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Tornado Warning 57, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Sep 15, 2020, 11:36 PM CDT for Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 28 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 15, 2020, 11:36 PM CDT (04:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 16, 2020, 12:04 AM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Escambia County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 15, 5:48 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 12 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 253 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
- 929 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 520 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 181 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 228 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 6.1
The text
As transmitted.
692
WFUS54 KMOB 160436
TORMOB
FLC033-113-160515-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0057.200916T0436Z-200916T0515Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1136 PM CDT Tue Sep 15 2020
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southern Santa Rosa County in northwestern Florida...
Southeastern Escambia County in northwestern Florida...
* Until 1215 AM CDT.
* At 1136 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
tornado was located 4 miles southwest of Navarre Beach, or 15 miles
west of Mary Esther, moving northwest at 55 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...
Navarre around 1140 PM CDT.
Oriole Beach around 1145 PM CDT.
Ferry Pass, Brent, Pace, Floridatown and Pea Ridge around 1200 AM
CDT.
Ensley and Gonzalez around 1205 AM 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.
Heavy rainfall may hide this tornado. Do not wait to see or hear the
tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3058 8739 3072 8714 3042 8680 3041 8680
3040 8679 3041 8678 3040 8677 3039 8680
3039 8676 3026 8695
TIME...MOT...LOC 0436Z 132DEG 48KT 3034 8690
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$1 follow-up statement
984
WWUS54 KMOB 160504
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1204 AM CDT Wed Sep 16 2020
FLC033-113-160514-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0057.000000T0000Z-200916T0515Z/
Santa Rosa FL-Escambia FL-
1204 AM CDT Wed Sep 16 2020
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN SANTA ROSA AND SOUTHEASTERN
ESCAMBIA COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 600 AM CDT for northwestern
Florida.
LAT...LON 3058 8739 3072 8714 3042 8680 3041 8680
3040 8679 3041 8678 3040 8677 3039 8680
3039 8676 3026 8695
TIME...MOT...LOC 0501Z 132DEG 48KT 3059 8722
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 9:54 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 6 hr |
| Sep 15, 10:53 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 5 days |
| Sep 15, 11:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 8 hr |
| Sep 16, 1:03 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 6 hr |
| Sep 16, 2:59 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Santa Rosa | 31 min |
| Sep 16, 3:42 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Santa Rosa | 15 min |
| Sep 16, 3:44 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 16 min |
| Sep 16, 3:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 8 hr |
| Sep 16, 3:58 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 6 hr |
| Sep 16, 4:00 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 15 min |
| Sep 16, 5:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 10 hr |
| Sep 16, 9:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 8 hr |
| Sep 16, 9:49 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 9 hr |
| Sep 16, 1:21 PM CDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 15 hr |
| Sep 16, 1:21 PM CDT | High Surf Advisory | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 15 hr |
| Sep 16, 1:35 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 10 hr |
| Sep 16, 2:26 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 12 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.