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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 281, NWS Mobile, AL

August 25, 2000Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 25, 2000, 5:20 PM CDT for Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 40 min. No storm report in the archive falls 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.

The facts

Issued
Aug 25, 2000, 5:20 PM CDT (22:20 UTC)
Expired
Aug 25, 2000, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 252 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2000-08-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 594 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2000-08-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -33 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
594 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-68 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1312 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-28 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KMOB 252220
SVRMOB
FLC091-113-252300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
520 PM CDT FRI AUG 25 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SANTA ROSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA  OKALOOSA COUNTY IN
  NORTHWEST FLORIDA

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 520 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES WEST OF CRESTVIEW...MOVING SOUTH AT 20
  MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR THE AREAS OF
  NAVARRE...MARY ESTHER...WRIGHT AND HOLLEY DURING THE NEXT HOUR.

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 3036 8715 3039 8649 3044 8660 3052 8642
          3099 8639 3100 8717 3073 8730 3057 8721
          3053 8708 3045 8708 3052 8701 3047 8691
          3040 8700 3040 8711

The office that day

Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 25, 3:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBSanta Rosa62 min
Aug 25, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia62 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Florida, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000

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.