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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Mobile, AL

January 21, 2017Okaloosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 21, 2017, 10:28 AM CST for Okaloosa County, Florida. It was in force for 32 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
Jan 21, 2017, 10:28 AM CST (16:28 UTC)
Expired
Jan 21, 2017, 11:00 AM CST
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Okaloosa County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 21, 3:56 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 203 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 2017-01-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 352 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 2017-01-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 139 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
352 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
613 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
139 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
217 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
2.0

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The text

As transmitted.

779 
WUUS54 KMOB 211628
SVRMOB
FLC091-211700-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0032.170121T1628Z-170121T1700Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1028 AM CST SAT JAN 21 2017

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Okaloosa County in northwestern Florida...

* Until 1100 AM CST

* At 1028 AM CST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 6 miles west of Eglin Air Force Base to Mary Esther,
  moving east at 25 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Wright, Fort Walton Beach, Niceville, Destin, Eglin AFB,
  Valparaiso, Mary Esther, Ocean City, Lake Lorraine, Shalimar and
  Cinco Bayou.

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 1100 AM CST for northwestern
Florida.

LAT...LON 3034 8681 3065 8639 3046 8639 3047 8635
      3048 8633 3047 8630 3048 8628 3044 8628
      3042 8631 3042 8632 3039 8636 3040 8639
      3038 8640 3038 8650 3028 8650
TIME...MOT...LOC 1628Z 271DEG 23KT 3061 8638 3039 8668 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
1 follow-up statement
121 
WWUS54 KMOB 211654
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1054 AM CST SAT JAN 21 2017

FLC091-211704-
/O.EXP.KMOB.SV.W.0032.000000T0000Z-170121T1700Z/
Okaloosa FL-
1054 AM CST SAT JAN 21 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN OKALOOSA COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 1100 AM CST...
            
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe
limits, and no longer pose an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore the warning will be allowed to expire.

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

LAT...LON 3034 8681 3065 8639 3046 8639 3047 8635
      3048 8633 3047 8630 3048 8628 3044 8628
      3042 8631 3042 8632 3039 8636 3040 8639
      3038 8640 3038 8650 3028 8650
TIME...MOT...LOC 1654Z 271DEG 23KT 3061 8620 3039 8650 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 20, 8:47 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningMOBEscambia25 hr
Jan 20, 8:48 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningMOBOkaloosa, Santa Rosa3 days
Jan 20, 8:49 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningMOBOkaloosa25 hr
Jan 20, 10:18 PM CSTRip Current StatementMOBEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa56 hr
Jan 21, 7:28 AM CSTWind AdvisoryMOBEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa4 hr
Jan 21, 9:14 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa91 min
Jan 21, 9:25 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBOkaloosa50 min
Jan 21, 9:56 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBOkaloosa34 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.