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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 147, NWS Mobile, AL

July 30, 2012Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 30, 2012, 1:49 PM CDT for Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 41 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
Jul 30, 2012, 1:49 PM CDT (18:49 UTC)
Expired
Jul 30, 2012, 2:30 PM CDT
In force
41 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 18:53 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
Jul 30, 2:10 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGMilligan, FLTREES REPORTED DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF STATE ROUTE 4 AND US 90.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 234 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 2012-07-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3159 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 2012-07-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 60 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
3159 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
518 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
73 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.

011 
WUUS54 KMOB 301849
SVRMOB
FLC091-113-301930-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0147.120730T1849Z-120730T1930Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
149 PM CDT MON JUL 30 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 230 PM CDT

* AT 144 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER
  SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OVER 60 MPH WAS LOCATED 19 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF CRESTVIEW...OR 13 MILES NORTH OF BAKER...AND MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

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

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 10 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 41 AND 62.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

CONTINUOUS 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.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3060 8680 3098 8689 3100 8675 3099 8657
      3075 8639
TIME...MOT...LOC 1849Z 325DEG 24KT 3095 8674

$$
1 follow-up statement
335 
WWUS54 KMOB 301904
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
204 PM CDT MON JUL 30 2012

FLC091-113-301930-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0147.000000T0000Z-120730T1930Z/
OKALOOSA FL-SANTA ROSA FL-
204 PM CDT MON JUL 30 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM CDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL SANTA ROSA AND NORTHERN OKALOOSA COUNTIES...

AT 203 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER
SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OVER 60 MPH WAS LOCATED 11 MILES
NORTHWEST OF CRESTVIEW...OR 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF BAKER...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

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

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 10 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 41 AND 62.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

CONTINUOUS 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.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3097 8659 3075 8639 3060 8680 3093 8688
TIME...MOT...LOC 1904Z 337DEG 26KT 3084 8673

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 30, 10:28 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryMOB5 hr
Jul 30, 2:12 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa2 hr
Jul 30, 2:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBOkaloosa, Santa Rosa46 min
Jul 30, 2:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia49 min
Jul 30, 2:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia56 min
Jul 30, 3:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia56 min
Jul 30, 3:15 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBOkaloosa2 hr
Jul 30, 5:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBSanta Rosa54 min

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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.