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Tornado Warning 63, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Oct 10, 2020, 2:19 AM CDT for Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 41 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 10, 2020, 2:19 AM CDT (07:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 10, 2020, 3:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 41 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), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:18 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 00:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 250 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
- 778 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 649 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 402 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 470 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.1
- Supercell composite
- 9.7
The text
As transmitted.
148
WFUS54 KMOB 100719
TORMOB
FLC033-113-100800-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0063.201010T0719Z-201010T0800Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
219 AM CDT Sat Oct 10 2020
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Western Santa Rosa County in northwestern Florida...
Central Escambia County in northwestern Florida...
* Until 300 AM CDT.
* At 219 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 5 miles north of Oriole Beach, or 8 miles northeast of
Gulf Breeze, moving north at 30 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...
Bagdad and Floridatown around 235 AM CDT.
Pace, Milton and Pea Ridge around 240 AM CDT.
Point Baker around 250 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 8717 3100 8733 3100 8703 3040 8696
TIME...MOT...LOC 0719Z 167DEG 28KT 3046 8708
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$2 follow-up statements
230
WWUS54 KMOB 100734
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
234 AM CDT Sat Oct 10 2020
FLC033-113-100800-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0063.000000T0000Z-201010T0800Z/
Santa Rosa FL-Escambia FL-
234 AM CDT Sat Oct 10 2020
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN SANTA ROSA AND NORTH CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTIES...
At 234 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Pea Ridge, or near Pace, moving north at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Point Baker around 245 AM CDT.
Century and Jay around 315 AM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3100 8733 3100 8703 3053 8701 3050 8716
TIME...MOT...LOC 0734Z 167DEG 28KT 3058 8711
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$340
WWUS54 KMOB 100750
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
250 AM CDT Sat Oct 10 2020
FLC033-113-100800-
/O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0063.000000T0000Z-201010T0800Z/
Santa Rosa FL-Escambia FL-
250 AM CDT Sat Oct 10 2020
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN SANTA ROSA AND NORTH CENTRAL
ESCAMBIA COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 300 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.
LAT...LON 3100 8733 3100 8703 3053 8701 3050 8716
TIME...MOT...LOC 0750Z 167DEG 28KT 3069 8714
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 10, 4:10 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 35 min |
| Oct 10, 6:01 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 44 min |
| Oct 10, 10:09 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 111 min |
| Oct 10, 10:36 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 114 min |
| Oct 10, 10:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 3 hr |
| Oct 10, 2:14 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 9 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.