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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 145, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 2012, 5:26 PM CDT for Escambia County, Alabama; Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 38 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 25, 2012, 5:26 PM CDT (22:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 2012, 6:04 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Escambia County, AL, Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:26 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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 243 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2761 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 873 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
909
WUUS54 KMOB 252226
SVRMOB
ALC053-FLC091-113-252330-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0145.120725T2226Z-120725T2330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
526 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN OKALOOSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
NORTHEASTERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
SOUTHEASTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 630 PM CDT
* AT 524 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS OVER 60 MPH WAS LOCATED 17 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EAST BREWTON...
OR 14 MILES SOUTH OF US 29 AND CR 43...AND MOVING NORTHWEST AT 5
MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PARKER SPRINGS...
ROCK CREEK...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE
SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY! IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE
ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
&&
LAT...LON 3086 8674 3097 8701 3117 8682 3102 8670
3101 8670 3100 8668 3096 8665
TIME...MOT...LOC 2225Z 118DEG 3KT 3096 8682
$$1 follow-up statement
076
WWUS54 KMOB 252304
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
604 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2012
ALC053-FLC091-113-252314-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0145.000000T0000Z-120725T2330Z/
ESCAMBIA AL-OKALOOSA FL-SANTA ROSA FL-
604 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR
NORTHEASTERN SANTA ROSA...NORTHWESTERN OKALOOSA AND SOUTHEASTERN
ESCAMBIA COUNTIES...
AT 604 PM CDT...THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN
SANTA ROSA...NORTHWESTERN OKALOOSA AND SOUTHEASTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTIES
HAS WEAKENED TO BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...THUS THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3086 8674 3097 8701 3117 8682 3102 8670
3101 8670 3100 8668 3096 8665
TIME...MOT...LOC 2304Z 118DEG 3KT 3098 8685
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 2:15 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 90 min | |
| Jul 25, 2:48 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin | 57 min |
| Jul 25, 3:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 40 min |
| Jul 25, 3:53 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin | 52 min |
| Jul 25, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 55 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Florida, 2012Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 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.