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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 68, NWS Mobile, AL

May 29, 2012Santa Rosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2012, 6:55 PM CDT for Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 29 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
May 29, 2012, 6:55 PM CDT (23:55 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 2012, 7:24 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Santa Rosa County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:54 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
May 29, 7:03 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGBerrydale, FLSANTA ROSA 911 REPORTED THAT TREES HAD FALLEN ON POWERLINES IN NORTHERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY IN THE TOWN OF BERRYDALE.

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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 257 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 2012-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 103 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 2012-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 29 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
103 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
487 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
90 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

945 
WUUS54 KMOB 292355
SVRMOB
FLC113-300045-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0068.120529T2355Z-120530T0045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
655 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 649 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER
  SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OVER 60 MPH WAS LOCATED 13 MILES NORTH
  OF MILTON...OR 4 MILES SOUTH OF WHITFIELD...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
  15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WHITING FIELD...      WHITFIELD...          SPRINGHILL...
  SKYLINE...            ROEVILLE...           POINT BAKER...
  FIDELIS...            EAST MILTON...        COBBTOWN...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 10 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 31 AND 42.

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 8720 3098 8712 3092 8679 3063 8679
      3062 8680 3052 8680
TIME...MOT...LOC 2355Z 302DEG 13KT 3081 8704

$$
2 follow-up statements
822 
WWUS54 KMOB 300015
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
715 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2012

FLC113-300045-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0068.000000T0000Z-120530T0045Z/
SANTA ROSA FL-
715 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT
FOR NORTHERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY...

AT 712 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER
SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OVER 60 MPH WAS LOCATED 11 MILES
NORTHEAST OF MILTON...OR 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPRINGHILL...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WHITING FIELD...      WHITFIELD...          SPRINGHILL...
  SKYLINE...            ROEVILLE...           POINT BAKER...
  FIDELIS...            EAST MILTON...        COBBTOWN...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 10 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 31 AND 42.

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 3052 8680 3073 8720 3098 8712 3092 8679
      3063 8679 3062 8680
TIME...MOT...LOC 0015Z 302DEG 13KT 3077 8697

$$
107 
WWUS54 KMOB 300024
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
724 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2012

FLC113-300035-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0068.000000T0000Z-120530T0045Z/
SANTA ROSA FL-
724 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR NORTHERN
SANTA ROSA COUNTY...

AT 722 PM CDT...THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR NORTHERN
SANTA ROSA COUNTY HAS WEAKENED TO BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...THUS THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3052 8680 3073 8720 3098 8712 3092 8679
      3063 8679 3062 8680
TIME...MOT...LOC 0025Z 302DEG 13KT 3075 8693

$$

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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.