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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Mobile, AL

February 23, 2016Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Feb 23, 2016, 8:05 PM CST for Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 25 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: Feb 23, 2016, 8:05 PM CST (02:05 UTC)
Expired: Feb 23, 2016, 8:30 PM CST
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

Counties Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 234 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.

739 
WFUS54 KMOB 240205
TORMOB
FLC091-113-240230-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0022.160224T0205Z-160224T0230Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN FLORIDA...
  OKALOOSA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN FLORIDA...

* UNTIL 830 PM CST
    
* AT 805 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF HOLLEY...OR 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  WRIGHT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
  SOUTHEASTERN SANTA ROSA AND OKALOOSA COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!

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

&&

LAT...LON 3041 8682 3053 8696 3087 8663 3067 8641
      3040 8680
TIME...MOT...LOC 0205Z 226DEG 32KT 3053 8682 

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

$$

BUTTS

1 follow-up statement

823 
WWUS54 KMOB 240214
SVSMOB

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

FLC113-240223-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-160224T0230Z/
SANTA ROSA FL-
814 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN SANTA ROSA 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 300 AM CST FOR NORTHWESTERN
FLORIDA.

STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
MOBILE.

LAT...LON 3070 8679 3087 8663 3067 8641 3041 8679
      3041 8680
TIME...MOT...LOC 0213Z 228DEG 29KT 3059 8676 

$$

FLC091-240230-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-160224T0230Z/
OKALOOSA FL-
814 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CST FOR OKALOOSA
COUNTY...
    
AT 813 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF WRIGHT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 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. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CRESTVIEW AND BAKER. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!

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

&&

LAT...LON 3070 8679 3087 8663 3067 8641 3041 8679
      3041 8680
TIME...MOT...LOC 0213Z 228DEG 29KT 3059 8676 

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

$$

BUTTS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 23, 7:13 PM CST	Tornado Warning Considerable damage threat	MOB	Escambia	62 min
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, 8:12 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

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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.