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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Mobile, AL

April 28, 2011Okaloosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 28, 2011, 3:26 AM CDT for Okaloosa County, Florida. It was in force for 19 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
Apr 28, 2011, 3:26 AM CDT (08:26 UTC)
Expired
Apr 28, 2011, 3:45 AM CDT
In force
19 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 08:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 8.4 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 2011-04-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3101 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2011-04-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 80 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
3101 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
607 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
80 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
161 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.9
Supercell composite
13.8

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The text

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

357 
WUUS54 KMOB 280826
SVRMOB
FLC091-280845-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0056.110428T0826Z-110428T0845Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
326 AM CDT THU APR 28 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN OKALOOSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...

* UNTIL 345 AM CDT

* AT 323 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FORT WALTON BEACH...OR NEAR
  CINCO BAYOU...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  VALPARAISO AND NICEVILLE AROUND 335 AM CDT...
  SEMINOLE AROUND 340 AM CDT...

&&

LAT...LON 3039 8649 3040 8651 3039 8653 3040 8667
      3045 8668 3057 8638 3046 8639 3046 8642
      3049 8645 3043 8655 3044 8658 3042 8657
      3041 8652 3043 8646 3041 8639 3039 8638
TIME...MOT...LOC 0826Z 248DEG 35KT 3040 8654

$$
1 follow-up statement
393 
WWUS54 KMOB 280848
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
348 AM CDT THU APR 28 2011

FLC091-280857-
/O.EXP.KMOB.SV.W.0056.000000T0000Z-110428T0845Z/
OKALOOSA FL-
348 AM CDT THU APR 28 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN OKALOOSA COUNTY
HAS EXPIRED...

AT 345 AM CDT...THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED TO 
BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 3039 8649 3040 8651 3039 8653 3040 8667
      3045 8668 3057 8638 3046 8639 3046 8642
      3049 8645 3043 8655 3044 8658 3042 8657
      3041 8652 3043 8646 3041 8639 3039 8638
TIME...MOT...LOC 0826Z 248DEG 35KT 3040 8654

$$

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.