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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 94, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 17, 2016, 9:50 PM CDT for Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 55 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, 9:50 PM CDT (02:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 17, 2016, 10:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Escambia County, FL, Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:53 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 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 258 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
- 761 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1293 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 171 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 167 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 5.5
The text
As transmitted.
050
WUUS54 KMOB 180250
SVRMOB
FLC033-091-113-180345-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0094.160318T0250Z-160318T0345Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
950 PM CDT THU MAR 17 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN FLORIDA...
SOUTHERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN FLORIDA...
SOUTHWESTERN OKALOOSA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT
* AT 949 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR FERRY PASS TO NEAR JOHNSONS BEACH...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 35 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...
PENSACOLA...FORT WALTON BEACH...GULF BREEZE...MARY ESTHER...PACE...
GOULDING...BAGDAD...FERRY PASS...WRIGHT...BRENT...WEST PENSACOLA...
WARRINGTON...OCEAN CITY...PENSACOLA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...MIDWAY...
CINCO BAYOU...NAVARRE...PEA RIDGE...FORT WALTON BEACH--NAVARRE--WRIGHT
AND NAVARRE BEACH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3033 8735 3066 8719 3050 8659 3040 8661
3036 8702 3041 8666 3041 8682 3034 8718
3036 8720 3045 8694 3044 8688 3047 8696
3060 8702 3056 8701 3044 8709 3052 8710
3058 8718 3043 8717
TIME...MOT...LOC 0249Z 312DEG 32KT 3053 8718 3028 8743
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
760
WWUS54 KMOB 180314
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1014 PM CDT THU MAR 17 2016
FLC033-180323-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0094.000000T0000Z-160318T0345Z/
ESCAMBIA FL-
1014 PM CDT THU MAR 17 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3039 8710 3040 8701 3045 8694 3044 8688
3047 8696 3058 8698 3060 8702 3060 8703
3057 8701 3044 8709 3052 8709 3062 8704
3050 8659 3040 8661 3040 8670 3037 8711
TIME...MOT...LOC 0313Z 312DEG 32KT 3040 8702 3015 8727
$$
FLC091-113-180345-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0094.000000T0000Z-160318T0345Z/
SANTA ROSA FL-OKALOOSA FL-
1014 PM CDT THU MAR 17 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN SANTA ROSA AND SOUTHWESTERN OKALOOSA COUNTIES...
AT 1013 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM MIDWAY TO 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JOHNSONS BEACH...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 35 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...
PENSACOLA...FORT WALTON BEACH...MARY ESTHER...WRIGHT...OCEAN CITY...
BAGDAD...CINCO BAYOU...NAVARRE...TIGER POINT...WOODLAWN BEACH...HOLLEY...
ORIOLE BEACH AND FORT WALTON BEACH--NAVARRE--WRIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3039 8710 3040 8701 3045 8694 3044 8688
3047 8696 3058 8698 3060 8702 3060 8703
3057 8701 3044 8709 3052 8709 3062 8704
3050 8659 3040 8661 3040 8670 3037 8711
TIME...MOT...LOC 0313Z 312DEG 32KT 3040 8702 3015 8727
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, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 47 min |
| Mar 17, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia | 37 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 |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.