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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 149, NWS Mobile, AL

June 19, 2021Okaloosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2021, 12:54 PM CDT for Okaloosa County, Florida. It was in force for 36 min. 5 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 19, 2021, 12:54 PM CDT (17:54 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2021, 1:30 PM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Okaloosa County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:54 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 19, 12:55 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG1 Ese Milligan, FLTREE DOWN AT INTERSECTION ON ANTIOCH RD & PIONEER RD. TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR.
Jun 19, 12:56 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG2 Ese Milligan, FLLARGE TREE DOWN ON PIONEER RD REPORTED BY EMA. TIME ESTIMATED USING RADAR.
Jun 19, 12:57 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG1 S Crestview, FL911 CALL CENTER REPORTS LOTS OF LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN AT INTERSECTION OF BRESSLER ST & HILL AVE. CALL CAME IN ~ AT 1:17PM. TIME ESTIMATED USING RADAR.
Jun 19, 12:57 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG1 Ssw Crestview, FLCORRECTS PREVIOUS TSTM WND DMG REPORT FROM 1 SSW CRESTVIEW FOR DATE ON 6/19. 911 CALL CENTER REPORTS DOWNED POWER LINES, TRANSFORMERS, AND TREES ALONG MARTIN LUTHER KING JR AVE. CALL CAME IN AT 1:17PM. TIME ESTIMATED USING RADAR.
Jun 19, 12:57 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG2 Ese Crestview, FLPOWER LINES REPORTS DOWN ON ALPIN RD. CONTACTED GULF POWER AND CREW WAS SENT OUT AT 1:06PM WENT REPORT CAME IN. TIME ESTIMATED BASED BASED ON RADAR.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 19, 9:33 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 5.9 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 2021-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1367 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 2021-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 147 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
1367 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
747 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
147 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
315 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.7

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The text

As transmitted.

699 
WUUS54 KMOB 191754
SVRMOB
FLC091-191830-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0149.210619T1754Z-210619T1830Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1254 PM CDT Sat Jun 19 2021

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

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

* Until 130 PM CDT.

* At 1254 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Crestview,
  moving northeast at 55 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Crestview.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 700 PM CDT for northwestern
Florida.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3065 8662 3078 8670 3091 8639 3069 8639
TIME...MOT...LOC 1754Z 246DEG 49KT 3073 8652 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 12:05 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBSanta Rosa40 min
Jun 19, 6:24 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBEscambia22 min
Jun 19, 6:33 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa6 hr
Jun 19, 7:32 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa4 hr
Jun 19, 7:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa28 min
Jun 19, 8:15 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBOkaloosa30 min
Jun 19, 8:18 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa31 min
Jun 19, 10:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa5 hr
Jun 19, 10:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBSanta Rosa43 min
Jun 19, 11:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBOkaloosa, Santa Rosa45 min
Jun 19, 12:37 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBOkaloosa, Santa Rosa3 hr
Jun 19, 1:50 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBOkaloosa2 hr
Jun 19, 3:54 PM CDTWind AdvisoryMOBEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa9 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.