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Tornado Warning 26, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 29, 2014, 9:59 PM CDT for Okaloosa County, Florida. It was in force for 61 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, 9:59 PM CDT (02:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 29, 2014, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Okaloosa County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 10:15 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 S Crestview, FL | LARGE TREES DOWN AND A ROOF WAS RIPPED OFF A HOUSE AT DUKE AIRFIELD JUST SOUTH OF CRESTVIEW. |
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
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 219 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
- 124 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -255 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1698 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 229 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
018 WFUS54 KMOB 300259 TORMOB FLC091-300400- /O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0026.140430T0259Z-140430T0400Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 959 PM CDT TUE APR 29 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... OKALOOSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CRESTVIEW... * UNTIL 1100 PM CDT * AT 958 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR GALLIVER... OR 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CRESTVIEW...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HOLT...BAKER...MILLIGAN...CRESTVIEW AIRPORT...DEERLAND AND DORCAS 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 3096 8640 3055 8640 3055 8679 3076 8678 TIME...MOT...LOC 0300Z 256DEG 16KT 3065 8674 $$
1 follow-up statement
324 WWUS54 KMOB 300322 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1022 PM CDT TUE APR 29 2014 FLC091-300400- /O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-140430T0400Z/ OKALOOSA FL- 1022 PM CDT TUE APR 29 2014 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR OKALOOSA COUNTY... AT 1020 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CRESTVIEW...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CRESTVIEW AIRPORT...DEERLAND AND DORCAS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. PLEASE FOLLOW OUR OFFICE ON BOTH FACEBOOK AND TWITTER FOR MORE INFORMATION ON SEVERE WEATHER AND TO RELAY WEATHER REPORTS AND PHOTOS. && LAT...LON 3063 8661 3076 8660 3086 8640 3061 8640 TIME...MOT...LOC 0322Z 255DEG 21KT 3070 8655 $$
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 | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 18 hr |
| Apr 29, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 45 min |
| Apr 29, 8:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 34 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, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.