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Tornado Warning 20, NWS Mobile, AL

March 18, 2022Okaloosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 18, 2022, 12:46 PM CDT for Okaloosa County, Florida. It was in force for 8 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: Mar 18, 2022, 12:46 PM CDT (17:46 UTC)
Expired: Mar 18, 2022, 12:54 PM CDT
In force: 8 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

County Okaloosa County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:46 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 18, 7:33 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 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.

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1606 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 162 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 168 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

283 
WFUS54 KMOB 181746
TORMOB
FLC091-181830-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0020.220318T1746Z-220318T1830Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1246 PM CDT Fri Mar 18 2022

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Central Okaloosa County in northwestern Florida...

* Until 130 PM CDT.
    
* At 1246 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
  tornado was located 11 miles north of Wright, moving northeast at
  35 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.

  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
  central Okaloosa 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.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3055 8675 3065 8676 3075 8639 3058 8639
TIME...MOT...LOC 1746Z 247DEG 30KT 3061 8667 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN

$$

CGAL

1 follow-up statement

983 
WWUS54 KMOB 181754
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1254 PM CDT Fri Mar 18 2022

FLC091-181803-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-220318T1830Z/
Okaloosa FL-
1254 PM CDT Fri Mar 18 2022

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL OKALOOSA COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe 
limits. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled. However, gusty 
winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 200 PM CDT for northwestern
Florida.

Remember, a Tornado Warning still remains in effect for Central 
Okaloosa County until 115 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 3055 8675 3065 8676 3075 8639 3058 8639
TIME...MOT...LOC 1753Z 247DEG 30KT 3064 8660 

$$

CGAL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 18, 5:44 AM CDT	High Surf Advisory	MOB	Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa	19 hr
Mar 18, 10:27 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Escambia	3 hr
Mar 18, 10:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Escambia, Santa Rosa	45 min
Mar 18, 10:53 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Escambia, Santa Rosa	52 min
Mar 18, 11:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Escambia, Santa Rosa	53 min
Mar 18, 11:28 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Escambia, Santa Rosa	3 hr
Mar 18, 11:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Okaloosa	65 min
Mar 18, 11:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Escambia, Santa Rosa	45 min
Mar 18, 11:56 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Okaloosa, Santa Rosa	26 min
Mar 18, 12:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Okaloosa	49 min
Mar 18, 12:27 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa	3 hr
Mar 18, 1:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Okaloosa	30 min
Mar 18, 2:19 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Okaloosa, Santa Rosa	3 hr
Mar 18, 3:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Okaloosa	23 min
Mar 18, 6:54 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MOB	Escambia	6 days

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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.