Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 15, 1997, 9:41 PM CST for Okaloosa County, Florida. It was in force for 64 min. 2 reports 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
- Jan 15, 1997, 9:41 PM CST (03:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 15, 1997, 10:45 PM CST
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Okaloosa County, FL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 15, 10:05 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Baker, FL | |
| Jan 15, 10:10 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 60 | Baker, 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 15, 5:30 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 753 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 258 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 408 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
112 WUUS1 KMOB 160358 SVRMOB FLC091-160445- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTED CDT TO CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 941 PM CST WED JAN 15 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA ...OKALOOSA COUNTY AT 940 PM CDT...MOBILE DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN EAST CENTRAL SANTA ROSA COUNTY FL WHICH WILL ENTER WEST CENTRAL OKALOOSA COUNTY FL AND WILL TRACK ACROSS INTERSTATE 10 NEAR HOLT BY 10 PM AND APPROACH CRESTVIEW BY 1015 PM AND CONTINUE ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE COUNTY THROUGH 1030 PM. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 15, 9:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Santa Rosa | 44 min |
| Jan 15, 9:36 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Santa Rosa | 69 min |
| Jan 15, 10:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 47 min |
Nearby
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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.