Severe Thunderstorm Warning 180, NWS Mobile, AL

Issued

Dec 16, 1996, 7:17 PM CST (01:17 UTC)

Expired

Dec 16, 1996, 8:15 PM CST

In force

58 min

Issued by

NWS Mobile, AL

Area

Whole counties

County Okaloosa County, FL

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KMOB 170119 RRA
SVRMOB
FLC091-170215-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
717 PM CST MON DEC 16 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  815 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA
 
   ...OKALOOSA COUNTY
 
AT 715 PM...MOBILE DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM MOVING ON SHORE OFF THE GULF...PASSING INTO THE
COMMUNITIES OF NICEVILLE AND VALPARAISO.  THIS STORM WILL CONTINUE TO
ADVANCE ACROSS I-10 NEAR CRESTVIEW THROUGH 815 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.

NWS Mobile, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Dec 16, 3:05 PM CST, 4 hours 12 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
305 PM MON DEC 16 1996

18Z SFC MAP INDICATES LOW PRESSURE ALONG FRONTAL BOUNDARY JUST SOUTH
OF JAN MS WITH WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDING EAST FROM LOW ALONG
GULF COAST REGION. KMOB 88D SHOWING AREA OF RAIN WITH A FEW EMBEDDED
HEAVIER SHOWERS OVER PARTS OF SE MS...SW AL AND FLORIDA PANHANDLE.
EXTENSIVE MID/HIGH CLOUD COVER OVER AREA HAS NOT ALLOWED ATMOSPHERE
TO BECOME VERY UNSTABLE DUE TO DAYTIME HEATING...AND RADAR
PRESENTATIONS OVER AREA NOT VERY CONVECTIVE IN NATURE ATTM. HOWEVER
MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE INCREASE IN THE LOLVL JET OVER MUCH THE
FCST AREA THRU REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND REGIONAL
88D VWP'S ARE INDICATING LOW LEVEL FLOW INCREASING OVER THE AREA. AS
WARM FRONT MOVES NORTH ACROSS CWA THIS EVENING...AND MOISTURE
INCREASES ALONG WITH INCREASING LOLVL SHEAR...COULD STILL SEE
ISOLATED SVR STORMS OVER EASTERN PART OF CWA THIS EVENING...MAINLY
NEAR THE COAST. THE LOW OVER MS WILL MOVE RAPIDLY NORTHEAST TO GREAT
LAKES REGION BY 24 HOURS AS ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT MOVES SLOWLY EAST
ACROSS THE FL PNHDL. COOLER AIR TO MOVE INTO FCST AREA BEHIND THIS
FRONT. SECOND FRONTAL SYSTEM TO MOVE TOWARD CWA BY PERIODS END.
CONVERGENCE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM ...AND OVERRUNNING FROM
FRONTAL SYSTEM TO THE EAST (SW FLOW ALOFT) BRINGS HIGHER POPS TO
REGION AGAIN LATE IN THE PERIOD. COLDEST AIR OF SEASON FOR AREA
BEHIND SECOND FRONT EFFECTING AREA DURING EXTENDED PERIOD.

MOB 50/59/51/57 7255           PNS 54/62/54/61 7366
DTS 55/63/57/61 6366           EVR 44/53/46/54 7457 12

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.