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Tornado Warning 55, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 31, 2022, 12:41 AM CDT for Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 49 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 31, 2022, 12:41 AM CDT (05:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2022, 1:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:44 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 12:42 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Sw Bagdad, FL | STRUCTURAL DEBRIS REPORTED ALONG AVALON BLVD NEAR THE OLD MOORES GOLF COURSE. TIME ESTIMATED. |
| Mar 31, 12:42 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Se Pace, FL | STRUCTURAL DAMAGE REPORTED IN THE AVALON AREA OF MILTON. TREES/POWER LINES DOWN IN ROADS AND YARDS. TREES FELL ON A HOUSE AND A DETACHED GARAGE WAS FLATTENED. |
| Mar 31, 1:14 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 W Galliver, FL | PICTURE OF LARGE OAK TREES DOWNED AT BLACKWATER FISH HATCHERY. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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 30, 6:39 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 251 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
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 794 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 361 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 447 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.7
- Supercell composite
- 11.0
The text
As transmitted.
917
WFUS54 KMOB 310541
TORMOB
FLC091-113-310630-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0055.220331T0541Z-220331T0630Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1241 AM CDT Thu Mar 31 2022
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southwestern Okaloosa County in northwestern Florida...
Southern Santa Rosa County in northwestern Florida...
* Until 130 AM CDT.
* At 1241 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
tornado was located near Pea Ridge, or 4 miles southeast of Pace,
moving northeast 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...
Milton and Bagdad around 1250 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 3048 8716 3049 8715 3050 8716 3051 8716
3053 8719 3055 8719 3055 8720 3056 8719
3077 8680 3051 8668 3047 8716
TIME...MOT...LOC 0541Z 246DEG 34KT 3054 8712
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$2 follow-up statements
932
WWUS54 KMOB 310556
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1256 AM CDT Thu Mar 31 2022
FLC091-113-310630-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0055.000000T0000Z-220331T0630Z/
Okaloosa FL-Santa Rosa FL-
1256 AM CDT Thu Mar 31 2022
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN OKALOOSA AND SOUTHERN SANTA ROSA COUNTIES...
At 1255 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Bagdad, moving northeast at 40 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
southwestern Okaloosa and southern Santa Rosa Counties.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3048 8716 3049 8715 3050 8716 3051 8716
3053 8719 3055 8719 3055 8720 3056 8719
3077 8680 3051 8668 3047 8716
TIME...MOT...LOC 0555Z 242DEG 36KT 3061 8697
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$524
WWUS54 KMOB 310623
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
123 AM CDT Thu Mar 31 2022
FLC091-113-310632-
/O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0055.000000T0000Z-220331T0630Z/
Okaloosa FL-Santa Rosa FL-
123 AM CDT Thu Mar 31 2022
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN OKALOOSA AND SOUTHERN SANTA
ROSA COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 130 AM CDT...
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out
of the warned area. Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 400 AM CDT for northwestern
Florida.
Remember, a Severe Thunderstorm Warning still remains in effect for
portions of southern Santa Rosa and southwestern Okaloosa counties.
LAT...LON 3048 8716 3049 8715 3050 8716 3051 8716
3053 8719 3055 8719 3055 8720 3056 8719
3077 8680 3051 8668 3047 8716
TIME...MOT...LOC 0622Z 246DEG 34KT 3071 8671
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 9:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia | 52 min |
| Mar 30, 10:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia | 56 min |
| Mar 30, 11:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia | 67 min |
| Mar 30, 11:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 44 min |
| Mar 30, 11:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 37 min |
| Mar 31, 12:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 59 min |
| Mar 31, 12:24 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 51 min |
| Mar 31, 1:04 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 41 min |
| Mar 31, 1:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 60 min |
| Mar 31, 2:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 47 min |
| Mar 31, 3:00 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Okaloosa | 3 hr |
| Mar 31, 4:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Santa Rosa | 37 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.