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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Mobile, AL

March 18, 2022Okaloosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 18, 2022, 1:00 PM CDT for Okaloosa County, Florida. It was in force for 30 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, 1:00 PM CDT (18:00 UTC)
Expired: Mar 18, 2022, 1:30 PM CDT
In force: 30 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), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 213 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

724 
WFUS54 KMOB 181800
TORMOB
FLC091-181830-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0021.220318T1800Z-220318T1830Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  East central Okaloosa County in northwestern Florida...

* Until 130 PM CDT.
    
* At 1259 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
  tornado was located near Crestview, moving east at 25 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
  east 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 3069 8654 3078 8656 3089 8639 3067 8639
TIME...MOT...LOC 1759Z 248DEG 21KT 3072 8652 

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

$$

CGAL

2 follow-up statements

872 
WWUS54 KMOB 181805
SVSMOB

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

FLC091-181830-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-220318T1830Z/
Okaloosa FL-
105 PM CDT Fri Mar 18 2022

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL OKALOOSA COUNTY...
    
At 105 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 4 miles east of Crestview, moving northeast at 25 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
east 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 3069 8654 3078 8656 3089 8639 3067 8639
TIME...MOT...LOC 1805Z 242DEG 22KT 3075 8649 

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

$$

CGAL

259 
WWUS54 KMOB 181821
SVSMOB

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

FLC091-181830-
/O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-220318T1830Z/
Okaloosa FL-
121 PM CDT Fri Mar 18 2022

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL OKALOOSA COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 130 PM CDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However, gusty 
winds and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.

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

LAT...LON 3069 8654 3078 8656 3089 8639 3067 8639
TIME...MOT...LOC 1820Z 248DEG 21KT 3078 8640 

$$

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, 12:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Okaloosa	8 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.