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Tornado Warning 60, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Sep 16, 2020, 3:44 AM CDT for Okaloosa County, Florida. It was in force for 16 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 16, 2020, 3:44 AM CDT (08:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 16, 2020, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 16 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 08:48 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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 219 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.
101
WFUS54 KMOB 160844
TORMOB
FLC091-160900-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0060.200916T0844Z-200916T0900Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
344 AM CDT Wed Sep 16 2020
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southwestern Okaloosa County in northwestern Florida...
* Until 400 AM CDT.
* At 344 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Destin, moving northwest at 65 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...
Fort Walton Beach, Eglin AFB, Lake Lorraine, Ocean City, Shalimar
and Cinco Bayou around 350 AM CDT.
Wright around 355 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.
&&
LAT...LON 3037 8646 3032 8654 3056 8676 3065 8671
3065 8658
TIME...MOT...LOC 0844Z 149DEG 55KT 3037 8651
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
Black1 follow-up statement
765
WWUS54 KMOB 160854
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
354 AM CDT Wed Sep 16 2020
FLC091-160903-
/O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0060.000000T0000Z-200916T0900Z/
Okaloosa FL-
354 AM CDT Wed Sep 16 2020
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN OKALOOSA COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 400 AM CDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 600 AM CDT for northwestern
Florida.
LAT...LON 3037 8646 3032 8654 3056 8676 3065 8671
3065 8658
TIME...MOT...LOC 0853Z 149DEG 55KT 3049 8659
$$
BlackThe 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 15, 11:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 28 min |
| 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, 3:45 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.