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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 99, NWS Mobile, AL

September 18, 2018Santa Rosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 18, 2018, 1:12 PM CDT for Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 48 min. 2 reports 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
Sep 18, 2018, 1:12 PM CDT (18:12 UTC)
Expired
Sep 18, 2018, 2:00 PM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Santa Rosa County, FL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:12 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 18, 1:19 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG4 Sw Milton Near Whitin, FLLARGE CEDAR TREE SNAPPED BY THUNDERSTORM WINDS IN THE POINT BAKER AREA NEAR WHITING FIELD MILTON, FLORIDA.
Sep 18, 1:19 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 531 Ssw Milton Near Whiti, FLTHE WHITING FIELD NAVAL AIR STATION (KNSE) OBSERVATION SITE REPORTED A WIND GUST OF 53 MPH AT 1:19 PM CDT.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 249 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2018-09-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1561 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2018-09-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -1 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
1561 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-51 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1107 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
4 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-13 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

794 
WUUS54 KMOB 181812
SVRMOB
FLC113-181900-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0099.180918T1812Z-180918T1900Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
112 PM CDT TUE SEP 18 2018

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Santa Rosa County in northwestern Florida...

* Until 200 PM CDT.

* At 111 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Point Baker,
  or 5 miles north of Milton, moving east at 25 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Milton, Bagdad, Point Baker, Roeville and Pea Ridge. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3062 8722 3062 8726 3063 8725 3063 8726
      3065 8726 3081 8723 3088 8679 3052 8680
TIME...MOT...LOC 1811Z 267DEG 20KT 3071 8707 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
2 follow-up statements
078 
WWUS54 KMOB 181830
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
130 PM CDT TUE SEP 18 2018

FLC113-181900-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0099.000000T0000Z-180918T1900Z/
Santa Rosa FL-
130 PM CDT TUE SEP 18 2018

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY...

At 129 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Roeville, or 5
miles northeast of Milton, moving east at 20 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Milton, Bagdad, Point Baker, Pea Ridge and Roeville. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3060 8715 3083 8712 3088 8679 3052 8680
TIME...MOT...LOC 1829Z 269DEG 16KT 3071 8699 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
196 
WWUS54 KMOB 181854
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
154 PM CDT TUE SEP 18 2018

FLC113-181903-
/O.EXP.KMOB.SV.W.0099.000000T0000Z-180918T1900Z/
Santa Rosa FL-
154 PM CDT TUE SEP 18 2018

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 200 PM CDT...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has weakened.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 3060 8715 3083 8712 3088 8679 3052 8680
TIME...MOT...LOC 1853Z 267DEG 20KT 3071 8688 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 18, 12:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa47 min
Sep 18, 2:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBOkaloosa16 min
Sep 18, 4:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia37 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.