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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 17, 2016, 2:47 PM CDT for Escambia County, Florida. It was in force for 16 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
- Mar 17, 2016, 2:47 PM CDT (19:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 17, 2016, 3:03 PM CDT
- In force
- 16 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Escambia County, FL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:50 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 1:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 227 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1853 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 644 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 3.4
The text
As transmitted.
706
WUUS54 KMOB 171947
SVRMOB
FLC033-172030-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0071.160317T1947Z-160317T2030Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
247 PM CDT THU MAR 17 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 330 PM CDT
* AT 246 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MYRTLE
GROVE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PENSACOLA...GONZALEZ...FERRY PASS...PENSACOLA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...
MYRTLE GROVE...GOULDING...ENSLEY...BRENT...BELLVIEW AND WEST PENSACOLA.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3033 8744 3034 8742 3036 8744 3040 8743
3044 8734 3048 8743 3064 8731 3049 8715
3042 8718 3037 8732 3037 8730 3036 8730
3037 8726 3032 8729 3034 8730 3032 8732
3032 8738 3030 8740
TIME...MOT...LOC 1946Z 216DEG 19KT 3040 8734
$$1 follow-up statement
402
WWUS54 KMOB 172003
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
303 PM CDT THU MAR 17 2016
FLC033-172013-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0071.000000T0000Z-160317T2030Z/
ESCAMBIA FL-
303 PM CDT THU MAR 17 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 3033 8744 3034 8742 3036 8744 3040 8743
3044 8734 3048 8743 3064 8731 3049 8715
3042 8718 3037 8732 3037 8730 3036 8730
3037 8726 3032 8729 3034 8730 3032 8732
3032 8738 3030 8740
TIME...MOT...LOC 2002Z 216DEG 19KT 3047 8728
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 11:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Santa Rosa | 55 min |
| Mar 17, 2:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia | 48 min |
| Mar 17, 4:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia | 36 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.