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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 176, NWS Mobile, AL

July 31, 2021Santa Rosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 31, 2021, 6:18 PM CDT for Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 42 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
Jul 31, 2021, 6:18 PM CDT (23:18 UTC)
Expired
Jul 31, 2021, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Santa Rosa County, FL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:18 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

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 254 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2021-07-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2352 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2021-07-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -7 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
2352 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-40 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1020 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

154 
WUUS54 KMOB 312318
SVRMOB
FLC113-010000-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0176.210731T2318Z-210801T0000Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
618 PM CDT Sat Jul 31 2021

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Santa Rosa County in northwestern Florida...

* Until 700 PM CDT.

* At 618 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Point Baker,
  or 4 miles northwest of Milton, moving south at 15 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Pace, Milton, Bagdad, Floridatown, Point Baker and Pea Ridge. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3075 8712 3073 8701 3052 8699 3056 8721
TIME...MOT...LOC 2318Z 009DEG 12KT 3068 8709 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
1 follow-up statement
768 
WWUS54 KMOB 312339
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
639 PM CDT Sat Jul 31 2021

FLC113-010000-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0176.000000T0000Z-210801T0000Z/
Santa Rosa FL-
639 PM CDT Sat Jul 31 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL SANTA ROSA COUNTY...

At 639 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Milton, moving
south at 10 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Pace, Milton, Bagdad, Floridatown, Point Baker and Pea Ridge. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3075 8712 3073 8701 3052 8699 3056 8721
TIME...MOT...LOC 2339Z 009DEG 8KT 3065 8710 

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 31, 12:18 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryMOBEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa31 hr
Jul 31, 5:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa39 min
Jul 31, 6:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia38 min
Jul 31, 6:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBOkaloosa44 min

Nearby

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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.