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Tornado Warning 37, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Aug 28, 2012, 5:09 PM CDT for 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
- Aug 28, 2012, 5:09 PM CDT (22:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 28, 2012, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Santa Rosa County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:09 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 9:46 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 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
- 41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -110 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 650 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 272 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 266 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
378
WFUS54 KMOB 282209
TORMOB
FLC113-282300-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0037.120828T2209Z-120828T2300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
509 PM CDT TUE AUG 28 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SANTA ROSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 600 PM CDT
* AT 504 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BAGDAD...OR 2 MILES
NORTHEAST OF HOLLEY...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 40 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WHITFIELD... WHITING FIELD... ROEVILLE...
POINT BAKER... HOLLEY... MILTON...
BAGDAD...
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 10 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 24 AND 41.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3044 8697 3045 8695 3050 8703 3054 8701
3054 8703 3051 8704 3080 8730 3082 8729
3084 8731 3097 8684 3046 8680 3041 8695
TIME...MOT...LOC 2209Z 152DEG 33KT 3052 8691
$$1 follow-up statement
004
WWUS54 KMOB 282224
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
524 PM CDT TUE AUG 28 2012
FLC113-282300-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-120828T2300Z/
SANTA ROSA FL-
524 PM CDT TUE AUG 28 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR SANTA
ROSA COUNTY...
AT 524 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 4 MILES EAST OF BAGDAD...OR 4 MILES SOUTH OF ROEVILLE...
MOVING NORTHWEST AT 40 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WHITFIELD... WHITING FIELD... ROEVILLE...
POINT BAKER... HOLLEY... MILTON...
BAGDAD...
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 10 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 23 AND 41.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3044 8697 3045 8695 3050 8703 3054 8701
3054 8703 3051 8704 3080 8730 3082 8729
3084 8731 3097 8684 3046 8680 3041 8695
TIME...MOT...LOC 2224Z 152DEG 33KT 3064 8699
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 4:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 30 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.