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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Mobile, AL

May 12, 2021Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 12, 2021, 6:11 AM CDT for Escambia County, Santa Rosa 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
May 12, 2021, 6:11 AM CDT (11:11 UTC)
Expired
May 12, 2021, 7:00 AM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Escambia County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 258 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 00:00Z on 2021-05-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 618 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 00:00Z on 2021-05-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 135 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
618 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-59 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
924 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
135 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
212 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
4.7

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The text

As transmitted.

262 
WUUS54 KMOB 121111
SVRMOB
FLC033-113-121200-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0124.210512T1111Z-210512T1200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
611 AM CDT Wed May 12 2021

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

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

* Until 700 AM CDT.

* At 610 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Pace, moving
  east at 50 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Ferry Pass, Pace, Milton, Bagdad, Pea Ridge, Roeville, Floridatown
  and Point Baker.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3051 8726 3069 8730 3082 8683 3052 8680
      3048 8680
TIME...MOT...LOC 1110Z 260DEG 42KT 3062 8720 

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 12, 5:01 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBEscambia3 hr
May 12, 5:04 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa86 min
May 12, 6:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa69 min
May 12, 6:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBOkaloosa64 min
May 12, 6:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBOkaloosa, Santa Rosa79 min
May 12, 6:52 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa3 hr

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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.