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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 153, NWS Mobile, AL

June 26, 2016Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; Escambia County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 2016, 6:50 PM CDT for Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; Escambia County, Alabama. 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
Jun 26, 2016, 6:50 PM CDT (23:50 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 2016, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Escambia County, AL, Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:51 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
Jun 26, 7:10 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG1 S Brewton, ALTREES DOWN ON MCGOUGIN ROAD, WOOD RD, AND EDENDALE RD

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

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 242 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2016-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 556 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2016-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 9 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
556 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-88 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1602 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-81 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

220 
WUUS54 KMOB 262350
SVRMOB
ALC053-FLC091-113-270030-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0153.160626T2350Z-160627T0030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
650 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  NORTHEASTERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN FLORIDA...
  NORTHWESTERN OKALOOSA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN FLORIDA...

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 649 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING
  WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF EAST BREWTON TO 14 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF RIVERVIEW TO 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF BAKER...AND MOVING
  SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BREWTON...EAST BREWTON AND RIVERVIEW. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY
LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY
RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER
COVERS THE ROAD.

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...
IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY
LIGHTNING.

&&

LAT...LON 3118 8715 3091 8705 3071 8692 3084 8663
      3124 8683
TIME...MOT...LOC 2349Z 063DEG 6KT 3117 8693 3097 8683 3091 8676 

$$
1 follow-up statement
047 
WWUS54 KMOB 270010
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
710 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2016

ALC053-FLC091-113-270030-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0153.000000T0000Z-160627T0030Z/
ESCAMBIA AL-SANTA ROSA FL-OKALOOSA FL-
710 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT
FOR EASTERN ESCAMBIA...NORTHEASTERN SANTA ROSA AND NORTHWESTERN
OKALOOSA COUNTIES...

AT 709 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES NORTHWEST
OF BAKER...OR 19 MILES NORTHWEST OF CRESTVIEW...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15
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...
BREWTON...EAST BREWTON AND RIVERVIEW. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING
KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO
BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

&&

LAT...LON 3118 8715 3091 8705 3071 8692 3084 8663
      3124 8683
TIME...MOT...LOC 0009Z 038DEG 12KT 3089 8685 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 2:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBOkaloosa46 min
Jun 26, 6:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBSanta Rosa40 min
Jun 26, 6:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBSanta Rosa39 min
Jun 26, 4:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBButler, Crenshaw54 min
Jun 26, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler, Crenshaw25 min
Jun 26, 5:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBButler, Crenshaw64 min
Jun 26, 5:44 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB61 min
Jun 26, 6:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile, Washington47 min
Jun 26, 6:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia50 min

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.