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Tornado Warning 30, NWS Mobile, AL

December 28, 2015Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; 4 counties in Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Dec 28, 2015, 8:16 AM CST for Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; 4 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 2 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: Dec 28, 2015, 8:16 AM CST (14:16 UTC)
Expired: Dec 28, 2015, 8:18 AM CST
In force: 2 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Butler County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Escambia County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Dec 28, 6:41 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 217 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: 144 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 584 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 330 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 377 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.3

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The text

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

488 
WFUS54 KMOB 281416
TORMOB
ALC013-035-053-099-FLC033-113-281515-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0030.151228T1416Z-151228T1515Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
816 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CONECUH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  NORTHEASTERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  SOUTHWESTERN BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  NORTH CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN FLORIDA...
  NORTHWESTERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN FLORIDA...

* UNTIL 915 AM CST
    
* AT 815 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MOLINO...MOVING NORTH AT 50 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

  IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT 
           SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. 
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.  TREE 
           DAMAGE IS LIKELY. 

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CENTURY AROUND 825 AM CST.
  FLOMATON AND JAY AROUND 830 AM CST.
  POLLARD AROUND 835 AM CST.
  BREWTON AROUND 840 AM CST.
  I65 AND AL 41 AROUND 855 AM CST.
  CASTLEBERRY AND I65 AND CR 6 AROUND 900 AM CST.
  I65 AND US 84 AROUND 905 AM CST.
  EVERGREEN AND I65 AND AL 83 AROUND 910 AM CST.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3074 8741 3183 8718 3183 8710 3175 8677
      3069 8725
TIME...MOT...LOC 1415Z 195DEG 45KT 3082 8729 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

1 follow-up statement

916 
WWUS54 KMOB 281418
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
818 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015

ALC013-035-053-099-FLC033-113-281428-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-151228T1515Z/
CONECUH AL-MONROE AL-BUTLER AL-ESCAMBIA AL-ESCAMBIA FL-SANTA ROSA FL-
818 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CONECUH...NORTHEASTERN MONROE...
SOUTHWESTERN BUTLER...CENTRAL ESCAMBIA...NORTH CENTRAL ESCAMBIA AND
NORTHWESTERN SANTA ROSA COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
   


LAT...LON 3074 8741 3183 8718 3183 8710 3175 8677
      3069 8725
TIME...MOT...LOC 1416Z 195DEG 45KT 3086 8728 

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 28, 2:38 AM CST	Wind Advisory	MOB	Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa	9 hr
Dec 28, 3:16 AM CST	High Surf Advisory	MOB	Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa	15 hr
Dec 28, 7:16 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Escambia, Santa Rosa	59 min
Dec 28, 8:19 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Escambia, Santa Rosa	41 min
Dec 28, 8:39 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Escambia, Santa Rosa	51 min
Dec 28, 9:06 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Escambia	39 min
Dec 28, 9:20 AM CST	River Flood Warning	MOB	Okaloosa	6 days
Dec 28, 9:30 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Escambia, Santa Rosa	45 min
Dec 28, 9:43 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Escambia, Santa Rosa	30 min
Dec 28, 9:52 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Escambia	53 min
Dec 28, 10:27 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Escambia, Santa Rosa	33 min
Dec 28, 10:48 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Escambia, Santa Rosa	57 min
Dec 28, 10:54 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Santa Rosa	15 min
Dec 28, 11:24 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Escambia	36 min
Dec 28, 12:02 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Okaloosa, Santa Rosa	88 min
Dec 28, 12:31 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Okaloosa, Santa Rosa	44 min
Dec 28, 1:12 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Okaloosa	48 min
Dec 28, 1:59 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Okaloosa	3 hr
Dec 28, 6:19 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Mobile	41 min
Dec 28, 6:44 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Baldwin	31 min
Dec 28, 6:57 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Clarke, Washington	63 min
Dec 28, 6:59 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Washington	46 min
Dec 28, 7:03 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Washington	57 min
Dec 28, 7:10 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		95 min
Dec 28, 7:14 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Escambia, Monroe	46 min
Dec 28, 7:18 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Choctaw	42 min
Dec 28, 7:28 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Washington	47 min
Dec 28, 7:48 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Monroe	42 min
Dec 28, 8:00 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Escambia, Monroe	30 min
Dec 28, 8:06 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		84 min
Dec 28, 8:06 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Choctaw	39 min
Dec 28, 8:09 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Monroe, Wilcox	33 min
Dec 28, 8:13 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Mobile, Washington	62 min
Dec 28, 8:36 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Monroe, Wilcox	39 min
Dec 28, 8:59 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Conecuh, Escambia	46 min
Dec 28, 9:04 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Butler, Conecuh, Monroe, Wilcox	41 min
Dec 28, 9:27 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		2 hr
Dec 28, 9:32 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Butler, Wilcox	13 min
Dec 28, 10:01 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Conecuh, Escambia	44 min
Dec 28, 11:16 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		119 min
Dec 28, 11:37 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Butler, Crenshaw	26 min
Dec 28, 11:50 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Butler	12 min
Dec 28, 12:09 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Butler, Covington, Crenshaw	96 min
Dec 28, 12:14 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Butler	3 hr
Dec 28, 12:46 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		119 min
Dec 28, 12:51 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Butler, Crenshaw	39 min
Dec 28, 1:52 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Butler, Crenshaw	3 hr
Dec 28, 1:55 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Covington	35 min
Dec 28, 2:44 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		31 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.