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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 125, NWS Mobile, AL

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

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 12, 2021, 6:21 AM CDT for Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 69 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, 6:21 AM CDT (11:21 UTC)
Expired
May 12, 2021, 7:30 AM CDT
In force
69 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), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:22 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 00:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 255 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 00:00Z on 2021-05-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1708 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 00:00Z on 2021-05-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 83 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1708 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
617 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

857 
WUUS54 KMOB 121121
SVRMOB
FLC033-113-121230-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0125.210512T1121Z-210512T1230Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

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

* Until 730 AM CDT.

* At 621 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 3 miles east of Pensacola to 11 miles southwest of
  Pensacola Beach, moving east at 45 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Pensacola, Brent, West Pensacola, Warrington, Gulf Breeze,
  Goulding, Oriole Beach, Navarre, Navarre Beach and Pensacola Beach.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3022 8736 3051 8726 3050 8680 3041 8680
      3040 8679 3041 8678 3041 8676 3039 8676
      3039 8680 3029 8677 3022 8720
TIME...MOT...LOC 1121Z 276DEG 41KT 3042 8716 3019 8724 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
1 follow-up statement
832 
WWUS54 KMOB 121223
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
723 AM CDT Wed May 12 2021

FLC033-113-121232-
/O.EXP.KMOB.SV.W.0125.000000T0000Z-210512T1230Z/
Santa Rosa FL-Escambia FL-
723 AM CDT Wed May 12 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN SANTA ROSA AND
SOUTHEASTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 730 AM CDT...
    
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.  However heavy rain
is still possible with these thunderstorms.

LAT...LON 3022 8736 3051 8726 3050 8680 3041 8680
      3040 8679 3041 8678 3041 8676 3039 8676
      3039 8680 3029 8677 3022 8720
TIME...MOT...LOC 1222Z 276DEG 41KT 3035 8639 3012 8647 

$$

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, 6:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa49 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

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.