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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Oct 15, 2019, 4:06 PM CDT for Okaloosa County, Florida. It was in force for 39 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, 4:06 PM CDT (21:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 15, 2019, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 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), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:07 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 nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 216 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.
212
WFUS54 KMOB 152106
TORMOB
FLC091-152145-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0019.191015T2106Z-191015T2145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
406 PM CDT Tue Oct 15 2019
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northeastern Okaloosa County in northwestern Florida...
* Until 445 PM CDT.
* At 405 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 8 miles southwest of Laurel Hill, or 9 miles north of
Crestview, moving east at 20 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 425 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 3082 8639 3083 8651 3087 8663 3095 8659
3099 8639
TIME...MOT...LOC 2105Z 272DEG 19KT 3089 8657
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$3 follow-up statements
933
WWUS54 KMOB 152117
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
417 PM CDT Tue Oct 15 2019
FLC091-152145-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-191015T2145Z/
Okaloosa FL-
417 PM CDT Tue Oct 15 2019
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN OKALOOSA COUNTY...
At 416 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 7 miles southwest of Laurel Hill, or 8 miles north of
Crestview, moving southeast at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northeastern Okaloosa County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3082 8639 3083 8651 3085 8658 3091 8656
3099 8639
TIME...MOT...LOC 2116Z 299DEG 13KT 3087 8653
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$052
WWUS54 KMOB 152129
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
429 PM CDT Tue Oct 15 2019
FLC091-152145-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-191015T2145Z/
Okaloosa FL-
429 PM CDT Tue Oct 15 2019
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN OKALOOSA COUNTY...
At 429 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 6 miles south of Laurel Hill, or 9 miles northeast 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
northeastern 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.
&&
LAT...LON 3082 8639 3084 8650 3088 8651 3091 8648
3095 8639
TIME...MOT...LOC 2129Z 277DEG 13KT 3087 8647
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$834
WWUS54 KMOB 152146
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
446 PM CDT Tue Oct 15 2019
FLC091-152155-
/O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-191015T2145Z/
Okaloosa FL-
446 PM CDT Tue Oct 15 2019
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN OKALOOSA COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning has
been allowed to expire.
LAT...LON 3082 8639 3084 8650 3088 8651 3091 8648
3095 8639
TIME...MOT...LOC 2145Z 272DEG 19KT 3087 8641
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 3:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 48 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.