Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 92, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 17, 2016, 9:28 PM CDT for Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 47 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 17, 2016, 9:28 PM CDT (02:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 17, 2016, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 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), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 9:32 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Ssw Milton Near Whiti, FL | COUNTY 911 REPORTS LARGE TREE THROUGH THE ROOF OF A BRICK RESIDENCE IN MILTON. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 225 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
- 56 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -132 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 965 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
As transmitted.
963
WUUS54 KMOB 180228
SVRMOB
FLC091-113-180315-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0092.160318T0228Z-160318T0315Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
928 PM CDT THU MAR 17 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN FLORIDA...
OKALOOSA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
* AT 928 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WHITING
FIELD...OR 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF MILTON...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...NICEVILLE...MILTON...VALPARAISO...BAGDAD...BAKER...WHITING
FIELD...ROEVILLE...WHITFIELD...POINT BAKER AND FORT WALTON
BEACH...NAVARRE...WRIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE
SHOULD MOVE IMMEDIATELY TO SHELTER INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
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 3046 8643 3050 8645 3050 8644 3051 8642
3052 8650 3050 8649 3047 8648 3059 8701
3060 8702 3059 8705 3063 8721 3092 8710
3089 8640 3045 8639 3045 8640
TIME...MOT...LOC 0228Z 276DEG 38KT 3073 8697
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$2 follow-up statements
620
WWUS54 KMOB 180251
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
951 PM CDT THU MAR 17 2016
FLC091-113-180315-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0092.000000T0000Z-160318T0315Z/
SANTA ROSA FL-OKALOOSA FL-
951 PM CDT THU MAR 17 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN SANTA ROSA AND OKALOOSA COUNTIES...
AT 949 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BAKER...OR 8
MILES SOUTHWEST OF CRESTVIEW...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CRESTVIEW...NICEVILLE...VALPARAISO...BAKER AND FORT WALTON
BEACH...NAVARRE...WRIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE
SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING
KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH
TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
&&
LAT...LON 3046 8643 3050 8645 3050 8644 3051 8642
3052 8650 3050 8649 3047 8648 3059 8701
3060 8702 3091 8690 3089 8640 3045 8639
3045 8640
TIME...MOT...LOC 0249Z 276DEG 38KT 3071 8671
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$853
WWUS54 KMOB 180307 RRA
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1007 PM CDT THU MAR 17 2016
FLC113-180316-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0092.000000T0000Z-160318T0315Z/
SANTA ROSA FL-
1007 PM CDT THU MAR 17 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 3046 8643 3050 8645 3050 8644 3051 8642
3052 8650 3050 8649 3047 8648 3055 8676
3090 8669 3089 8640 3045 8639 3045 8640
TIME...MOT...LOC 0306Z 297DEG 37KT 3060 8653
$$
FLC091-180315-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0092.000000T0000Z-160318T0315Z/
OKALOOSA FL-
1007 PM CDT THU MAR 17 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL OKALOOSA COUNTY...
AT 1006 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NICEVILLE...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CRESTVIEW...NICEVILLE...VALPARAISO...BAKER AND FORT WALTON
BEACH...NAVARRE...WRIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE
SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING
KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH
TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
&&
LAT...LON 3046 8643 3050 8645 3050 8644 3051 8642
3052 8650 3050 8649 3047 8648 3055 8676
3090 8669 3089 8640 3045 8639 3045 8640
TIME...MOT...LOC 0306Z 297DEG 37KT 3060 8653
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia | 65 min |
| Mar 17, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia | 38 min |
| Mar 17, 8:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Santa Rosa | 53 min |
| Mar 17, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia | 37 min |
| Mar 17, 9:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 55 min |
| Mar 17, 10:01 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 4 days |
| Mar 17, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 30 min |
| Mar 17, 10:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Okaloosa | 15 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.