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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

November 2, 2015Okaloosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Nov 2, 2015, 4:12 AM CST for Okaloosa County, Florida. It was in force for 48 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
Nov 2, 2015, 4:12 AM CST (10:12 UTC)
Expired
Nov 2, 2015, 5:00 AM CST
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL

County Okaloosa County, FL

The radar

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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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 Nov 1, 11:29 PM CST, 4 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 1, 11:29 PM CST, 4 hours 43 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 1, 9:45 PM CST, 6 hours 27 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
945 PM CST SUN NOV 1 2015

ALZ051>060-261>266-FLZ201>206-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-030400-
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-
945 PM CST SUN NOV 1 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

ANOTHER ROUND OF WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL
DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION OVERNIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND
LOCALIZED FLOODING OR FLASH FLOODING OF URBAN AND LOW LYING AREAS
WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AS WELL AS THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA
PANHANDLE.

IN ADDITION TO THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN...SOME STORMS COULD
BECOME SEVERE LATE TONIGHT...PARTICULARLY ACROSS THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA
PANHANDLE AND COASTAL PORTIONS OF MOBILE AND BALDWIN COUNTIES IN
SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE
THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER HAZARDS.

A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE ALONG AREA BEACHES THROUGH
TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD MONITOR THE
WEATHER THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...AND ARE ENCOURAGED TO RELAY REPORTS OF
SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE.

GMZ630>635-650-655-670-675-030400-
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-
945 PM CST SUN NOV 1 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL
WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE MARINE AREA OVERNIGHT. A
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST
FLORIDA GULF WATERS.

A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE MARINE AREA
LATE TONIGHT. HIGH WINDS...LOCALLY HIGHER SEAS AND VERY HEAVY RAINS
WILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR THE STRONGER STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Nov 2, 4:12 AM CST, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
412 AM CST MON NOV 2 2015

FLZ205-206-021100-
OKALOOSA INLAND FL-OKALOOSA COASTAL FL-
412 AM CST MON NOV 2 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...INLAND
OKALOOSA AND COASTAL OKALOOSA IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA UNTIL 500 AM
CST...

AT 412 AM CST...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FORT WALTON
BEACH--NAVARRE--WRIGHT...OR NEAR WRIGHT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CRESTVIEW...           NICEVILLE...           VALPARAISO...
MARY ESTHER...         WRIGHT...

THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.
WINDS THIS STRONG COULD BLOW OFF TREE LIMBS AND ALSO BLOW AROUND
SMALL UNSECURED OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.

LAT...LON 3039 8676 3040 8673 3041 8672 3040 8676
      3044 8680 3056 8680 3074 8660 3056 8641
      3051 8648 3052 8650 3051 8650 3045 8660
      3046 8660 3041 8666 3041 8671 3040 8671
      3040 8666
TIME...MOT...LOC 1012Z 229DEG 19KT 3048 8674

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 1, 6:12 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB48 min
Nov 1, 8:31 PM CSTSmall Craft AdvisoryMOB9 hr
Nov 2, 12:54 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB96 min
Nov 2, 4:14 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB91 min
Nov 2, 4:30 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB90 min
Nov 2, 4:41 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB94 min
Nov 2, 4:59 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB91 min
Nov 2, 6:11 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB94 min
Nov 2, 7:21 AM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryMOBBaldwin, Butler, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Mobile and 3 more114 min
Nov 2, 7:33 AM CSTMarine Dense Fog AdvisoryMOB2 hr
Nov 2, 8:52 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningMOBCovington, Escambia23 hr
Nov 1, 9:46 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningMOBOkaloosa4 days
Nov 2, 4:21 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBOkaloosa39 min
Nov 2, 4:41 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBSanta Rosa3 hr
Nov 2, 4:53 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBOkaloosa52 min
Nov 2, 5:04 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBOkaloosa3 hr
Nov 2, 5:22 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBOkaloosa38 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.