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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS Mobile, AL

September 3, 2018Okaloosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 3, 2018, 4:56 PM CDT for Okaloosa County, Florida. It was in force for 49 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
Sep 3, 2018, 4:56 PM CDT (21:56 UTC)
Expired
Sep 3, 2018, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
49 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), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:59 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, 9.9 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2018-09-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1507 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 2018-09-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -51 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1507 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
694 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-38 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

750 
WUUS54 KMOB 032156
SVRMOB
FLC091-032245-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0097.180903T2156Z-180903T2245Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
456 PM CDT MON SEP 3 2018

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

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

* Until 545 PM CDT.

* At 456 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 9 miles east of Crestview to 5 miles south of Eglin
  Air Force Base, moving west at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3076 8679 3079 8639 3045 8639 3037 8680
TIME...MOT...LOC 2156Z 083DEG 31KT 3078 8642 3053 8624 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
2 follow-up statements
416 
WWUS54 KMOB 032212
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
512 PM CDT MON SEP 3 2018

FLC091-032245-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0097.000000T0000Z-180903T2245Z/
Okaloosa FL-
512 PM CDT MON SEP 3 2018

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL OKALOOSA COUNTY...

At 512 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Crestview to 3 miles north of Niceville, moving west
at 35 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Crestview.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3076 8679 3079 8639 3054 8639 3050 8680
TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 084DEG 32KT 3077 8655 3056 8649 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
713 
WWUS54 KMOB 032230
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
530 PM CDT MON SEP 3 2018

FLC091-032245-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0097.000000T0000Z-180903T2245Z/
Okaloosa FL-
530 PM CDT MON SEP 3 2018

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN OKALOOSA COUNTY...

At 530 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 3 miles south of Baker to 6 miles north of Wright,
moving west at 35 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

These severe thunderstorms will remain over mainly rural areas of
southwestern Okaloosa County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3076 8679 3077 8662 3052 8661 3050 8680
TIME...MOT...LOC 2230Z 083DEG 31KT 3075 8669 3054 8663 

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 2, 7:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBOkaloosa64 min
Sep 2, 7:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBOkaloosa42 min
Sep 3, 4:34 AM CDTTropical Storm WarningMOBEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa48 hr
Sep 3, 5:19 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa58 hr
Sep 3, 10:32 AM CDTStorm Surge WatchMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa42 hr
Sep 3, 4:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBOkaloosa45 min
Sep 3, 4:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBOkaloosa59 min
Sep 3, 5:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBSanta Rosa56 min
Sep 3, 6:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia42 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.