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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Mobile, AL

July 5, 2013Okaloosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jul 5, 2013, 1:59 PM CDT for Okaloosa County, Florida. It was in force for 31 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, 1:59 PM CDT (18:59 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 2013, 2:30 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Okaloosa County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:59 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, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 207 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2013-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 349 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2013-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 98 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

300 
WFUS54 KMOB 051859
TORMOB
FLC091-051930-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0023.130705T1859Z-130705T1930Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
159 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 230 PM CDT

* AT 154 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NICEVILLE...OR 8 MILES    
  NORTHEAST OF SHALIMAR...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.  AT 153 PM THE     
  PUBLIC REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD OVER NORTHERN CHOCTAWHATCHEE BAY    
  WITH THIS STORM.  

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  NICEVILLE...

LAT...LON 3049 8643 3048 8646 3053 8652 3055 8642
TIME...MOT...LOC 1859Z 165DEG 13KT 3051 8646

$$
1 follow-up statement
348 
WWUS54 KMOB 051913
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
213 PM CDT FRI JUL 5 2013

FLC091-051921-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-130705T1930Z/
OKALOOSA FL-
213 PM CDT FRI JUL 5 2013

...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SOUTHEASTERN OKALOOSA
COUNTY...

AT 211 PM CDT...THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN
OKALOOSA COUNTY HAS WEAKENED TO BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...THUS THE 
TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.  

PUBLIC REPORTS A TORNADO MOVED ONSHORE OFF CHOCTAWHATCHEE BAY JUST 
SOUTHEAST OF NICEVILLE ALONG SUNSET BEACH CIRCLE.  PUBLIC REPORTS 
INDICATE THE TORNADO LIFTED AND DISSIPATED AS IT MOVED NORTHWEST  
TOWARDS NICEVILLE.  

LAT...LON 3049 8643 3048 8646 3053 8652 3055 8642
TIME...MOT...LOC 1911Z 165DEG 13KT 3055 8647

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 9:17 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBEscambia118 min
Jul 5, 11:08 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningMOBOkaloosa12 hr
Jul 5, 11:11 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBEscambia6 hr
Jul 5, 11:22 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBSanta Rosa113 min
Jul 5, 11:40 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningMOBSanta Rosa12 hr
Jul 5, 12:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBSanta Rosa6 hr
Jul 5, 12:31 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBOkaloosa44 min
Jul 5, 1:13 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBOkaloosa47 min
Jul 5, 1:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBOkaloosa, Santa Rosa6 hr
Jul 5, 5:16 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningMOBEscambia12 hr
Jul 5, 6:21 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningMOBSanta Rosa6 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.