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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 207, NWS Mobile, AL

December 4, 2016Okaloosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 4, 2016, 1:18 PM CST for Okaloosa County, Florida. It was in force for 42 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
Dec 4, 2016, 1:18 PM CST (19:18 UTC)
Expired
Dec 4, 2016, 2:00 PM CST
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Okaloosa County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:21 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 224 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 12:00Z on 2016-12-04Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2016-12-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 453 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
931 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
453 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
500 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

304 
WUUS54 KMOB 041918
SVRMOB
FLC091-042000-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0207.161204T1918Z-161204T2000Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
118 PM CST SUN DEC 4 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL OKALOOSA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN FLORIDA...

* UNTIL 200 PM CST

* AT 118 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTH OF
  BAKER...OR 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CRESTVIEW...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25
  MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CRESTVIEW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3059 8672 3061 8680 3073 8678 3093 8646
      3087 8639 3070 8639
TIME...MOT...LOC 1918Z 236DEG 21KT 3067 8673 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
2 follow-up statements
369 
WWUS54 KMOB 041942
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
142 PM CST SUN DEC 4 2016

FLC091-042000-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0207.000000T0000Z-161204T2000Z/
OKALOOSA FL-
142 PM CST SUN DEC 4 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CST
FOR NORTHEASTERN OKALOOSA COUNTY...

AT 142 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER CRESTVIEW...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CRESTVIEW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3069 8660 3079 8668 3093 8646 3087 8639
      3074 8639
TIME...MOT...LOC 1942Z 236DEG 21KT 3075 8659 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
871 
WWUS54 KMOB 042000
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
200 PM CST SUN DEC 4 2016

FLC091-042009-
/O.EXP.KMOB.SV.W.0207.000000T0000Z-161204T2000Z/
OKALOOSA FL-
200 PM CST SUN DEC 4 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN OKALOOSA COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 200 PM CST...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 3069 8660 3079 8668 3093 8646 3087 8639
      3074 8639
TIME...MOT...LOC 1959Z 236DEG 21KT 3080 8650 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 4, 8:48 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia42 min
Dec 4, 10:11 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia64 min
Dec 4, 11:45 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBSanta Rosa45 min
Dec 4, 12:21 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBOkaloosa39 min
Dec 4, 1:02 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBOkaloosa28 min
Dec 4, 1:31 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia44 min
Dec 4, 1:59 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBOkaloosa16 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.