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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Mobile, AL

February 23, 2016Escambia County, Florida; Baldwin County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Feb 23, 2016, 7:13 PM CST for Escambia County, Florida; Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 62 min. 5 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: Feb 23, 2016, 7:13 PM CST (01:13 UTC)
Expired: Feb 23, 2016, 8:15 PM CST
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Damage threat: Considerable
Hail: 1.0 in

Counties Baldwin County, AL, Escambia County, FL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:15 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
Feb 23, 8:00 PM CST	TORNADO	2 Ese Brent, FL	DUNWOODY DRIVE...TREES DOWN ON CARS...TREES BLOCKING ROAD IN ALL DIRECTIONS.
Feb 23, 8:06 PM CST	TORNADO	2 Ese Brent, FL	DUNWOODY DR., TREES DOWN ON CARS, TREES BLOCKING ROAD IN ALL DIRECTIONS.
Feb 23, 8:10 PM CST	TORNADO	4 Ne Brent, FL	GLADSTONE DR. HOME DAMAGED, GARAGE DESTROYED.
Feb 23, 8:14 PM CST	TORNADO	5 Ne Brent, FL	TWO BUILDINGS DESTROYED AT THE GE PLANT.
Feb 23, 8:20 PM CST	TORNADO	1 W Brent, FL	1 MILE W OF YNIESTRA ON I-10. CAR BLOWN OFF INTERSTATE, TREES BLOCKING LANES OF HWY. AND DAMAGE TO FENCING.

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
Feb 23, 2:13 PM CST	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 290 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: 100 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -47 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 605 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 120 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 177 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

531 
WFUS54 KMOB 240113
TORMOB
ALC003-FLC033-240215-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0021.160224T0113Z-160224T0215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
713 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA...
  SOUTH CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN FLORIDA...

* UNTIL 815 PM CST
    
* AT 712 PM CST...A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
  8 MILES SOUTH OF GULF SHORES...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

  THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. 

  HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

  IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS 
           MAY BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE 
           HOMES WILL BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO HOMES...
           BUSINESSES...AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE 
           DESTRUCTION IS POSSIBLE. 

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  FOLEY AROUND 725 PM CST. 
  PENSACOLA AND ORANGE BEACH AROUND 735 PM CST. 
  PERDIDO BEACH AROUND 740 PM CST. 
  JOHNSONS BEACH AROUND 745 PM CST. 
  LILLIAN AROUND 750 PM CST. 
  BELLVIEW...MYRTLE GROVE AND WEST PENSACOLA AROUND 800 PM CST. 
  BRENT AND GOULDING AROUND 805 PM CST. 
  GONZALEZ...ENSLEY...FERRY PASS AND PENSACOLA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT 
  AROUND 810 PM CST. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS DEVELOPING. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...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 3072 8730 3063 8724 3061 8726 3051 8716
      3046 8716 3037 8727 3037 8728 3036 8730
      3032 8736 3032 8734 3031 8735 3032 8739
      3031 8739 3031 8738 3024 8776
TIME...MOT...LOC 0112Z 223DEG 36KT 3013 8774 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

4 follow-up statements

284 
WWUS54 KMOB 240134
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
734 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016

ALC003-FLC033-240215-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-160224T0215Z/
BALDWIN AL-ESCAMBIA FL-
734 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN BALDWIN AND SOUTH CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTIES...
    
AT 732 PM CST...A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR ORANGE BEACH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS MAY 
         BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES 
         WILL BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO HOMES...
         BUSINESSES...AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE DESTRUCTION 
         IS POSSIBLE. 

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
PERDIDO BEACH AROUND 750 PM CST.
JOHNSONS BEACH AROUND 755 PM CST.
LILLIAN AROUND 800 PM CST.
MYRTLE GROVE AND WARRINGTON AROUND 810 PM CST.
WEST PENSACOLA...BELLVIEW...BRENT...GOULDING...ENSLEY...PENSACOLA
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND FERRY PASS AROUND 815 PM CST. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 3072 8730 3063 8724 3061 8726 3051 8716
      3046 8716 3037 8727 3037 8728 3036 8730
      3032 8736 3032 8734 3031 8735 3032 8739
      3031 8739 3031 8738 3024 8776
TIME...MOT...LOC 0132Z 232DEG 29KT 3023 8761 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

861 
WWUS54 KMOB 240144
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
744 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016

ALC003-FLC033-240215-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-160224T0215Z/
BALDWIN AL-ESCAMBIA FL-
744 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN BALDWIN AND SOUTH CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTIES...
    
AT 743 PM CST...A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR PERDIDO BEACH...OR NEAR ORANGE BEACH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS MAY 
         BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES 
         WILL BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO HOMES...
         BUSINESSES...AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE DESTRUCTION 
         IS POSSIBLE. 

