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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jul 5, 2013, 12:31 PM CDT for Okaloosa County, Florida. It was in force for 44 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
- Jul 5, 2013, 12:31 PM CDT (17:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2013, 1:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Okaloosa County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 206 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
- 349 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 729 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
369
WFUS54 KMOB 051731
TORMOB
FLC091-051815-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0021.130705T1731Z-130705T1815Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1231 PM CDT FRI JUL 5 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN OKALOOSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 115 PM CDT
* AT 1225 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DESTIN...OR 17 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF SHALIMAR...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RURAL EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN OKALOOSA COUNTY
LAT...LON 3041 8651 3042 8649 3041 8646 3042 8644
3041 8640 3040 8639 3038 8639 3037 8640
3037 8648
TIME...MOT...LOC 1730Z 162DEG 9KT 3029 8637
$$2 follow-up statements
549
WWUS54 KMOB 051747
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1247 PM CDT FRI JUL 5 2013
FLC091-051815-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-130705T1815Z/
OKALOOSA FL-
1247 PM CDT FRI JUL 5 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 PM CDT FOR EXTREME
SOUTHEASTERN OKALOOSA COUNTY...
AT 1245 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DESTIN...OR 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
SHALIMAR...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DESTIN
LAT...LON 3041 8651 3042 8649 3041 8646 3042 8644
3041 8640 3040 8639 3038 8639 3037 8640
3037 8648
TIME...MOT...LOC 1745Z 162DEG 9KT 3033 8638
$$
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WWUS54 KMOB 051805
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
105 PM CDT FRI JUL 5 2013
FLC091-051815-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-130705T1815Z/
OKALOOSA FL-
105 PM CDT FRI JUL 5 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 PM CDT FOR EXTREME
SOUTHEASTERN OKALOOSA COUNTY...
AT 105 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DESTIN...OR 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
SHALIMAR...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DESTIN AND SILVER BEACH
LAT...LON 3041 8651 3042 8649 3041 8646 3042 8644
3041 8640 3040 8639 3038 8639 3037 8640
3037 8648
TIME...MOT...LOC 1805Z 149DEG 7KT 3035 8641
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 9:17 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Escambia | 118 min |
| Jul 5, 11:08 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 12 hr |
| Jul 5, 11:11 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 6 hr |
| Jul 5, 11:22 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Santa Rosa | 113 min |
| Jul 5, 11:40 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Santa Rosa | 12 hr |
| Jul 5, 12:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Santa Rosa | 6 hr |
| Jul 5, 1:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 47 min |
| Jul 5, 1:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 6 hr |
| Jul 5, 1:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 31 min |
| Jul 5, 5:16 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 12 hr |
| Jul 5, 6:21 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Santa Rosa | 6 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.