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Tornado Warning 55, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Aug 30, 2021, 8:14 AM CDT for Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 46 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, 8:14 AM CDT (13:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 30, 2021, 9:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Santa Rosa County, FL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:17 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 30, 5:48 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 255 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
- 881 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 560 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 386 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 386 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 9.7
The text
As transmitted.
919
WFUS54 KMOB 301314
TORMOB
FLC113-301400-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0055.210830T1314Z-210830T1400Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
814 AM CDT Mon Aug 30 2021
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Western Santa Rosa County in northwestern Florida...
* Until 900 AM CDT.
* At 814 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Bagdad, moving north at 60 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...
Roeville around 820 AM CDT.
Point Baker around 825 AM CDT.
Jay around 840 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.
Heavy rainfall may hide this tornado. Do not wait to see or hear the
tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3049 8711 3061 8720 3097 8720 3099 8717
3100 8718 3100 8691 3062 8698 3047 8705
TIME...MOT...LOC 1314Z 182DEG 50KT 3057 8707
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$2 follow-up statements
689
WWUS54 KMOB 301324
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
824 AM CDT Mon Aug 30 2021
FLC113-301400-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0055.000000T0000Z-210830T1400Z/
Santa Rosa FL-
824 AM CDT Mon Aug 30 2021
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT FOR WESTERN
SANTA ROSA COUNTY...
At 824 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 6 miles north of Point Baker, or 10 miles north of
Milton, moving north at 40 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Jay around 845 AM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
Heavy rainfall may hide this tornado. Do not wait to see or hear the
tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3049 8711 3061 8720 3097 8720 3099 8717
3100 8718 3100 8691 3062 8698 3047 8705
TIME...MOT...LOC 1324Z 179DEG 33KT 3079 8703
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$716
WWUS54 KMOB 301331
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
831 AM CDT Mon Aug 30 2021
FLC113-301400-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0055.000000T0000Z-210830T1400Z/
Santa Rosa FL-
831 AM CDT Mon Aug 30 2021
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL SANTA ROSA COUNTY...
At 831 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 9 miles southeast of Jay, or 15 miles north of Milton,
moving north at 40 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...
Jay around 845 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.
Heavy rainfall may hide this tornado. Do not wait to see or hear the
tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3075 8708 3099 8717 3100 8718 3100 8691
3075 8696
TIME...MOT...LOC 1331Z 171DEG 35KT 3086 8703
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$The 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, 5:43 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia | 31 min |
| Aug 30, 6:42 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 5 hr |
| 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.