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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jun 15, 2023, 7:39 PM CDT for Escambia County, Florida. It was in force for 10 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
- Jun 15, 2023, 7:39 PM CDT (00:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2023, 7:49 PM CDT
- In force
- 10 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Escambia County, FL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 2:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 238 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
- 3438 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1218 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 218 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 184 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.3
- Supercell composite
- 14.9
The text
As transmitted.
131
WFUS54 KMOB 160039
TORMOB
FLC033-160130-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0021.230616T0039Z-230616T0130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
739 PM CDT Thu Jun 15 2023
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Central Escambia County in northwestern Florida...
* Until 830 PM CDT.
* At 739 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 6 miles west of Gonzalez, moving east at 20 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 dangerous storm will be near...
Gonzalez around 800 PM CDT.
Ensley around 805 PM CDT.
Ferry Pass and Brent around 820 PM 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 3055 8743 3056 8742 3060 8741 3059 8722
3057 8722 3057 8721 3056 8721 3056 8720
3054 8718 3057 8718 3057 8719 3058 8720
3058 8715 3056 8714 3044 8717
TIME...MOT...LOC 0039Z 291DEG 16KT 3057 8741
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
$$
MM1 follow-up statement
326
WWUS54 KMOB 160049
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
749 PM CDT Thu Jun 15 2023
FLC033-160059-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-230616T0130Z/
Escambia FL-
749 PM CDT Thu Jun 15 2023
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The tornado threat has diminished and the Tornado Warning has been
cancelled. However, large hail and damaging winds remain likely and a
Severe Thunderstorm Warning remains in effect for the area.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for
southwestern Alabama...and northwestern Florida.
LAT...LON 3055 8743 3056 8742 3060 8741 3059 8722
3057 8722 3057 8721 3056 8721 3056 8720
3054 8718 3057 8718 3057 8719 3058 8720
3058 8715 3056 8714 3044 8717
TIME...MOT...LOC 0048Z 291DEG 16KT 3055 8736
$$
MMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 7:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Okaloosa | 38 min |
| Jun 15, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 52 min |
| Jun 15, 8:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia | 45 min |
| Jun 15, 8:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia | 40 min |
| Jun 15, 9:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 6 hr |
| Jun 15, 9:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 6 hr |
| Jun 16, 12:05 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 7 hr |
| Jun 16, 12:48 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Escambia | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 12:54 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 1:06 AM CDT | Flood Watch | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 4 days |
| Jun 16, 1:13 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 6 hr |
| Jun 16, 1:20 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 4 hr |
| Jun 16, 3:41 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 4:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia | 50 min |
| Jun 16, 5:18 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 4 hr |
| Jun 16, 7:09 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 7:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 50 min |
| Jun 16, 8:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 57 min |
| Jun 16, 8:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 62 min |
| Jun 16, 8:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 59 min |
| Jun 16, 8:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 61 min |
| Jun 16, 9:49 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 3 days |
| Jun 16, 10:18 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 3 hr |
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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.