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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 142, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 3, 2014, 9:19 AM CDT for Okaloosa County, Florida. It was in force for 41 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
- Oct 3, 2014, 9:19 AM CDT (14:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 3, 2014, 10:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Okaloosa County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 212 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
- 614 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 699 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
442
WUUS54 KMOB 031419
SVRMOB
FLC091-031500-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0142.141003T1419Z-141003T1500Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
919 AM CDT FRI OCT 3 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN OKALOOSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 1000 AM CDT
* AT 918 AM CDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DAMAGING WINDS OVER 60 MPH WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CRESTVIEW TO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MARY
ESTHER...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OCEAN CITY... FORT WALTON BEACH... SHALIMAR...
LAKE LORRAINE... CINCO BAYOU... WRIGHT...
VALPARAISO... NICEVILLE... MARY ESTHER...
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 10 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 46 AND 67.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OFTEN PRODUCE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. PLEASE TAKE COVER UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.
&&
LAT...LON 3039 8659 3038 8680 3079 8672 3078 8638
3045 8639 3044 8642 3048 8646 3045 8649
3042 8659 3040 8658 3040 8653 3042 8649
3042 8644 3041 8640 3038 8639 3037 8640
TIME...MOT...LOC 1419Z 270DEG 27KT 3070 8664 3035 8671
$$1 follow-up statement
727
WWUS54 KMOB 031454
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
954 AM CDT FRI OCT 3 2014
FLC091-031503-
/O.EXP.KMOB.SV.W.0142.000000T0000Z-141003T1500Z/
OKALOOSA FL-
954 AM CDT FRI OCT 3 2014
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS BEING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE FOR
SOUTHERN OKALOOSA COUNTY...
AT 948 AM CDT...THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR SOUTHERN
OKALOOSA COUNTY HAS NEARLY MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY...THUS THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 1000 AM CDT.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL (800) 284-9059.
LAT...LON 3039 8659 3038 8680 3079 8672 3078 8638
3045 8639 3044 8642 3048 8646 3045 8649
3042 8659 3040 8658 3040 8653 3042 8649
3042 8644 3041 8640 3038 8639 3037 8640
TIME...MOT...LOC 1453Z 270DEG 27KT 3070 8634 3035 8641
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2:55 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MOB | 27 hr |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.