Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 2015
Tornado Warning 34, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Dec 28, 2015, 9:30 AM CST for Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 45 min. 3 reports 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
- Dec 28, 2015, 9:30 AM CST (15:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 28, 2015, 10:15 AM CST
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Escambia County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:32 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 28, 9:30 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 6 Nne Bellview, FL | PUBLIC REPORT VIA PHOTO...LIGHT POLE DOWN ON VEHICLE IN DRUGSTORE PARKING LOT. |
| Dec 28, 9:50 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Molino, FL | PUBLIC REPORTED POWER LINES DOWN AT INTERSECTION OF CHAVERS AND MOLINO ROADS. |
| Dec 28, 10:00 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Pace, FL | POWER LINES AND TREES DOWN. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 28, 6:41 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 245 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 713 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -107 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
540
WFUS54 KMOB 281530
TORMOB
FLC033-113-281615-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0034.151228T1530Z-151228T1615Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
930 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN FLORIDA...
NORTHWESTERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 1015 AM CST
* AT 929 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR GONZALEZ...MOVING NORTH AT 45 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...
MOLINO AROUND 940 AM CST.
WHITFIELD AROUND 1000 AM CST.
JAY AROUND 1005 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 3055 8736 3100 8725 3100 8712 3095 8694
3055 8713 3055 8714 3056 8714 3058 8716
3058 8718 3057 8719 3055 8717 3054 8719
3053 8719 3051 8716 3050 8716
TIME...MOT...LOC 1529Z 197DEG 38KT 3060 8724
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$3 follow-up statements
813
WWUS54 KMOB 281549
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
949 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015
FLC033-281555-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-151228T1615Z/
ESCAMBIA FL-
949 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER TORNADO WARNING NUMBER 35 REMAINS IN
AFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY UNTIL 10:30 AM.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
ALABAMA AND NORTHWESTERN FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 3074 8725 3096 8722 3097 8721 3099 8717
3100 8718 3100 8711 3096 8698 3071 8713
TIME...MOT...LOC 1545Z 197DEG 38KT 3077 8718
$$
FLC113-281615-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-151228T1615Z/
SANTA ROSA FL-
949 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 AM CST FOR
NORTHWESTERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY...
AT 945 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 8 MILES EAST OF MOLINO...MOVING NORTH AT 45 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...
WHITFIELD AROUND 1000 AM CST.
JAY AROUND 1005 AM CST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3074 8725 3096 8722 3097 8721 3099 8717
3100 8718 3100 8711 3096 8698 3071 8713
TIME...MOT...LOC 1545Z 197DEG 38KT 3077 8718
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$724
WWUS54 KMOB 281557
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
957 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015
FLC113-281615-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-151228T1615Z/
SANTA ROSA FL-
957 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 AM CST FOR NORTH
CENTRAL SANTA ROSA COUNTY...
AT 957 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR JAY...OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CENTURY...MOVING NORTH
AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTH CENTRAL SANTA ROSA COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3085 8712 3087 8718 3098 8719 3099 8717
3100 8718 3100 8711 3097 8702
TIME...MOT...LOC 1557Z 195DEG 38KT 3089 8714
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$720
WWUS54 KMOB 281612
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1012 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015
FLC113-281622-
/O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-151228T1615Z/
SANTA ROSA FL-
1012 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL SANTA ROSA COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 1015 AM CST...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
ALABAMA AND NORTHWESTERN FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 3085 8712 3087 8718 3098 8719 3099 8717
3100 8718 3100 8711 3097 8702
TIME...MOT...LOC 1609Z 197DEG 38KT 3089 8714
$$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, 8:16 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 2 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, 9:43 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 |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Florida, 2015Every tornado warning in 2015Tornadoes in 2015
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.