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Tornado Warning 35, NWS Mobile, AL

December 28, 2015Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Dec 28, 2015, 9:43 AM CST for Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 30 min. 2 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, 9:43 AM CST (15:43 UTC)
Expired: Dec 28, 2015, 10:13 AM CST
In force: 30 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), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:43 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, 9:45 AM CST	TSTM WND DMG	3 Ssw Molino, FL	TREE DOWN ON HWY 95A NEAR CHIPPER RD.
Dec 28, 9:50 AM CST	TSTM WND DMG	Molino, FL	PUBLIC REPORTED POWER LINES DOWN AT INTERSECTION OF CHAVERS AND MOLINO ROADS.

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, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 236 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: 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

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The text

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

528 
WFUS54 KMOB 281543
TORMOB
FLC033-113-281630-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0035.151228T1543Z-151228T1630Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN FLORIDA...
  NORTHWESTERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN FLORIDA...

* UNTIL 1030 AM CST
    
* AT 943 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 950 AM CST.
  CENTURY...FLOMATON AND JAY AROUND 1015 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 3060 8739 3100 8738 3100 8705 3059 8732
TIME...MOT...LOC 1543Z 195DEG 40KT 3063 8734 

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

$$

2 follow-up statements

289 
WWUS54 KMOB 281600
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1000 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015

FLC033-113-281630-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-151228T1630Z/
ESCAMBIA FL-SANTA ROSA FL-
1000 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 AM CST FOR NORTH
CENTRAL ESCAMBIA AND NORTHWESTERN SANTA ROSA COUNTIES...
    
AT 1000 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF 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 1010 AM CST.
  FLOMATON AND JAY AROUND 1015 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 3077 8723 3079 8731 3100 8729 3100 8707
TIME...MOT...LOC 1600Z 199DEG 42KT 3082 8726 

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

$$

607 
WWUS54 KMOB 281613
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1013 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015

FLC033-113-281623-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-151228T1630Z/
ESCAMBIA FL-SANTA ROSA FL-
1013 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ESCAMBIA AND NORTHWESTERN 
SANTA ROSA COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.  HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS ARE
STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
ALABAMA AND NORTHWESTERN FLORIDA.

LAT...LON 3077 8723 3079 8731 3100 8729 3100 8707
TIME...MOT...LOC 1612Z 195DEG 40KT 3096 8722 

$$

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, 9:30 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Escambia, Santa Rosa	45 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

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.