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Tornado Warning 30, NWS Mobile, AL

October 14, 2014Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Oct 14, 2014, 12:05 AM CDT for Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 20 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
Oct 14, 2014, 12:05 AM CDT (05:05 UTC)
Expired
Oct 14, 2014, 12:25 AM CDT
In force
20 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), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:05 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Oct 13, 7:23 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 243 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 00:00Z on 2014-10-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 87 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 00:00Z on 2014-10-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 41 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
87 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-108 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1247 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
122 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

876 
WFUS54 KMOB 140505
TORMOB
FLC091-113-140545-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0030.141014T0505Z-141014T0545Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1205 AM CDT TUE OCT 14 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN OKALOOSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
  EASTERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...

* UNTIL 1245 AM CDT

* AT MIDNIGHT CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES EAST OF BAGDAD...OR 9 MILES NORTH OF
  HOLLEY...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BAKER...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 10 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 36 AND 47.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.

&&

LAT...LON 3100 8682 3099 8657 3054 8681 3055 8692
TIME...MOT...LOC 0505Z 199DEG 29KT 3061 8685

$$
2 follow-up statements
551 
WWUS54 KMOB 140516
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1216 AM CDT TUE OCT 14 2014

FLC091-113-140545-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-141014T0545Z/
OKALOOSA FL-SANTA ROSA FL-
1216 AM CDT TUE OCT 14 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN SANTA ROSA AND NORTHWESTERN OKALOOSA COUNTIES...

AT 1214 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 14 MILES EAST OF MILTON...OR 10 MILES EAST OF 
ROEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RURAL NORTHEASTERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY
  RURAL NORTHWESTERN OKALOOSA COUNTY

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 10 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 38 AND 46.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.

&&

LAT...LON 3064 8677 3067 8687 3100 8682 3099 8657
TIME...MOT...LOC 0516Z 203DEG 25KT 3069 8681

$$
601 
WWUS54 KMOB 140525
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1225 AM CDT TUE OCT 14 2014

FLC091-113-140535-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-141014T0545Z/
OKALOOSA FL-SANTA ROSA FL-
1225 AM CDT TUE OCT 14 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR NORTHEASTERN SANTA ROSA
AND NORTHWESTERN OKALOOSA COUNTIES...

AT 1222 AM CDT...THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN
SANTA ROSA AND NORTHWESTERN OKALOOSA COUNTIES HAS WEAKENED TO BELOW
SEVERE LIMITS...THUS THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.

LAT...LON 3064 8677 3067 8687 3100 8682 3099 8657
TIME...MOT...LOC 0525Z 203DEG 25KT 3075 8678

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 13, 9:49 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa116 min
Oct 13, 10:29 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa2 hr
Oct 13, 11:55 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa110 min
Oct 14, 12:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBOkaloosa, Santa Rosa45 min
Oct 14, 12:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBOkaloosa62 min

Nearby

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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.