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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Mobile, AL

April 29, 2014Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 29, 2014, 8:26 PM CDT for Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 34 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Apr 29, 2014, 8:26 PM CDT (01:26 UTC)
Expired: Apr 29, 2014, 9:00 PM CDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Escambia County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 29, 8:45 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	Pensacola, FL

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 29, 12:46 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 238 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 3284 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 577 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 134 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 159 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 3.5
Supercell composite: 13.5

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The text

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

144 
WFUS54 KMOB 300126
TORMOB
FLC033-113-300200-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0021.140430T0126Z-140430T0200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
826 PM CDT TUE APR 29 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PENSACOLA...
  SANTA ROSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF NAVARRE...

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 824 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR WEST
  PENSACOLA...OR NEAR PENSACOLA...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

PLEASE FOLLOW OUR OFFICE ON BOTH FACEBOOK AND TWITTER FOR MORE
INFORMATION ON SEVERE WEATHER AND TO RELAY WEATHER REPORTS AND
PHOTOS.

&&

LAT...LON 3051 8734 3054 8718 3049 8715 3040 8720
      3037 8714 3046 8695 3050 8703 3054 8701
      3045 8706 3044 8710 3055 8713 3060 8681
      3038 8681 3036 8721 3038 8718 3040 8720
      3038 8726 3034 8726 3034 8732
TIME...MOT...LOC 0126Z 258DEG 18KT 3042 8725

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 29, 8:07 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Emergency	MOB	Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa	18 hr
Apr 29, 8:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Escambia, Santa Rosa	45 min
Apr 29, 8:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Okaloosa	26 min
Apr 29, 8:53 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MOB	Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa	57 hr
Apr 29, 8:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Okaloosa, Santa Rosa	31 min
Apr 29, 9:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Okaloosa, Santa Rosa	36 min
Apr 29, 9:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Okaloosa	26 min
Apr 29, 9:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Okaloosa	61 min
Apr 29, 10:23 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MOB	Okaloosa, Santa Rosa	40 hr
Apr 29, 10:28 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Okaloosa, Santa Rosa	6 hr
Apr 29, 11:23 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MOB	Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa	49 hr
Apr 29, 11:34 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MOB	Okaloosa, Santa Rosa	69 hr
Apr 29, 11:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Okaloosa, Santa Rosa	66 min
Apr 30, 1:43 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MOB	Escambia	50 hr
Apr 30, 7:06 AM CDT	Coastal Flood Statement	MOB		8 hr
Apr 30, 10:35 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MOB	Escambia	71 hr
Apr 30, 2:06 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	MOB	Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa	24 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.