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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 149, NWS Mobile, AL

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

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 30, 2012, 2:29 PM CDT for Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 46 min. 3 reports 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, 2:29 PM CDT (19:29 UTC)
Expired
Jul 30, 2012, 3:15 PM CDT
In force
46 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), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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, 2:30 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGNiceville, FLTREE DOWN IN FRONT YARD OF RESIDENCE
Jul 30, 2:45 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGDestin, FLTREES REPORTED DOWN IN DESTIN
Jul 30, 2:56 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG5 W Holt, FLTREES REPORTED DOWN NEAR ON INTERSTATE 10 NEAR MILE MARKER 40.

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, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 215 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.

145 
WUUS54 KMOB 301929
SVRMOB
FLC091-113-302015-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0149.120730T1929Z-120730T2015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
229 PM CDT MON JUL 30 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN OKALOOSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
  SOUTHEASTERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...

* UNTIL 315 PM CDT

* AT 227 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER
  SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OVER 60 MPH WAS LOCATED 11 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF CRESTVIEW...OR 10 MILES SOUTH OF BAKER...AND MOVING
  SOUTH AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  OCEAN CITY...         FORT WALTON BEACH...  NAVARRE BEACH...
  SHALIMAR...           LAKE LORRAINE...      CINCO BAYOU...
  WRIGHT...             VALPARAISO...         NICEVILLE...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 10 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 38 AND 66.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3073 8687 3078 8641 3061 8638 3045 8639
      3044 8642 3048 8646 3045 8649 3042 8659
      3040 8658 3040 8653 3042 8649 3042 8644
      3041 8640 3038 8639 3039 8667 3037 8687
TIME...MOT...LOC 1930Z 355DEG 23KT 3064 8673

$$
1 follow-up statement
303 
WWUS54 KMOB 301949
SVSMOB

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

FLC091-113-302015-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0149.000000T0000Z-120730T2015Z/
OKALOOSA FL-SANTA ROSA FL-
249 PM CDT MON JUL 30 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN SANTA ROSA AND SOUTHERN OKALOOSA COUNTIES...

AT 245 PM CDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OVER 60 MPH WERE LOCATED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES EAST OF NICEVILLE TO 12 MILES SOUTHEAST 
OF BAGDAD...MOVING SOUTH AT 30 MPH. ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 
LOCATED NEAR DESTIN. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  OCEAN CITY...         FORT WALTON BEACH...  NAVARRE BEACH...
  SHALIMAR...           LAKE LORRAINE...      CINCO BAYOU...
  WRIGHT...             VALPARAISO...         NICEVILLE...

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3062 8687 3063 8639 3045 8639 3044 8642
      3048 8646 3045 8649 3042 8659 3040 8658
      3040 8653 3042 8649 3042 8644 3041 8640
      3038 8639 3039 8667 3037 8687
TIME...MOT...LOC 1948Z 359DEG 27KT 3050 8642 3048 8686

$$

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, 1:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBOkaloosa, Santa Rosa41 min
Jul 30, 2:12 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa2 hr
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

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.