Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 160, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2000, 8:49 PM CDT for Okaloosa County, Florida. It was in force for 26 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 13, 2000, 8:49 PM CDT (01:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 2000, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Okaloosa County, FL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 9:05 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 55 E | Valparaiso, FL | Power lines were reported downed by thunderstorm winds. |
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 nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 206 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
- 995 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1009 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 2 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -82 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -55 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 140156 COR SVRMOB FLC091-140215- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 849 PM CDT THU JUL 13 2000 ...CORRECTED HEADER... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN OKALOOSA COUNTY IN FLORIDA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF NICEVILLE * UNTIL 915 PM CDT * AT 849 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER VALPARAISO...OR ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTH OF NICEVILLE...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... OVER DESTIN AT 915 PM CDT 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 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 FORECAST OFFICE IN MOBILE. LAT...LON 3056 8636 3056 8657 3029 8660 3029 8634
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Santa Rosa | 37 min |
| Jul 13, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 27 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.