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
JOHNSONS BEACH AROUND 750 PM CST.
LILLIAN AROUND 755 PM CST.
MYRTLE GROVE AND WARRINGTON AROUND 805 PM CST.
WEST PENSACOLA AND BELLVIEW AROUND 810 PM CST.
BRENT...GOULDING...PENSACOLA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...FERRY PASS AND
ENSLEY AROUND 815 PM CST. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 3072 8730 3063 8724 3061 8726 3051 8716
      3046 8716 3037 8727 3037 8728 3036 8730
      3032 8736 3032 8734 3031 8735 3032 8739
      3031 8738 3027 8762
TIME...MOT...LOC 0143Z 231DEG 33KT 3029 8751 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

960 
WWUS54 KMOB 240154
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
754 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016

ALC003-FLC033-240215-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-160224T0215Z/
BALDWIN AL-ESCAMBIA FL-
754 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN BALDWIN AND SOUTH CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTIES...
    
AT 754 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR JOHNSONS BEACH...OR NEAR MYRTLE GROVE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

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...
  MYRTLE GROVE...WEST PENSACOLA...BELLVIEW AND WARRINGTON AROUND 805 
  PM CST. 
  BRENT...GOULDING AND ENSLEY AROUND 810 PM CST. 
  FERRY PASS...PENSACOLA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND GONZALEZ AROUND 
  815 PM CST. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 3072 8730 3063 8724 3061 8726 3051 8716
      3046 8716 3037 8727 3037 8728 3036 8730
      3032 8736 3032 8734 3031 8735 3032 8739
      3031 8738 3027 8762
TIME...MOT...LOC 0154Z 228DEG 37KT 3036 8740 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

442 
WWUS54 KMOB 240204
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
804 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016

ALC003-240213-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-160224T0215Z/
BALDWIN AL-
804 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BALDWIN 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 1000 PM CST FOR NORTHWESTERN
FLORIDA.

LAT...LON 3052 8728 3057 8722 3051 8716 3046 8716
      3037 8727 3037 8728 3036 8730 3037 8732
      3041 8735
TIME...MOT...LOC 0203Z 234DEG 44KT 3043 8728 

$$

FLC033-240215-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-160224T0215Z/
ESCAMBIA FL-
804 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CST FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTY...
    
AT 803 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER WEST PENSACOLA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

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...
  PENSACOLA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND FERRY PASS AROUND 810 PM CST. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 3052 8728 3057 8722 3051 8716 3046 8716
      3037 8727 3037 8728 3036 8730 3037 8732
      3041 8735
TIME...MOT...LOC 0203Z 234DEG 44KT 3043 8728 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 23, 7:23 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Okaloosa, Santa Rosa	67 min
Feb 23, 7:28 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Escambia	2 hr
Feb 23, 8:05 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Okaloosa, Santa Rosa	25 min
Feb 23, 8:12 PM CST	Tornado Warning Considerable damage threat	MOB	Escambia, Santa Rosa	33 min
Feb 23, 8:30 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Escambia	2 hr
Feb 23, 8:31 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Okaloosa	29 min
Feb 23, 8:39 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Okaloosa	36 min
Feb 23, 8:43 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Okaloosa, Santa Rosa	32 min
Feb 23, 9:09 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Okaloosa	21 min
Feb 23, 9:29 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Okaloosa, Santa Rosa	46 min
Feb 23, 9:32 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Okaloosa	3 hr
Feb 23, 10:19 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Okaloosa	41 min
Feb 24, 2:39 AM CST	River Flood Warning	MOB	Okaloosa	4 days
Feb 23, 6:01 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		59 min
Feb 23, 6:06 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Clarke, Washington	3 hr
Feb 23, 6:06 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		54 min
Feb 23, 6:10 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Clarke, Washington	50 min
Feb 23, 6:29 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Washington	11 min
Feb 23, 6:31 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Clarke, Mobile, Monroe, Washington, Wilcox	44 min
Feb 23, 6:35 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Washington	25 min
Feb 23, 6:58 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		62 min
Feb 23, 7:00 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		30 min
Feb 23, 7:14 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Clarke, Monroe, Washington, Wilcox	46 min
Feb 23, 7:17 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Monroe, Washington	43 min
Feb 23, 7:25 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Clarke, Wilcox	3 hr
Feb 23, 7:27 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		48 min
Feb 23, 7:34 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Mobile	116 min
Feb 23, 8:01 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Wilcox	21 min
Feb 23, 8:09 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Monroe, Washington	39 min
Feb 23, 8:15 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		15 min
Feb 23, 8:28 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		32 min
Feb 23, 8:59 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		61 min
Feb 23, 9:08 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Covington	22 min
Feb 23, 9:56 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Monroe	34 min
Feb 23, 9:57 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		63 min
Feb 24, 12:44 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Choctaw	76 min
Feb 24, 3:59 AM CST	Gale Warning	MOB		17 hr
Feb 24, 1:02 PM CST	River Flood Warning	MOB	Dallas, Monroe, Wilcox	4 days
Feb 24, 1:02 PM CST	River Flood Warning	MOB	Clarke, Monroe, Wilcox	8 days

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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.