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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jul 5, 2013, 1:13 PM CDT for Okaloosa County, Florida. It was in force for 47 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, 1:13 PM CDT (18:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2013, 2:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 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 18:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 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.
934
WFUS54 KMOB 051813
TORMOB
FLC091-051900-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0022.130705T1813Z-130705T1900Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
113 PM CDT FRI JUL 5 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN OKALOOSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 200 PM CDT
* AT 112 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DESTIN...OR 12 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF SHALIMAR...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EGLIN AFB... DESTIN...
LAT...LON 3040 8652 3042 8649 3042 8644 3045 8643
3048 8645 3045 8649 3044 8654 3048 8657
3054 8639 3045 8639 3042 8644 3041 8640
3038 8639 3037 8640 3037 8650
TIME...MOT...LOC 1813Z 143DEG 6KT 3036 8642
$$3 follow-up statements
058
WWUS54 KMOB 051817
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
117 PM CDT FRI JUL 5 2013
FLC091-051900-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-130705T1900Z/
OKALOOSA FL-
117 PM CDT FRI JUL 5 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN OKALOOSA COUNTY...
AT 115 PM CDT...A TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED BY TOWER VIDEO CAMERAS
NEAR DESTIN. THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED JUST OFFSHORE THE BEACH IN THE
DESTIN AREA MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH TOWARDS THE BEACH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EGLIN AFB... DESTIN...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3040 8652 3042 8649 3042 8644 3045 8643
3048 8645 3045 8649 3044 8654 3048 8657
3054 8639 3045 8639 3042 8644 3041 8640
3038 8639 3037 8640 3037 8650
TIME...MOT...LOC 1816Z 143DEG 6KT 3036 8642
$$528
WWUS54 KMOB 051840
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
140 PM CDT FRI JUL 5 2013
FLC091-051900-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-130705T1900Z/
OKALOOSA FL-
140 PM CDT FRI JUL 5 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN OKALOOSA COUNTY...
AT 138 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 1 MILE NORTHEAST OF DESTIN...OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
SHALIMAR...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH. PUBLIC REPORTS INDICATED A
FUNNEL CLOUD PASSED OVER REGATTA BAY AT DESTIN COMMONS SHORTLY
BEFORE 130 PM CDT. THIS STORM MAY STILL PRODUCE A TORNADO AT ANY
TIME.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EGLIN AFB...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3040 8640 3039 8641 3039 8647 3041 8650
3042 8649 3042 8644 3045 8643 3048 8645
3045 8649 3044 8653 3048 8657 3054 8639
3045 8639 3042 8644 3041 8640
TIME...MOT...LOC 1838Z 143DEG 8KT 3041 8646
$$757
WWUS54 KMOB 051846
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
146 PM CDT FRI JUL 5 2013
FLC091-051900-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-130705T1900Z/
OKALOOSA FL-
146 PM CDT FRI JUL 5 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN OKALOOSA COUNTY...
AT 142 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER CHOCTAWHATCHEE BAY 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF
DESTIN...OR 9 MILES EAST OF SHALIMAR...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NORTH SHORE AREA OF CHOCTAWHATCHEE BAY JUST SOUTHEAST OF NICEVILLE
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3043 8644 3045 8643 3048 8645 3045 8649
3045 8650 3049 8654 3054 8639 3045 8639
3044 8641
TIME...MOT...LOC 1845Z 175DEG 11KT 3046 8644
$$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, 12:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 44 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.