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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Mobile, AL

January 9, 2024Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jan 9, 2024, 2:33 AM CST for Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 27 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: Jan 9, 2024, 2:33 AM CST (08:33 UTC)
Expired: Jan 9, 2024, 3:00 AM CST
In force: 27 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 Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:33 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
Jan 8, 8:42 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	11 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 240 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: 848 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 70 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 510 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 663 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

069 
WFUS54 KMOB 090833
TORMOB
FLC091-113-090900-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0003.240109T0833Z-240109T0900Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
233 AM CST Tue Jan 9 2024

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northern Okaloosa County in northwestern Florida...
  Southeastern Santa Rosa County in northwestern Florida...

* Until 300 AM CST.
    
* At 232 AM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 6 miles north of Oriole Beach, or 9 miles south of
  Bagdad, moving northeast at 65 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
  northern Okaloosa and southeastern 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 3049 8710 3100 8673 3099 8639 3083 8639
      3042 8701
TIME...MOT...LOC 0832Z 227DEG 57KT 3047 8705 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN

$$

MM

2 follow-up statements

882 
WWUS54 KMOB 090844
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
244 AM CST Tue Jan 9 2024

FLC091-113-090900-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-240109T0900Z/
Okaloosa FL-Santa Rosa FL-
244 AM CST Tue Jan 9 2024

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CST FOR NORTHERN
OKALOOSA AND EAST CENTRAL SANTA ROSA COUNTIES...
    
At 244 AM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 8 miles southeast of Roeville, or 8 miles east of Bagdad,
moving northeast at 65 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.

Locations impacted include...
Crestview, Baker, and Laurel Hill.

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 3051 8691 3058 8704 3100 8673 3099 8639
      3083 8639
TIME...MOT...LOC 0844Z 227DEG 57KT 3060 8689 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN

$$

MM

347 
WWUS54 KMOB 090852
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
252 AM CST Tue Jan 9 2024

FLC091-113-090902-
/O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-240109T0900Z/
Okaloosa FL-Santa Rosa FL-
252 AM CST Tue Jan 9 2024

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN OKALOOSA AND EAST CENTRAL SANTA
ROSA COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 300 AM CST...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 700 AM CST for south central
Alabama...and northwestern Florida.

LAT...LON 3051 8691 3058 8704 3100 8673 3099 8639
      3083 8639
TIME...MOT...LOC 0852Z 227DEG 57KT 3068 8679 

$$

MM

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 9, 2:22 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa	38 min
Jan 9, 4:00 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MOB	Escambia	60 min
Jan 9, 4:43 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Escambia	10 min
Jan 9, 4:48 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MOB	Escambia, Santa Rosa	57 min
Jan 9, 5:26 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa	64 min
Jan 9, 6:01 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Okaloosa, Santa Rosa	49 min
Jan 9, 6:29 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Okaloosa	16 min
Jan 9, 1:26 PM CST	River Flood Warning	MOB	Okaloosa	45 hr
Jan 9, 2:04 PM CST	High Surf Advisory	MOB	Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa	17 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.