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Tornado Warning 36, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Dec 28, 2015, 10:27 AM CST for Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 33 min. 1 report 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, 10:27 AM CST (16:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 28, 2015, 11:00 AM CST
- In force
- 33 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), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:30 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, 10:30 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Myrtle Grove, FL | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ACROSS THE AREA. |
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, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 235 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.
350
WFUS54 KMOB 281627
TORMOB
FLC033-113-281700-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0036.151228T1627Z-151228T1700Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1027 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN FLORIDA...
WEST CENTRAL SANTA ROSA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 1100 AM CST
* AT 1027 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER MYRTLE GROVE...MOVING NORTH AT 40 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...
BELLVIEW AROUND 1035 AM CST.
ENSLEY AROUND 1040 AM CST.
GONZALEZ AROUND 1045 AM CST.
PACE AROUND 1050 AM CST.
MOLINO AROUND 1100 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 OR IN
A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3039 8740 3041 8739 3042 8736 3043 8734
3045 8735 3046 8737 3084 8732 3074 8703
3058 8717 3058 8718 3057 8719 3056 8718
3055 8719 3055 8720 3054 8720 3037 8734
TIME...MOT...LOC 1627Z 198DEG 36KT 3041 8736
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$2 follow-up statements
444
WWUS54 KMOB 281648
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1048 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015
FLC033-281658-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-151228T1700Z/
ESCAMBIA FL-
1048 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FOR NORTHWESTERN
FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 3070 8727 3081 8725 3077 8712 3068 8718
TIME...MOT...LOC 1648Z 198DEG 39KT 3073 8721
$$
FLC113-281700-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-151228T1700Z/
SANTA ROSA FL-
1048 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM CST FOR WEST
CENTRAL SANTA ROSA COUNTY...
AT 1048 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR 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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
WEST 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 3070 8727 3081 8725 3077 8712 3068 8718
TIME...MOT...LOC 1648Z 198DEG 39KT 3073 8721
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$489
WWUS54 KMOB 281659
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1059 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015
FLC113-281707-
/O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-151228T1700Z/
SANTA ROSA FL-
1059 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL SANTA ROSA COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 1100 AM CST...
THE TORNADO WARNING THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT HAS BEEN REISSUED
FOR NORTHWESTERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY AND IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 AM
CST. PLEASE REFER TO TORNADO WARNING NUMBER 35 FOR THE LATEST SEVERE
WEATHER INFORMATION.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FOR NORTHWESTERN
FLORIDA.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
MOBILE.
REMEMBER...A TORNADO WARNING STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
NORTHWESTERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY UNTIL 1130 AM CST.
LAT...LON 3070 8727 3081 8725 3077 8712 3068 8718
TIME...MOT...LOC 1654Z 198DEG 36KT 3073 8721
$$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, 9:43 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, 10:48 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.