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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Sep 5, 2018, 3:10 AM CDT for Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 29 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
- Sep 5, 2018, 3:10 AM CDT (08:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 5, 2018, 3:39 AM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 6:51 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 237 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
- 912 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 781 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
The text
As transmitted.
801
WFUS54 KMOB 050810
TORMOB
FLC091-113-050900-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0018.180905T0810Z-180905T0900Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
310 AM CDT WED SEP 5 2018
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southwestern Okaloosa County in northwestern Florida...
East central Santa Rosa County in northwestern Florida...
* Until 400 AM CDT.
* At 310 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 6 miles west of Wright, 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 tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
southwestern Okaloosa and east central Santa Rosa Counties.
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 3045 8667 3043 8677 3069 8694 3073 8676
TIME...MOT...LOC 0810Z 158DEG 20KT 3048 8675
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$3 follow-up statements
979
WWUS54 KMOB 050821
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
321 AM CDT WED SEP 5 2018
FLC091-113-050900-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-180905T0900Z/
Okaloosa FL-Santa Rosa FL-
321 AM CDT WED SEP 5 2018
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL OKALOOSA AND EAST CENTRAL SANTA ROSA COUNTIES...
At 321 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 10 miles northwest of Wright, moving north at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
west central Okaloosa and east central Santa Rosa Counties.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3052 8673 3051 8679 3069 8694 3073 8678
TIME...MOT...LOC 0821Z 158DEG 22KT 3055 8678
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$886
WWUS54 KMOB 050833
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
333 AM CDT WED SEP 5 2018
FLC091-050842-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-180905T0900Z/
Okaloosa FL-
333 AM CDT WED SEP 5 2018
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL OKALOOSA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out
of the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 3070 8691 3070 8689 3073 8679 3063 8679
3059 8680 3058 8681
TIME...MOT...LOC 0832Z 158DEG 21KT 3060 8680
$$
FLC113-050900-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-180905T0900Z/
Santa Rosa FL-
333 AM CDT WED SEP 5 2018
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL SANTA ROSA COUNTY...
At 332 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 12 miles southeast of Roeville, or 13 miles east of
Bagdad, moving north at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
east central Santa Rosa County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3070 8691 3070 8689 3073 8679 3063 8679
3059 8680 3058 8681
TIME...MOT...LOC 0832Z 158DEG 21KT 3060 8680
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$615
WWUS54 KMOB 050839
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
339 AM CDT WED SEP 5 2018
FLC113-050848-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-180905T0900Z/
Santa Rosa FL-
339 AM CDT WED SEP 5 2018
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL SANTA ROSA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 3070 8691 3070 8689 3073 8679 3063 8679
3059 8680 3058 8681
TIME...MOT...LOC 0837Z 158DEG 20KT 3063 8682
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 8:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 12 hr |
| Sep 4, 8:31 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 4 days |
| Sep 4, 9:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 31 min |
| Sep 4, 9:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Santa Rosa | 27 min |
| Sep 4, 10:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 12 hr |
| Sep 5, 3:31 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 19 min |
| Sep 5, 5:15 AM CDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 9 hr |
| Sep 5, 5:15 AM CDT | High Surf Advisory | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 9 hr |
| Sep 5, 7:54 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 6 hr |
| Sep 5, 9:57 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 6 hr |
| Sep 5, 1:50 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 6 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.