Severe Thunderstorm Warning 44, NWS Mobile, AL

Issued

Jan 24, 1997, 7:00 PM CST (01:00 UTC)

Expired

Jan 24, 1997, 8:00 PM CST

In force

60 min

Issued by

NWS Mobile, AL

Area

Whole counties

Counties Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, 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.

000 
TTAA00 KMOB 250102 RRA
SVRMOB
FLC091-113-250200-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
700 PM CST FRI JAN 24 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  800 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA
 
   ...OKALOOSA COUNTY...SANTA ROSA COUNTY
 
 
AT 7 PM...NWS DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
MOVING INTO THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF SANTA ROSA COUNTY AND ANOTHER
SEVERE STORM DEVELOPING NEAR CRESTVIEW. THIS STORM WILL MOVE
ALMOST DUE EAST ACROSS THESE COUNTIES. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY
OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL.
 
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.

NWS Mobile, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jan 24, 3:00 PM CST, 4 hours earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
300 PM CST FRI JAN 23 1997

WV LOOP SHOWS SIGNIFICANT MID LEVEL S/WAVE HAS DEVELOPED FROM
SOUTHEAST MS SOUTHWEST INTO THE GULF WITH KMOB RADAR LOOP SHOWING
TOPS ALREADY TO 30 KFT IN SOUTHEAST MS WITH CELLS DEVELOPING IN
SOUTHWEST AL.  SUBSIDENCE FROM PRIOR SQUALL LINE PASSAGE HAS ALLOWED
SURFACE TEMPS TO WARM...CURRENTLY RANGING FROM 76 AT MEI TO 70 AT MOB
WITH STRONG MOISTURE CONVERGENCE SPREADING FROM SOUTHEAST MS INTO
EXTREME SOUTHWEST AL.  ATMOSPHERE IS RAPIDLY RE-DESTABLIZING WITH
ADAP CURRENTLY SHOWING LI'S RANGING FROM -2 TO -7 OVER CWA.
APPROACHING H5 TROF AND POOL OF COLD H5 TEMPS DOWN TO -18C WITH LOW
LEVEL THERMAL RIDGE WITH ALLOW FOR CONTINUING DESTABLIZATION THROUGH
THE LATE EVENING HOURS...WHICH IS ALREADY INDICATED IN CURRENT RADAR
TREND AND IR SAT LOOP.  WITH APPROACH OF SFC-H85 TROF LOW LEVEL
DIRECTIONAL SHEAR DECREASES...BUT WITH MAINTAINED 30-35KT LOW LEVEL
JET...MILD SHEAR VALUES WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO MAINTAIN AT LEAST A
LARGE HAIL THREAT THROUGH THE LATE EVENING HOURS ESPECIALLY WITH DRY
AIR REMAINING IN PLACE ABOVE H7 AND GOOD INSTABILITY.  THINK SPC
MODERATE RISK LOOKS GOOD FOR THIS EVENING...AND EXPECT THREAT TO
CONTINUE UP UNTIL FROPA AS IR AND WV LOOPS SHOW YET ANOTHER
DEVELOPING LINE OVER SW LA.

MOB 52/63/36/61 6000         PNS 55/67/38/63 6000
DTS 57/66/40/60 6000         EVR 48/60/30/60 5000 29

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Florida, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997

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.