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Tornado Warning 54, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Aug 30, 2021, 5:43 AM CDT for Escambia County, Florida. It was in force for 31 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
- Aug 30, 2021, 5:43 AM CDT (10:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 30, 2021, 6:14 AM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Escambia County, FL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:43 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 6:49 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 11 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 222 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
- 25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 679 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
998
WFUS54 KMOB 301043
TORMOB
FLC033-301130-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0054.210830T1043Z-210830T1130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
543 AM CDT Mon Aug 30 2021
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northwestern Escambia County in northwestern Florida...
* Until 630 AM CDT.
* At 543 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 9 miles west of Molino, or 12 miles northwest of
Gonzalez, 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...
Bratt around 620 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 3070 8745 3070 8747 3071 8747 3071 8748
3072 8748 3072 8750 3100 8756 3099 8734
3068 8741 3068 8742
TIME...MOT...LOC 1043Z 182DEG 27KT 3068 8746
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$2 follow-up statements
219
WWUS54 KMOB 301103
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
603 AM CDT Mon Aug 30 2021
FLC033-301130-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0054.000000T0000Z-210830T1130Z/
Escambia FL-
603 AM CDT Mon Aug 30 2021
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 AM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY...
At 603 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 6 miles south of Bratt, or 10 miles south of Atmore,
moving north at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Bratt around 615 AM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3084 8740 3084 8752 3100 8756 3099 8734
TIME...MOT...LOC 1103Z 179DEG 32KT 3087 8747
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
$$
MM665
WWUS54 KMOB 301114
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
614 AM CDT Mon Aug 30 2021
FLC033-301124-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0054.000000T0000Z-210830T1130Z/
Escambia FL-
614 AM CDT Mon Aug 30 2021
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning has
been cancelled.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 400 PM CDT for south central
Alabama...and northwestern Florida.
LAT...LON 3084 8740 3084 8752 3100 8756 3099 8734
TIME...MOT...LOC 1112Z 182DEG 27KT 3095 8747
$$
MMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 8:19 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 49 hr |
| Aug 29, 8:20 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 62 hr |
| Aug 29, 8:21 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 38 hr |
| Aug 29, 8:23 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 30 hr |
| Aug 30, 6:42 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 5 hr |
| Aug 30, 8:14 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Santa Rosa | 46 min |
| Aug 30, 8:32 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Santa Rosa | 4 hr |
| Aug 30, 9:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 4 hr |
| Aug 30, 12:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 75 min |
| Aug 30, 4:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Santa Rosa | 89 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.