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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 137, NWS Mobile, AL

June 12, 2021Covington County, Escambia County, Alabama; Okaloosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2021, 6:56 PM CDT for Covington County, Escambia County, Alabama; Okaloosa County, Florida. It was in force for 23 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, 6:56 PM CDT (23:56 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2021, 7:19 PM CDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Covington County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Okaloosa County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:56 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

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 234 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2021-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2156 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2021-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 66 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
2156 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
549 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

184 
WUUS54 KMOB 122356
SVRMOB
ALC039-053-FLC091-130045-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0137.210612T2356Z-210613T0045Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Escambia County in south central Alabama...
  Southwestern Covington County in south central Alabama...
  Northwestern Okaloosa County in northwestern Florida...

* Until 745 PM CDT.

* At 655 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 18 miles east of
  East Brewton, or 18 miles east of Brewton, moving southeast at 10
  mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  southeastern Escambia, southwestern Covington and northwestern
  Okaloosa Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3100 8649 3085 8675 3092 8679 3100 8679
      3100 8683 3110 8689 3119 8674 3119 8673
      3118 8672 3119 8672 3119 8670 3120 8670
TIME...MOT...LOC 2355Z 325DEG 9KT 3110 8676 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
2 follow-up statements
089 
WWUS54 KMOB 130013
SVSMOB

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

ALC039-053-FLC091-130045-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0137.000000T0000Z-210613T0045Z/
Escambia AL-Covington AL-Okaloosa FL-
713 PM CDT Sat Jun 12 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN ESCAMBIA...SOUTHWESTERN COVINGTON AND NORTHWESTERN
OKALOOSA COUNTIES...

At 713 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 13 miles west of
Laurel Hill, or 18 miles north of Crestview, moving southeast at 20
mph.

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
southeastern Escambia, southwestern Covington and northwestern
Okaloosa Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3100 8649 3085 8675 3092 8679 3100 8679
      3100 8683 3110 8689 3119 8674 3119 8673
      3118 8672 3119 8672 3119 8670 3120 8670
TIME...MOT...LOC 0013Z 321DEG 17KT 3101 8668 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
556 
WWUS54 KMOB 130019
SVSMOB

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

ALC039-053-FLC091-130028-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0137.000000T0000Z-210613T0045Z/
Escambia AL-Covington AL-Okaloosa FL-
719 PM CDT Sat Jun 12 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ESCAMBIA...
SOUTHWESTERN COVINGTON AND NORTHWESTERN OKALOOSA COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has weakened. 
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 3100 8649 3085 8675 3092 8679 3100 8679
      3100 8683 3110 8689 3119 8674 3119 8673
      3118 8672 3119 8672 3119 8670 3120 8670
TIME...MOT...LOC 0016Z 325DEG 9KT 3100 8667 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 12:48 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB42 min
Jun 12, 1:45 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB45 min
Jun 12, 2:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBBaldwin50 min
Jun 12, 3:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBCrenshaw52 min
Jun 12, 4:34 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB41 min
Jun 12, 4:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBCovington41 min
Jun 12, 4:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBButler40 min
Jun 12, 5:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBConecuh42 min
Jun 12, 6:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBCovington38 min
Jun 12, 1:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBOkaloosa49 min
Jun 12, 1:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBOkaloosa29 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

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 2021Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Florida, 2021Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2021

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.