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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 87, NWS Mobile, AL

June 7, 2011Okaloosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 2011, 3:38 PM CDT for Okaloosa County, Florida. It was in force for 21 min. 1 report 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
Jun 7, 2011, 3:38 PM CDT (20:38 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 2011, 3:59 PM CDT
In force
21 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Okaloosa County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:38 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 7, 4:05 PM CDTHAIL 0.881 S Crestview, FLSKYWARN SPOTTER REPORTED NICKEL SIZED HAIL SOUTH SIDE OF CRESTVIEW...NEAR JUNCTURE OF I-10 AND HIGHWAY 85

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

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 267 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2011-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 772 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2011-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -40 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
772 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-166 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1496 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-54 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.

456 
WUUS54 KMOB 072038
SVRMOB
FLC091-072115-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0087.110607T2038Z-110607T2115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
338 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL OKALOOSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CRESTVIEW...

* UNTIL 415 PM CDT

* AT 335 PM CDT...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
  CRESTVIEW...OR 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAUREL HILL...AND MOVING
  NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BAKER AND GALLIVER AROUND 345 PM CDT...
  NUBBIN RIDGE AND CANNON TOWN AROUND 350 PM CDT...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 10 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 47 AND 57.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3073 8677 3097 8677 3082 8650 3066 8659
TIME...MOT...LOC 2038Z 116DEG 16KT 3078 8664

$$
1 follow-up statement
356 
WWUS54 KMOB 072059
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
359 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2011

FLC091-072109-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0087.000000T0000Z-110607T2115Z/
OKALOOSA FL-
359 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2011

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

LAT...LON 3073 8677 3097 8677 3082 8650 3066 8659
TIME...MOT...LOC 2059Z 116DEG 16KT 3082 8674

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 2:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBSanta Rosa33 min

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.