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Tornado Warning 99, NWS Mobile, AL

September 1, 2008Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Sep 1, 2008, 5:57 AM CDT for Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 48 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
Sep 1, 2008, 5:57 AM CDT (10:57 UTC)
Expired
Sep 1, 2008, 6:45 AM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Escambia County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:00 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 31, 8:49 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 11.0 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2008-09-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 852 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2008-09-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 116 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
852 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1155 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
116 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
227 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KMOB 011057
TORMOB
FLC033-113-011145-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0099.080901T1057Z-080901T1145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
557 AM CDT MON SEP 1 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
  SOUTHERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF NAVARRE...

* UNTIL 645 AM CDT

* AT 555 AM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  NAVARRE...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 49 MPH.

* THE  TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  BAGDAD BY 625 AM CDT...
  MILTON BY 630 AM CDT...

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY BE OBSCURING THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE
PLACE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3040 8689 3040 8695 3042 8698 3046 8693
      3051 8703 3055 8701 3050 8704 3049 8705
      3065 8722 3078 8706 3044 8679 3042 8679
      3038 8686 3038 8694
TIME...MOT...LOC 1057Z 137DEG 43KT 3035 8675

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KMOB 011117
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
617 AM CDT MON SEP 1 2008

FLC033-113-011145-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0099.000000T0000Z-080901T1145Z/
ESCAMBIA FL-SANTA ROSA FL-
617 AM CDT MON SEP 1 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 AM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
SANTA ROSA AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTIES...

AT 612 AM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS
NEAR NAVARRE...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 49 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  BAGDAD AND MILTON BY 630 AM CDT...
  6 MILES NORTHEAST OF PACE BY 635 AM CDT...

ADDITIONAL ROTATING THUNDERSTORMS WILL FOLLOW IN THE WAKE OF THIS 
STORM  MORE STATEMENTS TO FOLLOW.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY BE OBSCURING THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE
PLACE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3040 8689 3040 8695 3042 8698 3046 8693
      3051 8703 3055 8701 3050 8704 3049 8705
      3065 8722 3078 8706 3044 8679 3042 8679
      3038 8686 3038 8694
TIME...MOT...LOC 1117Z 137DEG 43KT 3051 8692

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 1, 3:31 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa44 min
Sep 1, 4:35 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa55 min
Sep 1, 4:40 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa50 min
Sep 1, 5:31 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa59 min
Sep 1, 6:28 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBEscambia62 min
Sep 1, 6:31 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBEscambia44 min
Sep 1, 6:37 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa53 min
Sep 1, 7:01 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBEscambia44 min
Sep 1, 7:12 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa38 min
Sep 1, 7:40 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa50 min
Sep 1, 7:57 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa48 min
Sep 1, 8:07 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa38 min
Sep 1, 8:12 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa63 min
Sep 1, 8:14 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBEscambia61 min
Sep 1, 8:18 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBOkaloosa, Santa Rosa24 min
Sep 1, 8:24 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBEscambia51 min
Sep 1, 8:32 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBEscambia43 min
Sep 1, 8:38 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBEscambia52 min
Sep 1, 8:49 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBEscambia27 min
Sep 1, 9:59 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBOkaloosa25 min
Sep 1, 10:28 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBOkaloosa29 min
Sep 1, 10:49 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBOkaloosa41 min
Sep 1, 11:35 AM CDTCoastal Flood WarningMOB22 hr
Sep 1, 12:05 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBOkaloosa40 min
Sep 1, 12:57 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBOkaloosa33 min
Sep 1, 2:48 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa42 min
Sep 1, 3:11 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBEscambia3 hr
Sep 1, 3:43 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBEscambia22 min
Sep 1, 6:02 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBEscambia3 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.