Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 26, 2012, 12:55 PM CST for Okaloosa County, 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
- Jan 26, 2012, 12:55 PM CST (18:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 26, 2012, 1:45 PM CST
- In force
- 50 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), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 26, 9:55 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 220 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
- 53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 757 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 177 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
429
WUUS54 KMOB 261855
SVRMOB
FLC091-113-261945-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0007.120126T1855Z-120126T1945Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1255 PM CST THU JAN 26 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 145 PM CST
* AT 1249 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM 9 MILES EAST OF MILTON TO 11 MILES WEST OF WRIGHT TO 15 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF MARY ESTHER...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NAVARRE BEACH... HOLLEY... SHALIMAR...
OCEAN CITY... LAKE LORRAINE... FORT WALTON BEACH...
CINCO BAYOU... NAVARRE... HAROLD...
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 10 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 33 AND 44.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CST THURSDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.
&&
LAT...LON 3039 8687 3039 8693 3068 8694 3072 8638
3045 8639 3044 8642 3048 8646 3042 8659
3040 8658 3040 8653 3042 8649 3042 8644
3041 8640 3039 8639 3038 8639 3039 8667
3037 8692
TIME...MOT...LOC 1855Z 261DEG 36KT 3063 8683 3051 8674
3031 8679
$$2 follow-up statements
520
WWUS54 KMOB 261913
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
113 PM CST THU JAN 26 2012
FLC113-261923-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120126T1945Z/
SANTA ROSA FL-
113 PM CST THU JAN 26 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CST THURSDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 3039 8667 3039 8677 3069 8678 3072 8638
3045 8639 3044 8642 3048 8646 3042 8659
3040 8658 3040 8653 3042 8649 3042 8644
3041 8640 3039 8639 3038 8639
TIME...MOT...LOC 1913Z 231DEG 30KT 3075 8678 3072 8667
3063 8665 3043 8670
$$
FLC091-261945-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120126T1945Z/
OKALOOSA FL-
113 PM CST THU JAN 26 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM CST
FOR SOUTHERN OKALOOSA COUNTY...
AT 109 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 17 MILES NORTHEAST OF MILTON TO 12 MILES
NORTHWEST OF EGLIN AFB TO 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF EGLIN AFB TO MARY
ESTHER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
WRIGHT...CINCO BAYOU...FORT WALTON BEACH...OCEAN CITY...GARNIER...
SHALIMAR...LONGWOOD...LAKE LORRAINE...EGLIN VILLAGE...DESTIN...
VALPARAISO...POSTIL...NICEVILLE...DANA POINT AND SEMINOLE
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CST THURSDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.
&&
LAT...LON 3039 8667 3039 8677 3069 8678 3072 8638
3045 8639 3044 8642 3048 8646 3042 8659
3040 8658 3040 8653 3042 8649 3042 8644
3041 8640 3039 8639 3038 8639
TIME...MOT...LOC 1913Z 231DEG 30KT 3075 8678 3072 8667
3063 8665 3043 8670
$$719
WWUS54 KMOB 261938
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
138 PM CST THU JAN 26 2012
FLC091-261945-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120126T1945Z/
OKALOOSA FL-
138 PM CST THU JAN 26 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM CST
FOR SOUTHEASTERN OKALOOSA COUNTY...
AT 132 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13
MILES NORTHWEST OF CRESTVIEW TO 8 MILES NORTH OF CRESTVIEW TO
CRESTVIEW TO FORT WALTON BEACH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
POSTIL...DANA POINT...NICEVILLE AND SEMINOLE
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CST THURSDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.
&&
LAT...LON 3039 8660 3071 8653 3072 8638 3045 8639
3044 8642 3048 8646 3042 8659 3040 8658
3040 8653 3042 8649 3042 8644 3041 8640
3039 8639 3038 8639
TIME...MOT...LOC 1937Z 224DEG 42KT 3097 8660 3094 8649
3085 8646 3044 8652
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 26, 9:49 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Escambia | 116 min |
| Jan 26, 12:05 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 4 hr |
| Jan 26, 1:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 38 min |
| Jan 26, 1:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 14 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Florida, 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.