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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Mobile, AL

January 22, 2016Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 22, 2016, 12:32 AM CST for Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 43 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 22, 2016, 12:32 AM CST (06:32 UTC)
Expired
Jan 22, 2016, 1:15 AM CST
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:35 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 21, 6:53 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 226 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 00:00Z on 2016-01-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2016-01-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 201 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1670 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
201 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
366 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

686 
WUUS54 KMOB 220632
SVRMOB
FLC091-113-220715-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0010.160122T0632Z-160122T0715Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1232 AM CST FRI JAN 22 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN FLORIDA...
  NORTHERN OKALOOSA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN FLORIDA...

* UNTIL 115 AM CST

* AT 1232 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF WHITFIELD...OR 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF MILTON...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CRESTVIEW...BAKER AND LAUREL HILL. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CST FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
ALABAMA AND NORTHWESTERN FLORIDA.

LAT...LON 3079 8639 3080 8697 3092 8699 3100 8642
      3099 8639
TIME...MOT...LOC 0632Z 247DEG 43KT 3082 8692 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 21, 6:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBOkaloosa58 min
Jan 21, 6:54 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia36 min
Jan 21, 8:01 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBOkaloosa119 min
Jan 21, 8:05 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningMOBOkaloosa67 hr
Jan 21, 10:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia37 min
Jan 21, 11:40 PM CSTWind AdvisoryMOBEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa19 hr
Jan 21, 11:46 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBOkaloosa, Santa Rosa44 min
Jan 22, 12:11 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa64 min
Jan 22, 1:14 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBOkaloosa31 min
Jan 22, 10:34 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningMOBEscambia9 days

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.