Tornado Warning – FL Panhandle

James Spann | December 2, 2009 @ 7:38 am | Reply

Here is the raw info from the Mobile NWS chat session… things getting very busy in the Florida panhandle with flooding and severe weather…

MOB issues Tornado Warning for Okaloosa [FL] till 7:45 AM CST …* AT 704 AM CST…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 3 MILES NORTH OF WRIGHT…OR ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT WALTON BEACH…MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
7:04 AM
media-daniel.sparkman has joined this chat.
7:08 AMmedia-brandon.smith
showing better rotation on okaloosa storm west of niceville?
nwsmob-radarsector
very strong rotation…tornado could happen at any time.
7:12 AMmedia-brandon.smith
appears its over eglin AFB land…?
7:14 AMnwsmob-radarsector
that’s correct
nwsbot
MOB continues Tornado Warning for Okaloosa [FL] till 7:45 AM CST …AT 719 AM CST…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS 13 MILES SOUTH OF CRESTVIEW…OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF FORT WALTON BEACH…MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
7:20 AMmedia-brandon.smith
did kevx go down?
7:24 AMnws-robert.hart
reports from family members of mine in Crestview (i live out of state) of several streets flooded, numerous car accidents, and “lakes that they’ve never seen before”
nwsmob-radarsector
The radar is up but we lost the connection to the site. Tallahassee NWS still has connection and we are getting reports from them. Still a very tight couplet about 11 miles due south of Crestview. Heading in the vicinity of Crestview Airport and Deerland.
7:27 AM
rotation has weakend slightly 49kt outbound and 26kt inbound
7:30 AMmedia-brandon.smith
k thanks… lost data about 10 after
7:31 AMnwsmob-radarsector
same here. we have techs working very hard to get it back up. we are the mercy of telcom lines at the moment.
7:32 AM
Tornado report relayed by USAF…Duke Field in Okaloosa (3 west of Crestview).
7:34 AM
Tornado reported at Duke Field 3 West of Crestview.
nwsbot
MOB issues Flash Flood Warning for Okaloosa, Santa Rosa [FL] till 9:30 AM CST
7:35 AMnwsmob-radarsector
Correction…make that 3 SOUTHEAST of crestview.

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