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Tornado Warning 30, NWS Mobile, AL
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 13, 7:23 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 13, 9:49 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 116 min |
| Oct 13, 10:29 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 2 hr |
| Oct 13, 11:55 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 110 min |
| Oct 14, 12:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 45 min |
| Oct 14, 12:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 62 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.