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Tornado Warning 26, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 31, 2009, 3:02 PM CDT for Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 31 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 31, 2009, 3:02 PM CDT (20:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2009, 3:33 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 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), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:02 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 31, 1:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 235 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
- 2169 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 243 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 172 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 312002 TORMOB FLC091-113-312045- /O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0026.090331T2002Z-090331T2045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 302 PM CDT TUE MAR 31 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN OKALOOSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA... NORTHEASTERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA... * UNTIL 345 PM CDT * AT 256 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 16 MILES WEST OF BLACKMAN...OR ABOUT 17 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BREWTON...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... BLACKMAN AND ESCAMBIA FARMS BY 325 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. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. LAT...LON 3099 8656 3085 8645 3086 8690 3094 8693 TIME...MOT...LOC 2002Z 261DEG 29KT 3091 8685 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS54 KMOB 312033 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 333 PM CDT TUE MAR 31 2009 FLC091-113-312044- /O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-090331T2045Z/ OKALOOSA FL-SANTA ROSA FL- 334 PM CDT TUE MAR 31 2009 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN SANTA ROSA AND NORTHWESTERN OKALOOSA COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. LAT...LON 3099 8656 3085 8645 3086 8690 3094 8693 TIME...MOT...LOC 2034Z 261DEG 29KT 3095 8655 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 1:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia | 65 min |
| Mar 31, 2:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 42 min |
| Mar 31, 2:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 47 min |
| Mar 31, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Santa Rosa | 37 min |
| Mar 31, 2:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 6 hr |
| Mar 31, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 45 min |
| Mar 31, 3:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 13 min |
| Mar 31, 5:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia | 20 min |
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.