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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Mobile, AL

January 9, 2022Okaloosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 9, 2022, 8:39 PM CST for Okaloosa County, Florida. It was in force for 21 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
Jan 9, 2022, 8:39 PM CST (02:39 UTC)
Expired
Jan 9, 2022, 9:00 PM CST
In force
21 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Okaloosa County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:39 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 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 213 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 00:00Z on 2022-01-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 312 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 00:00Z on 2022-01-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 120 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
312 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-53 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
680 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
120 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
163 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

As transmitted.

599 
WUUS54 KMOB 100239
SVRMOB
FLC091-100300-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0013.220110T0239Z-220110T0300Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
839 PM CST Sun Jan 9 2022

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

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

* Until 900 PM CST.

* At 838 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles south of
  Laurel Hill, or 11 miles northeast of Crestview, moving east at 40
  mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Crestview and Laurel Hill. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3075 8639 3073 8657 3096 8662 3099 8639
TIME...MOT...LOC 0238Z 263DEG 34KT 3088 8645 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

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1 follow-up statement
283 
WWUS54 KMOB 100254
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
854 PM CST Sun Jan 9 2022

FLC091-100304-
/O.EXP.KMOB.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-220110T0300Z/
Okaloosa FL-
854 PM CST Sun Jan 9 2022

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN OKALOOSA COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 900 PM CST...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 3075 8639 3073 8657 3096 8662 3099 8639
TIME...MOT...LOC 0254Z 263DEG 34KT 3090 8628 

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 9, 6:43 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa47 min
Jan 9, 7:57 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBOkaloosa, Santa Rosa48 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.