BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 445 PM CDT TUE AUG 28 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA... WEST CENTRAL SANTA ROSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA... EASTERN BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 515 PM CDT
* AT 441 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED 3 MILES WEST OF PACE...OR 4 MILES WEST OF FLORIDATOWN...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 45 MPH.
NOAA Recon just finished a pass thru Lake Borgne, across the Rigolets and Lake Pontchartrain, across the causeway to Kenner and then back out again. Did not report surface winds but found plenty of flight level winds of 60+ mph. They flew higher than normal at 10K feet.