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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Jul 11, 2015, 5:42 PM CDT for Okaloosa County, Florida. It was in force for 33 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 11, 2015, 5:42 PM CDT (22:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 2015, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
County Okaloosa County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 207 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 465 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -80 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1400 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Mobile, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jul 11, 4:08 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 11, 4:08 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 11, 4:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 420 PM CDT SAT JUL 11 2015 ALZ051>060-261>266-FLZ201>206-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-122130- CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-MOBILE INLAND-BALDWIN INLAND-MOBILE CENTRAL- BALDWIN CENTRAL-MOBILE COASTAL-BALDWIN COASTAL-ESCAMBIA INLAND- ESCAMBIA COASTAL-SANTA ROSA INLAND-SANTA ROSA COASTAL- OKALOOSA INLAND-OKALOOSA COASTAL-WAYNE-PERRY-GREENE-STONE-GEORGE- 420 PM CDT SAT JUL 11 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY CONTINUED HOT DURING THE DAYS THROUGH MIDWEEK...WITH HEAT INDICES 100 TO 107 DEGREES ON SUNDAY...THEN POSSIBLY REACHING 107 TO 110 FOR MOST INLAND AREAS MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. AS RESULT A HEAT ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED FOR MOST INLAND AREAS BY EARLY NEXT WEEK, A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS CONTINUES AT AREA BEACHES THROUGH THE WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF SKYWARN SEVERE STORM SPOTTER NETWORKS IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY. GMZ630>635-650-655-670-675-122130- NORTHERN MOBILE BAY-SOUTHERN MOBILE BAY-MISSISSIPPI SOUND- PERDIDO BAY-PENSACOLA BAY SYSTEM-CHOCTAWHATCHEE BAY- COASTAL WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS FROM 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 420 PM CDT SAT JUL 11 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT WINDS AND SEA WILL BE HIGHER NEAR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR WATERSPOUTS EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY WINDS AND SEAS WILL BE HIGHER NEAR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR WATERSPOUTS THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 5:42 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 6:07 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 53 min | |
| Jul 11, 6:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Okaloosa | 46 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.