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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 136, NWS Mobile, AL

June 12, 2021Okaloosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2021, 1:44 PM CDT for Okaloosa County, Florida. It was in force for 29 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
Jun 12, 2021, 1:44 PM CDT (18:44 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2021, 2:13 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Okaloosa County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:45 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 218 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 2021-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1723 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 2021-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 88 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
1723 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
555 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
88 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

520 
WUUS54 KMOB 121844
SVRMOB
FLC091-121930-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0136.210612T1844Z-210612T1930Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
144 PM CDT Sat Jun 12 2021

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

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

* Until 230 PM CDT.

* At 143 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Wright,
  moving southeast at 15 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Wright, Fort Walton Beach, Destin, Eglin AFB, Mary Esther, Ocean
  City, 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 3048 8674 3057 8656 3035 8639 3029 8639
      3029 8665
TIME...MOT...LOC 1843Z 331DEG 23KT 3046 8662 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
1 follow-up statement
595 
WWUS54 KMOB 121913
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
213 PM CDT Sat Jun 12 2021

FLC091-121923-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0136.000000T0000Z-210612T1930Z/
Okaloosa FL-
213 PM CDT Sat Jun 12 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN OKALOOSA COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has 
weakened. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 3048 8674 3057 8656 3035 8639 3029 8639
      3029 8665
TIME...MOT...LOC 1909Z 331DEG 23KT 3029 8651 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 1:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBOkaloosa49 min
Jun 12, 2:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia47 min
Jun 12, 3:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa62 min
Jun 12, 6:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBSanta Rosa42 min
Jun 12, 6:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBOkaloosa23 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.