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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS Mobile, AL

March 3, 2016Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 3, 2016, 6:39 PM CST for Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 51 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 3, 2016, 6:39 PM CST (00:39 UTC)
Expired
Mar 3, 2016, 7:30 PM CST
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:40 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
Mar 3, 7:10 PM CSTTSTM WND DMG5 Nnw Crestview, FLAT LEAST 8 LARGE OAK TREES REPORTED DOWN NEAR LAKE SILVER RD...MCDONALD RD AND GENEVIEVE WAY. RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 244 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 2016-03-04Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2016-03-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 231 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
1378 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
231 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
318 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

173 
WUUS54 KMOB 040039
SVRMOB
FLC091-113-040130-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0062.160304T0039Z-160304T0130Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
639 PM CST THU MAR 3 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 730 PM CST

* AT 639 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WHITFIELD...OR
  14 MILES SOUTH OF EAST BREWTON...MOVING EAST AT 45 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...
  CRESTVIEW...BAKER AND WHITFIELD. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3082 8708 3100 8705 3095 8639 3069 8639
TIME...MOT...LOC 0039Z 278DEG 39KT 3090 8698 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
2 follow-up statements
192 
WWUS54 KMOB 040101
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
701 PM CST THU MAR 3 2016

FLC113-040110-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0062.000000T0000Z-160304T0130Z/
SANTA ROSA FL-
701 PM CST THU MAR 3 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN SANTA ROSA 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 3077 8679 3078 8679 3097 8664 3095 8639
      3069 8639
TIME...MOT...LOC 0100Z 279DEG 52KT 3086 8662 

$$

FLC091-040130-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0062.000000T0000Z-160304T0130Z/
OKALOOSA FL-
701 PM CST THU MAR 3 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CST
FOR NORTHERN OKALOOSA COUNTY...

AT 700 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BAKER...OR 7
MILES NORTH OF CRESTVIEW...MOVING EAST AT 60 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...
CRESTVIEW AND BAKER. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3077 8679 3078 8679 3097 8664 3095 8639
      3069 8639
TIME...MOT...LOC 0100Z 279DEG 52KT 3086 8662 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
782 
WWUS54 KMOB 040132
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
732 PM CST THU MAR 3 2016

FLC091-040141-
/O.EXP.KMOB.SV.W.0062.000000T0000Z-160304T0130Z/
OKALOOSA FL-
732 PM CST THU MAR 3 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN OKALOOSA COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND EXITED THE
WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
MOBILE.

LAT...LON 3077 8679 3078 8679 3097 8664 3095 8639
      3069 8639
TIME...MOT...LOC 0128Z 278DEG 39KT 3086 8662 

$$

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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.