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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 104, NWS Mobile, AL

March 26, 2016Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 26, 2016, 5:35 PM CDT for Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 40 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
Mar 26, 2016, 5:35 PM CDT (22:35 UTC)
Expired
Mar 26, 2016, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Escambia County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 26, 5:57 PM CDTHAIL 1.255 Nw Bagdad, FLLARGE HAIL REPORTED OFF PINE BLOSSOM RD. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 250 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2016-03-26Temperature 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2016-03-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 76 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1673 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
76 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

931 
WUUS54 KMOB 262235
SVRMOB
FLC033-113-262315-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0104.160326T2235Z-160326T2315Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
535 PM CDT SAT MAR 26 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN FLORIDA...
  CENTRAL SANTA ROSA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN FLORIDA...

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 534 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER ENSLEY...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE 
           TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PENSACOLA...MILTON...PACE...GONZALEZ...BAGDAD...FERRY PASS...PENSACOLA
  INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...PEA RIDGE...FLORIDATOWN...WHITING FIELD...
  ROEVILLE...POINT BAKER AND MULAT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3059 8731 3092 8700 3072 8679 3059 8701
      3060 8702 3059 8703 3058 8701 3052 8711
      3053 8713 3055 8712 3055 8714 3058 8715
      3058 8718 3056 8719 3056 8718 3055 8717
      3053 8719 3051 8716 3049 8716 3047 8719
TIME...MOT...LOC 2234Z 224DEG 33KT 3053 8725 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
3 follow-up statements
960 
WWUS54 KMOB 262252
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
552 PM CDT SAT MAR 26 2016

FLC033-262301-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0104.000000T0000Z-160326T2315Z/
ESCAMBIA FL-
552 PM CDT SAT MAR 26 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA...THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3062 8718 3092 8700 3072 8679 3059 8701
      3060 8702 3059 8703 3058 8701 3054 8709
      3055 8712 3055 8714 3058 8715 3059 8718
TIME...MOT...LOC 2251Z 231DEG 29KT 3061 8712 

$$

FLC113-262315-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0104.000000T0000Z-160326T2315Z/
SANTA ROSA FL-
552 PM CDT SAT MAR 26 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL SANTA ROSA COUNTY...

AT 551 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER PEA RIDGE...OR
OVER PACE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO 
         ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...MILTON...PACE...BAGDAD...WHITING
FIELD...ROEVILLE...PEA RIDGE...POINT BAKER...MULAT AND FLORIDATOWN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3062 8718 3092 8700 3072 8679 3059 8701
      3060 8702 3059 8703 3058 8701 3054 8709
      3055 8712 3055 8714 3058 8715 3059 8718
TIME...MOT...LOC 2251Z 231DEG 29KT 3061 8712 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
688 
WWUS54 KMOB 262308
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
608 PM CDT SAT MAR 26 2016

FLC113-262315-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0104.000000T0000Z-160326T2315Z/
SANTA ROSA FL-
608 PM CDT SAT MAR 26 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL SANTA ROSA COUNTY...

AT 607 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER ROEVILLE...OR
NEAR MILTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MILTON AND ROEVILLE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3068 8703 3081 8689 3072 8679 3062 8697
      3062 8700 3063 8701 3063 8704 3065 8705
TIME...MOT...LOC 2307Z 238DEG 27KT 3066 8700 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
099 
WWUS54 KMOB 262317
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
617 PM CDT SAT MAR 26 2016

FLC113-262326-
/O.EXP.KMOB.SV.W.0104.000000T0000Z-160326T2315Z/
SANTA ROSA FL-
617 PM CDT SAT MAR 26 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL SANTA ROSA COUNTY
HAS EXPIRED...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  ALTHOUGH
THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND
GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM AS IT MOVES
ACROSS EAST CENTRAL SANTA ROSA COUNTY THROUGH 645 PM.

LAT...LON 3068 8703 3081 8689 3072 8679 3062 8697
      3062 8700 3063 8701 3063 8704 3065 8705
TIME...MOT...LOC 2315Z 224DEG 33KT 3066 8700 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 25, 8:45 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMOBOkaloosa5 days
Mar 26, 7:02 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBSanta Rosa28 min
Mar 26, 7:46 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchMOBEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa5 hr
Mar 26, 4:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia57 min
Mar 26, 4:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia53 min

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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.