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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 280, NWS Mobile, AL

July 27, 1995Okaloosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 1995, 4:26 PM CDT for Okaloosa County, Florida. It was in force for 64 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 27, 1995, 4:26 PM CDT (21:26 UTC)
Expired
Jul 27, 1995, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Okaloosa County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 280 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 1995-07-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 421 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 1995-07-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 81 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
421 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-140 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1010 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMOB 272126 RRA
SVRMOB
FLC091-272230-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
426 PM CDT THU JUL 27 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE AL HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  530 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA
 
   ...OKALOOSA COUNTY
 
 
 
 
AT 425 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MOBILE INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM THAT WAS DEVELOPING OVER NORTHWEST OKALOOSA COUNTY NEAR
CANNONTOWN. THIS STORM WAS INDICATING VERY LITTLE MOVEMENT AND SHOULD
REMAIN OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF OKALOOSA COUNTY THROUGH 530 PM.
 
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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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 27, 4:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBSanta Rosa61 min
Jul 27, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBOkaloosa, Santa Rosa62 min

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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.