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Tornado Warning 48, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Dec 2, 2009, 7:04 AM CST for Okaloosa County, Florida. It was in force for 41 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 2, 2009, 7:04 AM CST (13:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 2, 2009, 7:45 AM CST
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Okaloosa County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2, 7:32 AM CST | TORNADO | 3 Se Crestview, FL | DUKE FIELD FIRE DEPARTMENT AT EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE REPORTS A TORNADO ON THE GROUND. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2, 3:11 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 217 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
- 35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -199 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 516 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 236 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 021304
TORMOB
FLC091-021345-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0048.091202T1304Z-091202T1345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
704 AM CST WED DEC 2 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
OKALOOSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CRESTVIEW...
* UNTIL 745 AM CST
* AT 704 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 3 MILES NORTH OF
WRIGHT...OR ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT WALTON BEACH...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
DEERLAND BY 735 AM CST...
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.
TO REPORT ANY TORNADOES...FUNNEL CLOUDS...OR OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER
OBSERVATIONS TO YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...CALL TOLL FREE AT 1 8
7 7 6 3 3 6 7 7 2.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CST WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 3043 8661 3048 8676 3088 8653 3088 8638
3065 8638
TIME...MOT...LOC 1304Z 215DEG 38KT 3048 8664
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KMOB 021320
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
720 AM CST WED DEC 2 2009
FLC091-021345-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0048.000000T0000Z-091202T1345Z/
OKALOOSA FL-
720 AM CST WED DEC 2 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 AM CST FOR OKALOOSA
COUNTY...
AT 719 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS 13 MILES SOUTH OF CRESTVIEW...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF
FORT WALTON BEACH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
CRESTVIEW BY 735 AM CST...
CRESTVIEW AIRPORT BY 740 AM CST...
DEERLAND...DORCAS...AUBURN AND 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CAMPTON BY 745
AM CST...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING...PREFERABLY IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR A ROOM SUCH AS
A CLOSET OR BATHROOM. IF POSSIBLE...GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER
PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY
AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY BE OBSCURING THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE
PLACE.
REPORT ANY TORNADOES OR FUNNEL CLOUDS TO YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN MOBILE AT AREA CODE 2 5 1...AND THEN 6 3 3 6 4 4 3.
OR...YOU MAY CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...AND THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CST WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 3046 8659 3051 8675 3088 8653 3088 8638
3065 8638
TIME...MOT...LOC 1320Z 211DEG 34KT 3058 8660
$$000
WWUS54 KMOB 021344
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
744 AM CST WED DEC 2 2009
FLC091-021353-
/O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0048.000000T0000Z-091202T1345Z/
OKALOOSA FL-
744 AM CST WED DEC 2 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR OKALOOSA COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 745 AM
CST...
THE STORM HAS WEAKENED AND IS MOVING OUT OF OKALOOSA COUNTY.
LAT...LON 3046 8659 3051 8675 3088 8653 3088 8638
3065 8638
TIME...MOT...LOC 1343Z 211DEG 34KT 3076 8647
$$
25-CAMPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2, 4:26 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 49 min |
| Dec 2, 5:05 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 40 min |
| Dec 2, 5:09 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 2 hr |
| Dec 2, 6:54 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 51 min |
| Dec 2, 7:35 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 115 min |
| Dec 2, 8:52 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 36 hr |
| Dec 2, 9:08 AM CST | Coastal Flood Warning | MOB | 9 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.