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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Feb 21, 2014, 3:01 AM CST for Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 44 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
- Feb 21, 2014, 3:01 AM CST (09:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 21, 2014, 3:45 AM CST
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Escambia County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:02 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 21, 12:58 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 253 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
- 1934 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 620 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 187 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 183 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.7
- Supercell composite
- 9.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
069 WFUS54 KMOB 210901 TORMOB FLC033-113-210945- /O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0003.140221T0901Z-140221T0945Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 301 AM CST FRI FEB 21 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA... NORTHWESTERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA... * UNTIL 345 AM CST * AT 257 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 16 MILES WEST OF PINE LEVEL...OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF MOLINO...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO JAY AND WHITFIELD 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. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CST FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. && LAT...LON 3099 8700 3080 8697 3078 8744 3094 8743 TIME...MOT...LOC 0901Z 260DEG 39KT 3086 8736 $$
2 follow-up statements
822 WWUS54 KMOB 210916 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 316 AM CST FRI FEB 21 2014 FLC033-210925- /O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140221T0945Z/ ESCAMBIA FL- 316 AM CST FRI FEB 21 2014 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF ESCAMBIA COUNTY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CST FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA. LAT...LON 3079 8725 3093 8725 3099 8700 3080 8697 TIME...MOT...LOC 0915Z 265DEG 49KT 3087 8715 $$ FLC113-210945- /O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140221T0945Z/ SANTA ROSA FL- 316 AM CST FRI FEB 21 2014 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 AM CST FOR NORTHWESTERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY... AT 311 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BROWNSDALE...OR 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CENTURY...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO COBBTOWN...WHITFIELD...FIDELIS AND BERRYDALE. 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. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CST FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA. && LAT...LON 3079 8725 3093 8725 3099 8700 3080 8697 TIME...MOT...LOC 0915Z 265DEG 49KT 3087 8715 $$
225 WWUS54 KMOB 210922 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 322 AM CST FRI FEB 21 2014 FLC113-210931- /O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140221T0945Z/ SANTA ROSA FL- 322 AM CST FRI FEB 21 2014 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL SANTA ROSA COUNTY IS CANCELLED... WHILE THE STORM IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO PRODUCE A TORNADO... DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS OF 60 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 AM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CST FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA. LAT...LON 3079 8725 3093 8725 3099 8700 3080 8697 TIME...MOT...LOC 0921Z 265DEG 49KT 3086 8705 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 21, 1:48 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Escambia | 117 min |
| Feb 21, 2:34 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 56 min |
| Feb 21, 3:04 AM CST | Wind Advisory | MOB | 6 hr | |
| Feb 21, 3:24 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 51 min |
| Feb 21, 3:37 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 113 min |
| Feb 21, 3:54 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Escambia | 2 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.