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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Mobile, AL

January 13, 2006Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 13, 2006, 10:27 AM CST for Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 33 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jan 13, 2006, 10:27 AM CST (16:27 UTC)
Expired: Jan 13, 2006, 11:00 AM CST
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jan 13, 10:41 AM CST	TORNADO 0	Baker, FL	* 13 INJ * NWS STORM SURVEY FOUND THE DAMAGE AT BAKER TO BE A TORNADO WITH A PATH WIDTH OF 50 YARDS AND A LENGTH OF 4 MILES. IT WAS RATED AN F0. 13 MINOR INJURIES OCCURED AT BAKER SCHOOL ALONG WITH DAMAGE TO THE STRUCTURE.
Jan 13, 10:41 AM CST	TORNADO	Baker, FL	* 15 INJ * 10 TO 15 STUDENTS WITH MINOR INJURIES...ALSO HOMES DAMAGED ALONG WITH DAMAGE AT BAKER SCHOOL COMPLEX. AUTOS DAMAGED ON SCHOOL PROPERTY. SCHOOL OFFICIALS HEARD WARNING ON NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND MOVED STUDENTS TO PROTECTIVE AREA.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jan 13, 7:11 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 240 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 42 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -179 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 782 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 176 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 209 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KMOB 131627
SVRMOB
FLC091-113-131700-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0021.060113T1627Z-060113T1700Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1027 AM CST FRI JAN 13 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...

  OKALOOSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA
  SANTA ROSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA

* UNTIL 1100 AM CST

* AT 1022 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  HAROLD...OR ABOUT 18 MILES WEST OF CRESTVIEW...AND MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  GALLIVER BY 1035 AM CST
  BAKER AND CANNON TOWN BY 1040 AM CST
  PEADEN AND BLACKMAN BY 1050 AM CST

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

LAT...LON 3076 8702 3059 8686 3088 8641 3099 8654
      3099 8673

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KMOB 131641
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1041 AM CST FRI JAN 13 2006

FLC113-131651-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-060113T1700Z/
SANTA ROSA FL-
1041 AM CST FRI JAN 13 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SANTA ROSA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 3096 8642 3091 8642 3089 8640 3079 8657
      3074 8663 3066 8677 3095 8677 3099 8672
      3099 8643

$$

FLC091-131700-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-060113T1700Z/
OKALOOSA FL-
1041 AM CST FRI JAN 13 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1100 AM CST FOR
NORTHERN OKALOOSA COUNTY...

AT 1039 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR BAKER...OR ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF CRESTVIEW...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BLACKMAN AND 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF AUBURN BY 1050 AM CST
  PEADEN...ESCAMBIA FARMS...CAMPTON AND GOOD HOPE BY 1055 AM CST
  LAUREL HILL BY 1100 AM CST

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM.
WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A
TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A
STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3096 8642 3091 8642 3089 8640 3079 8657
      3074 8663 3066 8677 3095 8677 3099 8672
      3099 8643

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 13, 8:12 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		63 min
Jan 13, 8:56 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Escambia	34 min
Jan 13, 9:23 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		37 min
Jan 13, 9:28 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Escambia	24 min
Jan 13, 10:01 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Santa Rosa	29 min
Jan 13, 10:17 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Escambia	43 min
Jan 13, 10:45 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Okaloosa	22 min
Jan 13, 10:52 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Escambia, Santa Rosa	23 min
Jan 13, 11:12 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Okaloosa, Santa Rosa	48 min
Jan 13, 11:39 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		66 min

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.