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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Mobile, AL

February 19, 2009Okaloosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 19, 2009, 12:30 AM CST for Okaloosa County, Florida. It was in force for 36 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
Feb 19, 2009, 12:30 AM CST (06:30 UTC)
Expired
Feb 19, 2009, 1:06 AM CST
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Okaloosa County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 18, 7:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 6.5 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 00:00Z on 2009-02-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 177 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2009-02-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 371 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
177 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
515 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
371 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
426 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
2.3

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KMOB 190630
SVRMOB
FLC091-190730-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0021.090219T0630Z-090219T0730Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1230 AM CST THU FEB 19 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN OKALOOSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...FORT WALTON BEACH...DESTIN...

* UNTIL 130 AM CST

* AT 1223 AM CST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A LINE     
  OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS OVER   
  60 MPH AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.  THESE STORMS WERE ALONG A LINE        
  EXTENDING FROM NICEVILLE TO 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NAVARRE...MOVING  
  EAST AT 40 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  DESTIN BY 1235 AM CST...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CST 
THURSDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.

LAT...LON 3039 8649 3040 8651 3039 8653 3040 8678
      3050 8661 3056 8641 3053 8638 3046 8639
      3046 8642 3049 8645 3043 8655 3044 8658
      3042 8657 3041 8652 3043 8646 3041 8639
      3039 8638
TIME...MOT...LOC 0628Z 276DEG 25KT 3047 8642 3029 8687

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KMOB 190706
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
106 AM CST THU FEB 19 2009

FLC091-190714-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-090219T0730Z/
OKALOOSA FL-
104 AM CST THU FEB 19 2009

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN OKALOOSA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED SOUTHEAST OF THE FORT 
WALTON AND DESTIN AREAS.  THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE 
BEACHES THROUGH 2 AM...PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS AROUND 40 MPH AND HEAVY 
RAINS.  


LAT...LON 3039 8649 3040 8651 3039 8653 3040 8678
      3050 8661 3056 8641 3053 8638 3046 8639
      3046 8642 3049 8645 3043 8655 3044 8658
      3042 8657 3041 8652 3043 8646 3041 8639
      3039 8638
TIME...MOT...LOC 0704Z 273DEG 20KT 3046 8618 3028 8663

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 18, 8:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa25 min
Feb 18, 8:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBOkaloosa, Santa Rosa31 min
Feb 18, 9:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBOkaloosa15 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Florida, 2009Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2009

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.