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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Mobile, AL

January 2, 2017Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 2, 2017, 3:17 PM CST for Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 58 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
Jan 2, 2017, 3:17 PM CST (21:17 UTC)
Expired
Jan 2, 2017, 4:15 PM CST
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
70.0 mph

Counties Escambia County, FL, Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:18 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
Jan 2, 3:30 PM CSTTSTM WND DMGGonzalez, FLLOCAL MEDIA REPORTS TREE FELL ON A VEHICLE IN GONZALEZ.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 2, 11:22 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 250 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 2017-01-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 235 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2017-01-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 143 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
235 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
683 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
143 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
192 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.9

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The text

As transmitted.

899 
WUUS54 KMOB 022117
SVRMOB
FLC033-091-113-022215-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0011.170102T2117Z-170102T2215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
317 PM CST MON JAN 2 2017

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...
  Okaloosa County in northwestern Florida...

* Until 415 PM CST

* At 317 PM CST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Gonzalez to Myrtle Grove to 10 miles southeast
  of Perdido Beach, moving east at 45 mph.

  HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable 
           tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, 
           roofs, and outbuildings. 

* Locations impacted include...
  Pensacola, Ferry Pass, Brent, West Pensacola, Wright, Fort Walton
  Beach, Ensley, Warrington, Crestview, Niceville, Gonzalez, Destin,
  Eglin AFB, Pace, Milton, Valparaiso, Gulf Breeze, Goulding, Mary
  Esther and Bagdad.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

A tornado watch remains in effect until 800 PM CST for northwestern
Florida.

LAT...LON 3022 8744 3040 8736 3064 8739 3091 8643
      3057 8639 3038 8648 3038 8650 3028 8652
      3028 8683 3022 8720
TIME...MOT...LOC 2117Z 256DEG 40KT 3058 8734 3042 8732 3022 8740 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$
1 follow-up statement
262 
WWUS54 KMOB 022204
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
404 PM CST MON JAN 2 2017

FLC033-091-113-022215-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0011.000000T0000Z-170102T2215Z/
Escambia FL-Santa Rosa FL-Okaloosa FL-
404 PM CST MON JAN 2 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CST
FOR SOUTHEASTERN ESCAMBIA...SOUTHERN SANTA ROSA AND OKALOOSA
COUNTIES...

At 403 PM CST, an area of severe thunderstorms was generally located
along a line extending from near Pace to near Goulding to 10 miles
south of Warrington, moving northeast at 30 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. 

Locations impacted include...
Pensacola, Ferry Pass, Brent, West Pensacola, Wright, Fort Walton
Beach, Ensley, Warrington, Crestview, Niceville, Gonzalez, Destin,
Eglin AFB, Pace, Milton, Valparaiso, Gulf Breeze, Goulding, Mary
Esther and Bagdad.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

A tornado watch remains in effect until 800 PM CST for northwestern
Florida.

LAT...LON 3022 8744 3040 8736 3064 8739 3091 8643
      3057 8639 3038 8648 3038 8650 3028 8652
      3028 8683 3022 8720
TIME...MOT...LOC 2203Z 237DEG 28KT 3063 8717 3046 8717 3023 8729 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 1, 7:46 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBEscambia3 hr
Jan 1, 11:08 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa3 hr
Jan 2, 6:05 AM CSTRip Current StatementMOBEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa24 hr
Jan 2, 1:54 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBOkaloosa51 min
Jan 2, 2:33 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBEscambia48 min
Jan 2, 3:03 PM CSTAreal Flood WarningMOBEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa24 hr
Jan 2, 4:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa45 min
Jan 2, 4:48 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningMOBEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa6 hr
Jan 2, 4:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa65 min
Jan 2, 5:37 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBOkaloosa23 min
Jan 2, 5:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa63 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.