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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 9, 2011, 12:16 PM CST for Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 26 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 9, 2011, 12:16 PM CST (18:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 9, 2011, 12:42 PM CST
- In force
- 26 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), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:15 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 9, 7:26 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 222 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
- 611 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 348 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 471 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
709
WFUS54 KMOB 091816
TORMOB
FLC091-113-091900-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0023.110309T1816Z-110309T1900Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1216 PM CST WED MAR 9 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN OKALOOSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...LAKE LORRAINE...WRIGHT...
VALPARAISO...OCEAN CITY...NICEVILLE...MARY ESTHER...FORT WALTON
BEACH...EGLIN AFB...DESTIN...
SOUTHEASTERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 100 PM CST
* AT 1213 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 12 MILES WEST OF
MARY ESTHER...OR 15 MILES WEST OF CINCO BAYOU...MOVING EAST AT 35
MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
MARY ESTHER AROUND 1230 PM CST...
FORT WALTON BEACH AND WRIGHT AROUND 1235 PM CST...
CINCO BAYOU...LAKE LORRAINE...SHALIMAR AND OCEAN CITY AROUND 1240
PM CST...
LAKE LORRAINE AND EGLIN AFB AROUND 1245 PM CST...
VALPARAISO AROUND 1250 PM CST...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CST WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.
&&
LAT...LON 3040 8687 3039 8698 3046 8693 3049 8694
3062 8638 3046 8638 3046 8642 3049 8645
3044 8658 3041 8652 3043 8646 3041 8639
3039 8638 3040 8651 3039 8653 3040 8664
3038 8685
TIME...MOT...LOC 1815Z 253DEG 32KT 3037 8683
$$1 follow-up statement
786
WWUS54 KMOB 091842
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1242 PM CST WED MAR 9 2011
FLC091-113-091852-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-110309T1900Z/
OKALOOSA FL-SANTA ROSA FL-
1242 PM CST WED MAR 9 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN SANTA ROSA AND SOUTHERN
OKALOOSA COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
AT 1242 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED...THUS THE
TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CST WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 3040 8687 3039 8698 3046 8693 3049 8694
3062 8638 3046 8638 3046 8642 3049 8645
3044 8658 3041 8652 3043 8646 3041 8639
3039 8638 3040 8651 3039 8653 3040 8664
3038 8685
TIME...MOT...LOC 1842Z 253DEG 32KT 3044 8656
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 9:02 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 58 min |
| Mar 9, 9:10 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 65 min |
| Mar 9, 9:10 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia | 50 min |
| Mar 9, 9:16 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia | 44 min |
| Mar 9, 9:25 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 6 hr |
| Mar 9, 9:26 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 49 min |
| Mar 9, 9:40 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 50 min |
| Mar 9, 10:09 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 66 min |
| Mar 9, 10:17 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Santa Rosa | 6 hr |
| Mar 9, 10:30 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 32 min |
| Mar 9, 11:03 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 5 hr |
| Mar 9, 11:10 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 65 min |
| Mar 9, 11:14 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 61 min |
| Mar 9, 11:41 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 26 min |
| Mar 9, 11:48 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 4 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.