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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 22, 2018, 4:08 PM CDT for Okaloosa County, Florida. It was in force for 37 min. 8 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
- Apr 22, 2018, 4:08 PM CDT (21:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 22, 2018, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 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), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:08 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 4:11 PM CDT | TORNADO | Fort Walton Beach, FL | VIDEO OF A WATERSPOUT MOVING ONSHORE ALONG FORT WALTON BEACH. |
| Apr 22, 4:11 PM CDT | TORNADO | Fort Walton Beach, FL | VIDEO OF A WATERSPOUT MOVING ONSHORE ALONG FORT WALTON BEACH. |
| Apr 22, 4:17 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Fort Walton Beach, FL | ROOFING DAMAGE TO THE CHARLIE HILL TERRACE. OKALOOSA SHERIFF OFFICE REPORTS NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES AND POWERLINES WITH MINOR DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS ACROSS SOUTHERN OKALOOSA COUNTY. |
| Apr 22, 4:17 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Fort Walton Beach, FL | ROOFING DAMAGE TO THE CHARLIE HILL TERRACE. OKALOOSA SHERIFF OFFICE REPORTS NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES AND POWERLINES WITH MINOR DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS ACROSS SOUTHERN OKALOOSA COUNTY. |
| Apr 22, 4:21 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Ocean City, FL | IMAGE OF A LARGE TREE SNAPPED AND NUMEROUS BRANCHES DOWN NEAR A HOME OCEAN CITY. |
| Apr 22, 4:21 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Ocean City, FL | IMAGE OF A LARGE TREE SNAPPED AND NUMEROUS BRANCHES DOWN NEAR A HOME OCEAN CITY. |
| Apr 22, 4:28 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 2 Ne Eglin Afb, FL | KVPS ASOS REPORTS A FUNNEL CLOUD NORTH OF EGLIN AFB. |
| Apr 22, 4:28 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 2 Ne Eglin Afb, FL | KVPS ASOS REPORTS A FUNNEL CLOUD NORTH OF EGLIN AFB. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 2:55 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 221 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
- 640 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 265 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 347 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
607
WFUS54 KMOB 222108
TORMOB
FLC091-222145-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0012.180422T2108Z-180422T2145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
408 PM CDT SUN APR 22 2018
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southeastern Okaloosa County in northwestern Florida...
* Until 445 PM CDT.
* At 408 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Mary Esther, moving north at 25 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...
Fort Walton Beach, Ocean City and Cinco Bayou around 420 PM CDT.
Wright, Lake Lorraine and Shalimar around 425 PM CDT.
Eglin AFB around 430 PM CDT.
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 3031 8658 3033 8669 3054 8669 3050 8646
TIME...MOT...LOC 2108Z 201DEG 20KT 3037 8663
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$2 follow-up statements
890
WWUS54 KMOB 222125
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
425 PM CDT SUN APR 22 2018
FLC091-222145-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-180422T2145Z/
Okaloosa FL-
425 PM CDT SUN APR 22 2018
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN OKALOOSA COUNTY...
At 425 PM CDT, a confirmed tornado was located over Shalimar, or over
Lake Lorraine, moving north at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Damaging tornado.
SOURCE...Radar confirmed tornado.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
southeastern Okaloosa County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
To repeat, a tornado is on the ground. TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a
basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy
building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in
a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect
yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3041 8656 3042 8665 3054 8669 3050 8646
TIME...MOT...LOC 2125Z 201DEG 20KT 3046 8659
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$668
WWUS54 KMOB 222139
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
439 PM CDT SUN APR 22 2018
FLC091-222149-
/O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-180422T2145Z/
Okaloosa FL-
439 PM CDT SUN APR 22 2018
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN OKALOOSA COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 445 PM CDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for northwestern
Florida.
LAT...LON 3041 8656 3042 8665 3054 8669 3050 8646
TIME...MOT...LOC 2139Z 201DEG 20KT 3053 8656
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 12:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Santa Rosa | 29 min |
| Apr 22, 1:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Santa Rosa | 35 min |
| Apr 22, 1:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Santa Rosa | 34 min |
| Apr 22, 3:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 16 min |
| Apr 22, 3:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia | 35 min |
| Apr 22, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 41 min |
| Apr 22, 4:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 29 min |
| Apr 22, 4:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Santa Rosa | 39 min |
| Apr 22, 4:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 15 min |
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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.