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Tornado Warning 26, NWS Mobile, AL

February 23, 2016Okaloosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Feb 23, 2016, 9:09 PM CST for Okaloosa County, Florida. It was in force for 21 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, 9:09 PM CST (03:09 UTC)
Expired: Feb 23, 2016, 9:30 PM CST
In force: 21 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Okaloosa County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:12 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.

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
Feb 23, 8:08 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 211 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.

224 
WFUS54 KMOB 240309
TORMOB
FLC091-240400-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0026.160224T0309Z-160224T0400Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1000 PM CST
    
* AT 908 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF NICEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST 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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
  SOUTHEASTERN OKALOOSA COUNTY.

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.

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 8649 3052 8650 3051 8650 3049 8654
      3063 8667 3085 8639 3057 8639
TIME...MOT...LOC 0308Z 232DEG 37KT 3061 8654 

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

$$

BUTTS

2 follow-up statements

620 
WWUS54 KMOB 240319
SVSMOB

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

FLC091-240400-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-160224T0400Z/
OKALOOSA FL-
919 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST FOR EAST
CENTRAL OKALOOSA COUNTY...
    
AT 918 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CRESTVIEW...MOVING NORTHEAST 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. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CRESTVIEW.

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!

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

&&

LAT...LON 3060 8644 3061 8651 3071 8657 3085 8639
      3062 8639
TIME...MOT...LOC 0318Z 230DEG 37KT 3069 8645 

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

$$

BUTTS

012 
WWUS54 KMOB 240330
SVSMOB

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

FLC091-240340-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-160224T0400Z/
OKALOOSA FL-
930 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL OKALOOSA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.  HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS ARE
STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

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 3060 8644 3061 8651 3071 8657 3085 8639
      3062 8639
TIME...MOT...LOC 0327Z 232DEG 37KT 3077 8633 

$$

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, 8:05 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, 9:29 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.