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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Mobile, AL

March 22, 2005Okaloosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 22, 2005, 7:01 AM CST for Okaloosa County, Florida. It was in force for 29 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 22, 2005, 7:01 AM CST (13:01 UTC)
Expired
Mar 22, 2005, 7:30 AM CST
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Okaloosa County, FL

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 22, 6:55 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 211 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 2005-03-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 714 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 2005-03-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 169 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
714 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-75 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
508 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
169 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
265 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
7.3

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The text

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

000
WUUS54 KMOB 221302
SVRMOB
FLC091-221330-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0004.050322T1301Z-050322T1330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
701 AM CST TUE MAR 22 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...

  OKALOOSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA

* UNTIL 730 AM CST

* AT 657 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SEMINOLE...OR
  ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF SANDESTIN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30
  MPH.


LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORMS.


LAT...LON 3046 8639 3046 8642 3050 8645 3043 8658
      3042 8658 3041 8652 3043 8647 3039 8639
      3039 8639 3039 8678 3099 8677 3099 8639

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 22, 7:01 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBOkaloosa29 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Florida, 2005Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2005

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.