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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Oct 15, 2019, 3:27 PM CDT for Covington County, Escambia County, Alabama; Okaloosa County, Florida. It was in force for 48 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
- Oct 15, 2019, 3:27 PM CDT (20:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 15, 2019, 4:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Covington County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Okaloosa County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:26 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 nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 225 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
- 1005 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted.
601
WFUS54 KMOB 152027
TORMOB
ALC039-053-FLC091-152115-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0018.191015T2027Z-191015T2115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
327 PM CDT Tue Oct 15 2019
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southeastern Escambia County in south central Alabama...
Southwestern Covington County in south central Alabama...
Northern Okaloosa County in northwestern Florida...
* Until 415 PM CDT.
* At 327 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 9 miles northwest of Baker, or 15 miles northwest of
Crestview, moving east at 15 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...
Laurel Hill around 415 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 3085 8641 3086 8679 3099 8678 3110 8647
TIME...MOT...LOC 2027Z 259DEG 13KT 3092 8675
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$1 follow-up statement
472
WWUS54 KMOB 152050
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
350 PM CDT Tue Oct 15 2019
ALC053-152100-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-191015T2115Z/
Escambia AL-
350 PM CDT Tue Oct 15 2019
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out
of the warned area.
LAT...LON 3085 8641 3087 8671 3099 8670 3100 8669
3100 8670 3102 8670 3110 8647
TIME...MOT...LOC 2050Z 289DEG 13KT 3090 8666
$$
ALC039-FLC091-152115-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-191015T2115Z/
Covington AL-Okaloosa FL-
350 PM CDT Tue Oct 15 2019
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN COVINGTON AND NORTHEASTERN OKALOOSA COUNTIES...
At 350 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 7 miles north of Baker, or 11 miles northwest of
Crestview, moving east at 15 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 Covington and northeastern Okaloosa 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 3085 8641 3087 8671 3099 8670 3100 8669
3100 8670 3102 8670 3110 8647
TIME...MOT...LOC 2050Z 289DEG 13KT 3090 8666
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 11:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Covington | 65 min |
| Oct 15, 1:25 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Choctaw | 3 hr |
| Oct 15, 3:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Covington | 58 min |
| Oct 15, 4:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 50 min |
| Oct 15, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 41 min |
| Oct 15, 4:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 39 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.