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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 119, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 1996, 12:10 PM CDT for Escambia County, Florida. It was in force for 65 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 13, 1996, 12:10 PM CDT (17:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 1996, 1:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Escambia County, FL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 1:10 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 55 | Pensacola, FL |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 230 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1067 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1198 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMOB 131704 SVRMOB FLC033-131815- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1210 PM CDT SAT JUL 13 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 115 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA ...ESCAMBIA COUNTY AT 1152 AM CDT MOBILE DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY FLORIDA JUST NORTH OF PENSACOLA. GUSTY WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. MOVEMENT OF THIS STORM IS TO THE EAST AT 10 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADzLY 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.
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.
NWS Mobile, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 13, 2:37 AM CDT, 9 hours 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 2:37 AM CDT, 9 hours 33 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 235 AM SAT JUL 13 1996 ATMOS RETURNING TO MORE TYPICAL SUMMER PATTERN AS BERTHA MOVES UP EAST COAST. SHUD BE AN ACTIVE DAY FOR SEA BRZ TSTMS AS 70H TROF THRU MIDSECTION OF COUNTRY MOVS SE AND INTERACTS WITH SEA BRZ LATER TODAY. FCST K INDX AND MRH ALSO LOOK FAVORABLE OVR FA TODAY. PCPN PRODUCTS ...BOTH AFOS AND GRIDDED DATA ALL SHOW ARND 1/2 INCH AMOUNTS...OF COURSE XPCT MUCH MORE IN PLACES. MORE OF THE SAME ON SUN AS ETA SHOWS A BIT STRONGER 50H TROF OVR FA BY THEN WITH SE FLOW IN LOWER LEVELS. (1) 90/74/90/74 5352 (2) 90/75/90/74 4242 11
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.