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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 144, NWS Mobile, AL

June 15, 2021Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2021, 2:45 PM CDT for Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 45 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 15, 2021, 2:45 PM CDT (19:45 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 2021, 3:30 PM CDT
In force
45 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), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:47 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, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 244 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 2021-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2073 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 2021-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -1 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
2073 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-52 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
942 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

263 
WUUS54 KMOB 151945
SVRMOB
FLC091-113-152030-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0144.210615T1945Z-210615T2030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
245 PM CDT Tue Jun 15 2021

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

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

* Until 330 PM CDT.

* At 245 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles southeast
  of Roeville, or 10 miles east of Bagdad, moving southeast at 15
  mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Mary Esther and Navarre Beach. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3061 8698 3068 8675 3041 8663 3038 8687
TIME...MOT...LOC 1945Z 332DEG 11KT 3058 8685 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
1 follow-up statement
398 
WWUS54 KMOB 152019
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
319 PM CDT Tue Jun 15 2021

FLC091-113-152030-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0144.000000T0000Z-210615T2030Z/
Okaloosa FL-Santa Rosa FL-
319 PM CDT Tue Jun 15 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN OKALOOSA AND SOUTHEASTERN SANTA ROSA COUNTIES...

At 318 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Mary Esther,
moving southeast at 30 mph.

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Mary Esther and Navarre Beach. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.

&&

LAT...LON 3038 8687 3051 8693 3059 8671 3041 8663
TIME...MOT...LOC 2018Z 323DEG 25KT 3043 8672 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 1:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia28 min
Jun 15, 2:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia28 min
Jun 15, 2:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBOkaloosa25 min
Jun 15, 2:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia33 min
Jun 15, 3:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBOkaloosa24 min
Jun 15, 3:33 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBOkaloosa57 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.