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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 292, NWS Mobile, AL

August 8, 1995Okaloosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 8, 1995, 7:38 PM CDT for Okaloosa County, Florida. It was in force for 67 min.

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The facts

Issued
Aug 8, 1995, 7:38 PM CDT (00:38 UTC)
Expired
Aug 8, 1995, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Okaloosa County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 221 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 1995-08-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1396 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 1995-08-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 14 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
1396 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
737 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
23 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 090038 RRA
SVRMOB
FLC091-090145-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
738 PM CDT TUE AUG 8 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE AL HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  845 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA
 
   ...OKALOOSA COUNTY
 
 
 
 
AT 725 PM THIS EVENING...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MOBILE, AL
INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM SOUTH OF I-10 IN SOUTHWEST OKALOOSA
COUNTY...OVER EGLIN AFB PROPERTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH
AND WILL CONTINUE PUSHING SOUTH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE TO THE BEACH AREAS
BETWEEEN NAVARRE AND DESTIN BY 830 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 DRI`VE 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.