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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

August 15, 2015Escambia County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Aug 15, 2015, 10:07 AM CDT for Escambia County, Florida. It was in force for 53 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: Aug 15, 2015, 10:07 AM CDT (15:07 UTC)
Expired: Aug 15, 2015, 11:00 AM CDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL

County Escambia County, FL

The radar

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The text

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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 Aug 15, 5:13 AM CDT, 4 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 15, 5:13 AM CDT, 4 hours 54 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 15, 6:49 AM CDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 15, 10:07 AM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1007 AM CDT SAT AUG 15 2015

ALZ264-266-FLZ202>204-151600-
BALDWIN CENTRAL AL-BALDWIN COASTAL AL-ESCAMBIA COASTAL FL-
SANTA ROSA COASTAL FL-SANTA ROSA INLAND FL-
1007 AM CDT SAT AUG 15 2015

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...CENTRAL BALDWIN AND COASTAL BALDWIN IN SOUTHWEST
ALABAMA...AND COASTAL ESCAMBIA...COASTAL SANTA ROSA AND INLAND SANTA
ROSA IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA UNTIL 1100 AM CDT...

AT 1005 AM CDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM NAVARRE BEACH TO NEAR GULF SHORES...AND MOVING
NORTHWEST AT 25 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PENSACOLA...           FOLEY...               GULF SHORES...
GULF BREEZE...         ORANGE BEACH...        GOULDING...
WEST PENSACOLA...      WARRINGTON...
PENSACOLA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...            MIDWAY...
ELBERTA...             MAGNOLIA SPRINGS...

THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS ARE WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.
WINDS THIS STRONG COULD BLOW OFF TREE LIMBS AND ALSO BLOW AROUND
SMALL UNSECURED OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED.

LAT...LON 3043 8789 3044 8739 3042 8740 3032 8753
      3034 8760 3036 8760 3030 8762 3031 8751
      3028 8756 3030 8745 3031 8750 3050 8716
      3051 8711 3053 8687 3041 8681 3024 8771
      3024 8774
TIME...MOT...LOC 1505Z 145DEG 23KT 3037 8689 3029 8769

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 15, 9:25 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		95 min
Aug 15, 2:17 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		88 min
Aug 15, 2:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Choctaw	92 min
Aug 15, 2:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Escambia	54 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Florida, 2015 Every special weather statement in 2015

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.