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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 96, NWS Mobile, AL

April 5, 1997Escambia County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 5, 1997, 2:47 PM CST for Escambia County, Florida. It was in force for 58 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 5, 1997, 2:47 PM CST (20:47 UTC)
Expired
Apr 5, 1997, 3:45 PM CST
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Escambia County, FL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 5, 1:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 1997-04-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 356 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 1997-04-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 411 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
356 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
503 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
411 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
442 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
4.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMOB 052045 RRA
SVRMOB
FLC033-052145-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
247 PM CST SAT APR 5 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  345 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA
 
   ...ESCAMBIA COUNTY
 
 
 
 
AT 243 PM...NWS DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR IN MOBILE INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM MOBING OUT OF EASTERN BALDWIN COUNTY ALABAM AND INTO
WESTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY FLORIDA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 35-40 MPH
AND WILL AFFECT ESCAMBIA COUNTY ...MAINLY SOUTH OF A MCKINNON FL TO
MOLINO FL LINE.
 
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 TH,E ROAD.

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.