MUNSON BY 100 PM CDT...
CANNON TOWN...6 MILES NORTHWEST OF BAKER AND 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
BLACKMAN BY 115 PM 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.
REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE AT
(2 5 1) 6 3 3 6 4 4 3. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...AND THEY WILL
RELAY YOUR REPORT.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT THURSDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3079 8651 3071 8713 3088 8716 3100 8674
3100 8669
TIME...MOT...LOC 1735Z 254DEG 29KT 3078 8709
$$
PURDYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 11:10 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 52 min |
| May 15, 11:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 39 min |
| May 15, 11:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 41 min |
| May 15, 12:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Santa Rosa | 45 min |
| May 15, 12:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 43 min |
| May 15, 12:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 44 min |
| May 15, 1:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 38 min |
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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.