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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Mobile, AL

March 6, 2018Okaloosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 6, 2018, 10:42 AM CST for Okaloosa County, Florida. It was in force for 20 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 6, 2018, 10:42 AM CST (16:42 UTC)
Expired
Mar 6, 2018, 11:02 AM CST
In force
20 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), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:45 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 196 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 2018-03-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2018-03-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 109 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1074 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
109 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
146 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

623 
WUUS54 KMOB 061642
SVRMOB
FLC091-061730-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0005.180306T1642Z-180306T1730Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1042 AM CST TUE MAR 6 2018

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

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

* Until 1130 AM CST

* At 1041 AM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located over Destin,
  moving east at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Destin.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3039 8629 3040 8629 3040 8630 3041 8630
      3041 8631 3042 8630 3042 8631 3038 8633
      3040 8639 3032 8640 3032 8655 3041 8659
      3048 8628 3040 8628
TIME...MOT...LOC 1641Z 261DEG 42KT 3036 8650 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
1 follow-up statement
698 
WWUS54 KMOB 061702
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1102 AM CST TUE MAR 6 2018

FLC091-061710-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0005.000000T0000Z-180306T1730Z/
Okaloosa FL-
1102 AM CST TUE MAR 6 2018

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN OKALOOSA COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has weakened and 
is moving out of the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been 
cancelled.

LAT...LON 3039 8629 3040 8629 3040 8630 3041 8630
      3041 8631 3042 8630 3042 8631 3038 8633
      3040 8639 3032 8640 3032 8655 3041 8659
      3048 8628 3040 8628
TIME...MOT...LOC 1659Z 261DEG 42KT 3040 8624 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 6, 8:38 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBOkaloosa, Santa Rosa52 min
Mar 6, 9:17 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBOkaloosa58 min
Mar 6, 10:08 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBOkaloosa52 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.