Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 157, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2000, 4:00 PM CDT for Okaloosa County, Florida. It was in force for 30 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, 2000, 4:00 PM CDT (21:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 2000, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Okaloosa County, FL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 4:10 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Crestview, FL | Dime sized hail was reported south of Crestview near the Eglin Air Force Base Reserve. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 1:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL (KVPS), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 22 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
- 2299 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1111 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 2 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KMOB 132102 SVRMOB FLC091-132130- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 400 PM CDT THU JUL 13 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... OKALOOSA COUNTY IN FLORIDA THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...CRESTVIEW...BAKER * UNTIL 430 PM CDT * AT 357 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF CRESTVIEW...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... 9 MILES WEST OF CRESTVIEW AT 430 PM CDT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FOURECAST OFFICE IN MOBILE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR ALABAMA AND FLORIDA.
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.