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Tornado Warning 47, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Oct 30, 2019, 6:22 PM CDT for Okaloosa County, Florida. It was in force for 38 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 30, 2019, 6:22 PM CDT (23:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 30, 2019, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 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), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:21 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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 206 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
- 419 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -34 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 585 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 171 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted.
055
WFUS54 KMOB 302322
TORMOB
FLC091-310000-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0047.191030T2322Z-191031T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
622 PM CDT Wed Oct 30 2019
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southeastern Okaloosa County in northwestern Florida...
* Until 700 PM CDT.
* At 621 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Destin, moving northeast 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...
Destin around 630 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 3038 8653 3056 8645 3053 8639 3040 8639
3037 8640
TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 205DEG 18KT 3034 8648
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$1 follow-up statement
914
WWUS54 KMOB 302340
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
640 PM CDT Wed Oct 30 2019
FLC091-310000-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0047.000000T0000Z-191031T0000Z/
Okaloosa FL-
640 PM CDT Wed Oct 30 2019
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN OKALOOSA COUNTY...
At 638 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 5 miles south of Destin, moving northeast at 25 mph.
THIS IS A SECOND THUNDERSTORM. The first circulation has just moved
northward into Choctawhatchee Bay and will move close to the Walton-
Okaloosa County line in the next 5 to 10 minutes.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Destin around 645 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3038 8653 3056 8645 3053 8639 3040 8639
3037 8640
TIME...MOT...LOC 2338Z 215DEG 22KT 3032 8648
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 4:35 AM CDT | Rip Current Statement | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 38 hr |
| Oct 30, 2:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 50 min |
| Oct 30, 2:53 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 3 hr |
| Oct 30, 3:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Okaloosa | 49 min |
| Oct 30, 5:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Santa Rosa | 43 min |
| Oct 30, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 23 min |
| Oct 30, 6:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 46 min |
| Oct 30, 6:17 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Santa Rosa | 6 hr |
| Oct 30, 6:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 40 min |
| Oct 30, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 50 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.