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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 133, NWS Mobile, AL

July 17, 2012Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 17, 2012, 3:31 PM CDT for Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 26 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
Jul 17, 2012, 3:31 PM CDT (20:31 UTC)
Expired
Jul 17, 2012, 3:57 PM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:33 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 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 235 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 2012-07-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2058 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 12:00Z on 2012-07-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 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
2058 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-40 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
906 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
38 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.

257 
WUUS54 KMOB 172031
SVRMOB
FLC091-113-172130-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0133.120717T2031Z-120717T2130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
331 PM CDT TUE JUL 17 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN OKALOOSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
  NORTHEASTERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...

* UNTIL 430 PM CDT

* AT 330 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
  WINDS OVER 60 MPH WAS LOCATED 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF CRESTVIEW...OR
  10 MILES NORTHWEST OF BAKER...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CRESTVIEW...          BAKER...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 10 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 45 AND 60.

LAT...LON 3058 8669 3094 8691 3100 8676 3099 8672
      3070 8648
TIME...MOT...LOC 2032Z 329DEG 18KT 3091 8677

$$
1 follow-up statement
025 
WWUS54 KMOB 172057
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
357 PM CDT TUE JUL 17 2012

FLC091-113-172107-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0133.000000T0000Z-120717T2130Z/
OKALOOSA FL-SANTA ROSA FL-
357 PM CDT TUE JUL 17 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR
NORTHEASTERN SANTA ROSA AND NORTHERN OKALOOSA COUNTIES...

AT 357 PM CDT...THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN
SANTA ROSA AND NORTHERN OKALOOSA COUNTIES HAS WEAKENED TO BELOW
SEVERE LIMITS...THUS THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL (800) 284-9059.

LAT...LON 3058 8669 3094 8691 3100 8676 3099 8672
      3070 8648
TIME...MOT...LOC 2057Z 329DEG 18KT 3080 8669

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 17, 2:41 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBOkaloosa2 hr
Jul 17, 3:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBOkaloosa16 min
Jul 17, 3:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBSanta Rosa26 min
Jul 17, 4:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa36 min
Jul 17, 4:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBSanta Rosa50 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Florida, 2012Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2012

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.