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Tornado Warning 76, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Oct 28, 2020, 6:42 PM CDT for Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 33 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 28, 2020, 6:42 PM CDT (23:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 28, 2020, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
County Santa Rosa County, FL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:45 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 28, 1:03 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 11 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 244 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
- 1534 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 595 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 219 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 214 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.9
The text
As transmitted.
599
WFUS54 KMOB 282342
TORMOB
FLC113-290015-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0076.201028T2342Z-201029T0015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
642 PM CDT Wed Oct 28 2020
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Western Santa Rosa County in northwestern Florida...
* Until 715 PM CDT.
* At 642 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 6 miles south of Pea Ridge, or 7 miles southwest of
Bagdad, moving north at 45 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...
Pace, Pea Ridge and Floridatown around 650 PM 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 3044 8710 3081 8730 3081 8729 3084 8730
3084 8731 3086 8731 3087 8730 3088 8730
3089 8728 3090 8728 3092 8708 3045 8703
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 166DEG 39KT 3051 8709
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$2 follow-up statements
527
WWUS54 KMOB 282354
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
654 PM CDT Wed Oct 28 2020
FLC113-290015-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0076.000000T0000Z-201029T0015Z/
Santa Rosa FL-
654 PM CDT Wed Oct 28 2020
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY...
At 653 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Pea Ridge, or near Pace, moving north at 45 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northwestern Santa Rosa County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3058 8714 3081 8730 3081 8729 3084 8730
3084 8731 3086 8731 3087 8730 3088 8730
3089 8728 3090 8728 3092 8708 3059 8706
TIME...MOT...LOC 2353Z 168DEG 38KT 3062 8711
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$072
WWUS54 KMOB 290002
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
702 PM CDT Wed Oct 28 2020
FLC113-290015-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0076.000000T0000Z-201029T0015Z/
Santa Rosa FL-
702 PM CDT Wed Oct 28 2020
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY...
At 702 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 6 miles northwest of Point Baker, or 9 miles northwest of
Milton, moving north at 50 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
northwestern Santa Rosa County.
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.
Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3069 8716 3090 8728 3092 8710 3069 8710
TIME...MOT...LOC 0002Z 166DEG 42KT 3074 8714
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 28, 4:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia | 23 min |
| Oct 28, 6:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 24 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.