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Tornado Warning 101, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Dec 20, 2012, 8:41 AM CST for Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 64 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
- Dec 20, 2012, 8:41 AM CST (14:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 20, 2012, 9:45 AM CST
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Escambia County, FL, Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:42 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 20, 4:23 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 258 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
- 2063 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 200 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 202 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
813
WFUS54 KMOB 201441
TORMOB
FLC033-091-113-201545-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0101.121220T1441Z-121220T1545Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
841 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
WEST CENTRAL OKALOOSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
SOUTHERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 945 AM CST
* AT 837 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION AND
LIKELY PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED 13 MILES SOUTH OF
WARRINGTON...OR 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PERDIDO BEACH...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PENSACOLA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT... MIDWAY...
WOODLAWN BEACH... WHITING FIELD... TIGER POINT...
ROEVILLE... POINT BAKER... PEA RIDGE...
MULAT...
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 10 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 12 AND 42.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3081 8701 3059 8660 3039 8688 3037 8709
3035 8714 3039 8689 3036 8692 3032 8717
3031 8727 3032 8731 3030 8740
TIME...MOT...LOC 1441Z 221DEG 42KT 3025 8732
$$2 follow-up statements
457
WWUS54 KMOB 201506
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
906 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012
FLC033-091-113-201545-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0101.000000T0000Z-121220T1545Z/
OKALOOSA FL-SANTA ROSA FL-ESCAMBIA FL-
906 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 AM CST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN ESCAMBIA...SOUTHERN SANTA ROSA AND WEST CENTRAL OKALOOSA
COUNTIES...
AT 900 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION AND LIKELY
PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR GULF BREEZE...OR 5 MILES WEST
OF ORIOLE BEACH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PENSACOLA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT... MIDWAY...
WOODLAWN BEACH... WHITING FIELD... TIGER POINT...
ROEVILLE... POINT BAKER... PEA RIDGE...
MULAT...
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 10 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 12 AND 43.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3081 8701 3059 8660 3039 8688 3037 8709
3035 8714 3039 8689 3036 8692 3032 8717
3031 8727 3032 8731 3030 8740
TIME...MOT...LOC 1506Z 224DEG 41KT 3041 8711
$$439
WWUS54 KMOB 201519
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
919 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012
FLC033-091-113-201545-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0101.000000T0000Z-121220T1545Z/
OKALOOSA FL-SANTA ROSA FL-ESCAMBIA FL-
919 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 AM CST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN ESCAMBIA...SOUTHERN SANTA ROSA AND WEST CENTRAL OKALOOSA
COUNTIES...
AT 914 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 9 MILES EAST OF PENSACOLA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...OR 5
MILES NORTHWEST OF MIDWAY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PENSACOLA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT... MIDWAY...
WOODLAWN BEACH... WHITING FIELD... TIGER POINT...
ROEVILLE... POINT BAKER... PEA RIDGE...
MULAT...
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 10 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 12 AND 43.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3081 8701 3059 8660 3039 8688 3037 8709
3035 8714 3039 8689 3036 8692 3032 8717
3031 8727 3032 8731 3030 8740
TIME...MOT...LOC 1518Z 228DEG 40KT 3049 8700
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 20, 7:52 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia | 53 min |
| Dec 20, 8:27 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 63 min |
| Dec 20, 8:29 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 46 min |
| Dec 20, 9:00 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 60 min |
| Dec 20, 9:11 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 25 min |
| Dec 20, 9:25 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 55 min |
| Dec 20, 9:43 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 62 min |
| Dec 20, 10:19 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 3 hr |
| Dec 20, 2:19 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | MOB | 27 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.