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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 27, 2009, 5:39 AM CDT for Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 51 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
- Mar 27, 2009, 5:39 AM CDT (10:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 2009, 6:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 51 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), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:41 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 12:48 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 246 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
- 132 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -95 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 692 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 193 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 239 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KMOB 271039
TORMOB
FLC091-113-271130-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0016.090327T1039Z-090327T1130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
539 AM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL OKALOOSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
SOUTHEASTERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 630 AM CDT
* AT 537 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER SANTA ROSA
COUNTY...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF NAVARRE...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 35 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
RURAL SOUTHEASTERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY AT 550 AM CDT
RURAL WESTERN OKALOOSA COUNTY AT 600 AM CDT
RURAL CENTRAL OKALOOSA COUNTY AT 620 AM CDT
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.
DO NOT USE YOUR VEHICLE TO TRY TO OUTRUN AN APPROACHING TORNADO. ANY
SIZE OF VEHICLE CAN BE EASILY BE TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADIC WINDS. IF
YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE VEHICLE AND SEEK
SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE STRUCTURE IS AVAILABLE...
SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW DEPRESSION AND COVER YOUR
HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. DO NOT USE HIGHWAY OVERPASSES FOR SHELTER.
OVERPASSES DO NOT PROVIDE PROTECTION FROM TORNADIC WINDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 3045 8696 3046 8693 3047 8696 3051 8702
3073 8663 3056 8653 3044 8695
TIME...MOT...LOC 1039Z 242DEG 31KT 3049 8697
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS54 KMOB 271100
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
600 AM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009
FLC113-271110-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-090327T1130Z/
SANTA ROSA FL-
600 AM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 3056 8679 3068 8662 3056 8653 3051 8677
3052 8677
TIME...MOT...LOC 1100Z 242DEG 31KT 3056 8674
$$
FLC091-271130-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-090327T1130Z/
OKALOOSA FL-
600 AM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 AM CDT FOR CENTRAL
OKALOOSA COUNTY...
AT 555 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS OVER EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN OKALOOSA COUNTY...OR ABOUT 10
MILES NORTHEAST OF NAVARRE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
RURAL CENTRAL OKALOOSA COUNTY AT 610 AM CDT
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.
DO NOT USE YOUR VEHICLE TO TRY TO OUTRUN AN APPROACHING TORNADO. ANY
SIZE OF VEHICLE CAN BE EASILY BE TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADIC WINDS. IF
YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE VEHICLE AND SEEK
SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE STRUCTURE IS AVAILABLE...
SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW DEPRESSION AND COVER YOUR
HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. DO NOT USE HIGHWAY OVERPASSES FOR SHELTER.
OVERPASSES DO NOT PROVIDE PROTECTION FROM TORNADIC WINDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 3056 8679 3068 8662 3056 8653 3051 8677
3052 8677
TIME...MOT...LOC 1100Z 242DEG 31KT 3056 8674
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 3:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia | 47 min |
| Mar 27, 4:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 65 min |
| Mar 27, 4:24 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia | 36 min |
| Mar 27, 4:53 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Santa Rosa | 27 min |
| Mar 27, 5:17 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 33 min |
| Mar 27, 5:56 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 49 min |
| Mar 27, 6:16 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 14 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.