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Tornado Warning 61, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Sep 16, 2020, 4:00 AM CDT for Okaloosa County, Florida. It was in force for 15 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, 4:00 AM CDT (09:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 16, 2020, 4:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 15 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), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:01 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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 214 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.
030
WFUS54 KMOB 160900
TORMOB
FLC091-160915-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0061.200916T0900Z-200916T0915Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
400 AM CDT Wed Sep 16 2020
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
South central Okaloosa County in northwestern Florida...
* Until 415 AM CDT.
* At 400 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Destin, 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...
Eglin AFB, Valparaiso, Lake Lorraine and Shalimar around 410 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 3034 8643 3031 8649 3053 8669 3061 8663
3061 8653
TIME...MOT...LOC 0900Z 154DEG 49KT 3036 8648
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
Black1 follow-up statement
471
WWUS54 KMOB 160913
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
413 AM CDT Wed Sep 16 2020
FLC091-160922-
/O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0061.000000T0000Z-200916T0915Z/
Okaloosa FL-
413 AM CDT Wed Sep 16 2020
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL OKALOOSA COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 415 AM CDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 600 AM CDT for northwestern
Florida.
LAT...LON 3034 8643 3031 8649 3053 8669 3061 8663
3061 8653
TIME...MOT...LOC 0912Z 154DEG 49KT 3049 8656
$$
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, 3:44 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, 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.