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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 236, NWS Mobile, AL

July 12, 1995Santa Rosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 12, 1995, 2:04 PM CDT for Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 56 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 12, 1995, 2:04 PM CDT (19:04 UTC)
Expired
Jul 12, 1995, 3:00 PM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Santa Rosa County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL (KVPS), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 55 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, Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL at 12:00Z on 1995-07-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2158 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL at 12:00Z on 1995-07-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2158 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-65 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1155 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

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

000 
WUUS1 KMOB 121905 RRA
SVRMOB
FLC113-122000-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
204 PM CDT WED JUL 12 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE AL HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  300 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA
 
   ...SANTA ROSA COUNTY
 
 
 
 
AT 1:58 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MOBILE INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM NEAR HOLLEY IN SOUTHERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY. THIS STORM IS
LIKELY PRODUCING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. BEFORE 2:30 PM...THIS STORM
WILL MOVE VERY LITTLE FROM ITS PRESENT POSITION AS IT IS DRIFTING SLOWLY
INLAND LESS THAN 10 MPH.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

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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.