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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 127, NWS Mobile, AL

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

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 12, 2021, 6:41 AM CDT for Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 79 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, 6:41 AM CDT (11:41 UTC)
Expired
May 12, 2021, 8:00 AM CDT
In force
79 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:41 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, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 206 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.

769 
WUUS54 KMOB 121141
SVRMOB
FLC091-113-121300-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0127.210512T1141Z-210512T1300Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

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

* Until 800 AM CDT.

* At 641 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 5 miles west of Baker to 5 miles southeast of Oriole
  Beach, moving northeast at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3082 8685 3068 8639 3046 8639 3048 8633
      3047 8630 3048 8628 3040 8628 3039 8629
      3040 8629 3040 8630 3042 8630 3042 8631
      3038 8633 3040 8639 3028 8639 3029 8680
      3026 8694
TIME...MOT...LOC 1141Z 240DEG 25KT 3077 8676 3033 8701 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
1 follow-up statement
250 
WWUS54 KMOB 121241
SVSMOB

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

FLC113-121249-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0127.000000T0000Z-210512T1300Z/
Santa Rosa FL-
741 AM CDT Wed May 12 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTAL SANTA ROSA COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...

The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 3029 8680 3056 8645 3065 8639 3046 8639
      3048 8633 3047 8630 3048 8628 3040 8628
      3039 8629 3042 8630 3042 8632 3038 8633
      3040 8639 3029 8639
TIME...MOT...LOC 1239Z 314DEG 24KT 3054 8631 3024 8660 

$$

FLC091-121300-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0127.000000T0000Z-210512T1300Z/
Okaloosa FL-
741 AM CDT Wed May 12 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN OKALOOSA COUNTY...

At 739 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 4 miles southwest of Eglin Air Force Base to 12 miles
southwest of Destin, moving southeast at 25 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Fort Walton Beach, Niceville, Destin, Eglin AFB, Valparaiso, Lake
Lorraine, Shalimar and Cinco Bayou.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3029 8680 3056 8645 3065 8639 3046 8639
      3048 8633 3047 8630 3048 8628 3040 8628
      3039 8629 3042 8630 3042 8632 3038 8633
      3040 8639 3029 8639
TIME...MOT...LOC 1239Z 314DEG 24KT 3054 8631 3024 8660 

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, 6:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa49 min
May 12, 6:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa69 min
May 12, 6:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBOkaloosa64 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.