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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 137, NWS Mobile, AL

July 17, 2012Santa Rosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 17, 2012, 4:55 PM CDT for Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 50 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, 4:55 PM CDT (21:55 UTC)
Expired
Jul 17, 2012, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Santa Rosa County, FL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 242 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2012-07-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1803 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2012-07-17The 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
1803 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
867 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
4 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-27 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.

592 
WUUS54 KMOB 172155
SVRMOB
FLC113-172245-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0137.120717T2155Z-120717T2245Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL SANTA ROSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 453 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER
  SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OVER 60 MPH WAS LOCATED 9 MILES EAST
  OF MOLINO...OR 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF POINT BAKER...AND MOVING SOUTH
  AT 10 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  POINT BAKER...        PEA RIDGE...          PACE...
  MILTON...             BAGDAD...

LAT...LON 3059 8723 3061 8724 3062 8726 3063 8725
      3066 8727 3069 8727 3069 8728 3071 8727
      3072 8728 3082 8728 3082 8707 3058 8701
TIME...MOT...LOC 2155Z 000DEG 8KT 3073 8717

$$
1 follow-up statement
547 
WWUS54 KMOB 172237
SVSMOB

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

FLC113-172247-
/O.EXP.KMOB.SV.W.0137.000000T0000Z-120717T2245Z/
SANTA ROSA FL-
537 PM CDT TUE JUL 17 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE FOR
WEST CENTRAL SANTA ROSA COUNTY...

AT 531 PM CDT...THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL
SANTA ROSA COUNTY HAS WEAKENED TO BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...THUS THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 545 PM CDT.

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

LAT...LON 3059 8723 3061 8724 3062 8726 3063 8725
      3066 8727 3069 8727 3069 8728 3071 8727
      3072 8728 3082 8728 3082 8707 3058 8701
TIME...MOT...LOC 2237Z 000DEG 8KT 3064 8717

$$

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, 3:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBOkaloosa, Santa Rosa26 min
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

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