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Tornado Warning 62, NWS Mobile, AL

September 24, 2020Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Sep 24, 2020, 9:00 AM CDT for Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 19 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 24, 2020, 9:00 AM CDT (14:00 UTC)
Expired: Sep 24, 2020, 9:19 AM CDT
In force: 19 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Escambia County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:03 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

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 236 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -278 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 544 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 46 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

200 
WFUS54 KMOB 241400
TORMOB
FLC033-113-241445-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0062.200924T1400Z-200924T1445Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
900 AM CDT Thu Sep 24 2020

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  West central Santa Rosa County in northwestern Florida...
  North central Escambia County in northwestern Florida...

* Until 945 AM CDT.
    
* At 900 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Molino, or 12 miles north of Gonzalez, moving
  northeast 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
  west central Santa Rosa and north central Escambia Counties.

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 3072 8737 3077 8741 3094 8729 3081 8715
TIME...MOT...LOC 1400Z 225DEG 14KT 3076 8737 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

2 follow-up statements

788 
WWUS54 KMOB 241410
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
910 AM CDT Thu Sep 24 2020

FLC033-113-241445-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0062.000000T0000Z-200924T1445Z/
Santa Rosa FL-Escambia FL-
910 AM CDT Thu Sep 24 2020

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 AM CDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL SANTA ROSA AND NORTH CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTIES...
    
At 909 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 6 miles north of Molino, or 12 miles south of Century,
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 tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
west central Santa Rosa and north central Escambia Counties.

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 3077 8734 3081 8738 3094 8729 3081 8715
TIME...MOT...LOC 1409Z 204DEG 17KT 3081 8734 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

286 
WWUS54 KMOB 241419
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
919 AM CDT Thu Sep 24 2020

FLC033-113-241428-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0062.000000T0000Z-200924T1445Z/
Santa Rosa FL-Escambia FL-
919 AM CDT Thu Sep 24 2020

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL SANTA ROSA AND NORTH CENTRAL
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.

LAT...LON 3077 8734 3081 8738 3094 8729 3081 8715
TIME...MOT...LOC 1417Z 225DEG 14KT 3084 8731 

$$

JLH

The office that day

Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 24, 8:53 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Escambia	37 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.