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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 16, 2014, 9:25 AM CDT for Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 50 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
- Mar 16, 2014, 9:25 AM CDT (14:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 16, 2014, 10:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:26 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 4:51 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 227 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
- 891 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 423 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 431 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
878
WFUS54 KMOB 161425
TORMOB
FLC091-113-161515-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0011.140316T1425Z-140316T1515Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
925 AM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN OKALOOSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
NORTHEASTERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 1015 AM CDT
* AT 925 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 30 MILES WEST OF
LAUREL HILL...OR 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EAST BREWTON...MOVING EAST
AT 45 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
LAUREL HILL BY 1000 AM CDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT SUNDAY FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3081 8639 3083 8703 3100 8703 3099 8639
3087 8638
TIME...MOT...LOC 1425Z 269DEG 41KT 3092 8690
$$
JP2 follow-up statements
797
WWUS54 KMOB 161441
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
941 AM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014
FLC113-161451-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-140316T1515Z/
SANTA ROSA FL-
941 AM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT SUNDAY FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3081 8639 3082 8679 3100 8678 3099 8639
3087 8638
TIME...MOT...LOC 1441Z 269DEG 41KT 3092 8669
$$
FLC091-161515-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-140316T1515Z/
OKALOOSA FL-
941 AM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 AM CDT FOR NORTHERN
OKALOOSA COUNTY...
AT 935 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ROCK CREEK...OR 16
MILES NORTHWEST OF CRESTVIEW...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
OAK GROVE...PEADEN...CLEAR SPRINGS AND 7 MILES NORTH OF AUBURN BY
950 AM CDT...
OKALOO...CAMPTON AND 6 MILES NORTH OF GARDEN CITY BY 955 AM CDT...
LAUREL HILL AND SVEA BY 1000 AM CDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT SUNDAY FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3081 8639 3082 8679 3100 8678 3099 8639
3087 8638
TIME...MOT...LOC 1441Z 269DEG 41KT 3092 8669
$$
JP300
WWUS54 KMOB 161515
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1015 AM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014
FLC091-161525-
/O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-140316T1515Z/
OKALOOSA FL-
1015 AM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN OKALOOSA COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED
TO EXPIRE...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT SUNDAY FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 3081 8639 3082 8679 3100 8678 3099 8639
3087 8638
TIME...MOT...LOC 1515Z 269DEG 41KT 3093 8624
$$
JPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 3:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MOB | 9 hr | |
| Mar 16, 8:18 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 27 min |
| Mar 16, 8:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 33 min |
| Mar 16, 9:19 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 6 hr |
| Mar 16, 9:49 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 3 hr |
| Mar 16, 10:00 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 3 hr |
| Mar 16, 10:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 52 min |
| Mar 16, 10:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 26 min |
| Mar 16, 11:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 58 min |
| Mar 16, 11:22 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 12 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.