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Tornado Warning 30, NWS Mobile, AL

October 19, 2025Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Oct 19, 2025, 6:40 AM CDT for Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 11 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
Oct 19, 2025, 6:40 AM CDT (11:40 UTC)
Expired
Oct 19, 2025, 6:51 AM CDT
In force
11 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.75 in

Counties Escambia County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:44 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 248 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 2025-10-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 715 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 2025-10-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 43 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
715 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
790 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

As transmitted.

350 
WFUS54 KMOB 191140
TORMOB
FLC033-113-191215-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0030.251019T1140Z-251019T1215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
640 AM CDT Sun Oct 19 2025

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

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

* Until 715 AM CDT.

* At 640 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Gulf Breeze, moving east at 20 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...
  Gulf Breeze and Pensacola Beach around 645 AM CDT.
  Oriole Beach around 650 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 3028 8734 3039 8736 3048 8694 3049 8685
      3031 8690
TIME...MOT...LOC 1140Z 254DEG 19KT 3033 8721 

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

$$

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1 follow-up statement
325 
WWUS54 KMOB 191151
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
651 AM CDT Sun Oct 19 2025

FLC033-113-191200-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-251019T1215Z/
Santa Rosa FL-Escambia FL-
651 AM CDT Sun Oct 19 2025

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN SANTA ROSA AND SOUTHEASTERN
ESCAMBIA COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 3028 8734 3039 8736 3048 8694 3049 8685
      3031 8690
TIME...MOT...LOC 1148Z 254DEG 19KT 3035 8715 

$$

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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.