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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Mobile, AL

May 9, 1995Okaloosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 1995, 4:01 PM CDT for Okaloosa County, Florida. It was in force for 59 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 9, 1995, 4:01 PM CDT (21:01 UTC)
Expired: May 9, 1995, 5:00 PM CDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Whole counties

County Okaloosa County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL (KVPS), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 22 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: 37 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -329 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1750 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 101 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 74 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 3.7

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMOB 092103
SVRMOB
FLC091-092200-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
401 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  500 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA
 
   ...OKALOOSA COUNTY
 
 
AT 400 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE TTHUNDERSTORM OVER
CENTRAL OKALOOSA COUNTY ABOUT 3 MILES WEST OF CRESTVIEW MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
 
THIS STORM WILL BE AFFECTING THE TOWNS OF CAMPTON ANBD DORCAS BY 415 PM.
 
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCA@SIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 9, 11:28 AM CDT, 4 hours 33 minutes before

FLZ007-008-009-010-012-091730-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
1130 AM CDT TUE MAY 9 1995

...A TORNADO WATCH IN NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR WALTON COUNTY...

AT 1125 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN PENSACOLA INDICATED A
LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED CLUSTER OF VERY STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...OVER NORTHWEST
FLORIDA...SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. THE ACTIVITY BEGAN
JUST TO THE EAST OF DOTHAN ALABAMA AND EXTENDED SOUTHWESTWARD THROUGH
FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND ENDED NEAR NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA. THE
HEAVIEST RAIN WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA IN CENTRAL BALDWIN
AND MOBILE COUNTIES.

MOVEMENT WAS TOWARDS THE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

Local storm report, May 9, 11:29 AM CDT, 4 hours 32 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1122 AM CDT TUE MAY 5, 1995

TIME             EVENT
1105 AM          A TORNADO WAS OBSERVED TO TOUCH DOWN NEAR THE
                 INTERSECTION OF MCRARY AND STONE ROADS.  NO DAMAGE
                 AT THAT LOCATION.  REPORTED BY SHERIFFS OFFICE.

1108 AM          UNCONFIRMED REPORT OF TREES DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION
                 OF LOTT AND COLMAN DAIRY ROADS.  TIME  APPROXIMATE

                 THESE LOCATIONS ARE 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE MOBILE
                 AIRPORT.

Local storm report, May 9, 1:20 PM CDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
118 PM CDT TUE MAY 5, 1995

TIME             EVENT
1250 PM          A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED BY 2 PERSONS TO THE
                 CENTURY VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT.  THE FUNNEL CLOUD
                 WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF CENTURY AND WAS MOVING
                 NORTHEAST.  TIME APPROXIMATE.

1250 PM          FLOODING WAS REPORTED BY ESCAMBIA EOC IN FLORIDA AT
                 A TOWER SITE AT THE JUNCTION OF HIGHWAY 99A AND 97.
                 FIRE DEPARTMENT AT THE LOCATION WAS SANDBAGGING.
                 TIME IS APPROXIMATE.

100 PM           FLOODING WAS REPORTED AT EARNEST WARD MIDDLE SCHOOL
                 IN WALNUT HILL BY ESCAMBIA EMA IN FLORIDA.  FIRE
                 DEPARTMENT AT THE LOCATION WAS SANDBAGGING.  TIME IS
                 APPROXIMATE.

Special weather statement, May 9, 2:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before

FLZ007-008-009-010-012-092030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
230 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 1995

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR BAY...WASHINGTON...WALTON AND HOLMES
COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA UNTIL 7PM CDT...

AT 225 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN PENSACOLA INDICATED A
LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED CLUSTER OF VERY STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...OVER NORTHWEST
FLORIDA...SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. THE ACTIVITY BEGAN
JUST TO THE NORTHEAST OF DOTHAN ALABAMA AND EXTENDED SOUTHWESTWARD
THROUGH THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND ENDED NEAR NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA. THE
HEAVIEST RAIN WAS LOCATED OVER SANTA ROLSA AND OKALOOSA COUNTIES OF
FLORIDA AND JUST OFFSHORE SOUTH OF MISSISSIPPI.

MOVEMENT WAS TOWARDS THE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

Local storm report, May 9, 3:29 PM CDT, 32 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
325 PM CDT TUE MAY 5, 1995

TIME             EVENT
125 PM           A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS RELAYED BY NPA (PENSACOLA WEATHER)
                 AND VERIFIED BY THE SHERRIFFS DEPARTMENT.  THE FUNNEL
                 CLOUD WAS LOCATED IN BERRYDALE NEAR HIGHWAY 4.

Special weather statement, May 9, 3:58 PM CDT, 3 minutes before

ALZ061-063-062-064-501-092130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
450 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 1995

AT 450 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELLED THE
TORNADO WATCH FOR M5OBILE AND OKALOOSA COUNTIES IN ALABAMA.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 9, 12:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Escambia	60 min
May 9, 2:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Okaloosa	59 min
May 9, 3:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Okaloosa	44 min

Nearby

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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.