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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 210, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 2000, 4:12 PM CDT for Okaloosa County, Florida. It was in force for 33 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 22, 2000, 4:12 PM CDT (21:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 2000, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 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 22, 4:50 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 55 E | Blackman, FL | Trees and power lines were blown down in the community and along Highway 85 as thunderstorms moved through the area. |
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 12:00Z, 9.2 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
- 692 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -161 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1294 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 3 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
848 WUUS54 KMOB 222113 SVRMOB FLC091-222145- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 412 PM CDT SAT JUL 22 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... OKALOOSA COUNTY IN FLORIDA THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...CRESTVIEW...NICEVILLE * UNTIL 445 PM CDT * AT 412 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER CRESTVIEW...OR ABOUT 3 MILES WEST OF CRESTVIEW...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF NICEVILLE AT 445 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 3094 8644 3096 8678 3046 8677 3045 8641
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 3:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Santa Rosa | 54 min |
| Jul 22, 3:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 42 min |
| Jul 22, 4:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 55 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.