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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, 4:53 AM CST for Okaloosa County, Florida. It was in force for 52 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, 4:53 AM CST (10:53 UTC)
Expired: Nov 2, 2015, 5:45 AM CST
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL

County Okaloosa County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 230 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 752 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 639 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 131 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 181 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 4.5

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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 2, 4:51 AM CST, 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 2, 4:51 AM CST, 2 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 1, 9:45 PM CST, 7 hours 8 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, 41 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

Special weather statement, Nov 2, 4:53 AM CST, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
453 AM CST MON NOV 2 2015

FLZ203>206-021145-
SANTA ROSA COASTAL FL-SANTA ROSA INLAND FL-OKALOOSA INLAND FL-
OKALOOSA COASTAL FL-
453 AM CST MON NOV 2 2015

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...COASTAL
SANTA ROSA...INLAND SANTA ROSA...INLAND OKALOOSA AND COASTAL
OKALOOSA IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA UNTIL 545 AM CST...

AT 450 AM CST...A LARGE AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED
NEAR FORT WALTON BEACH--NAVARRE--WRIGHT...OR NEAR MARY
ESTHER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CRESTVIEW...           FORT WALTON BEACH...   NICEVILLE...
DESTIN...              VALPARAISO...          MARY ESTHER...
WRIGHT...              OCEAN CITY...          EGLIN AFB...
LAKE LORRAINE...       BAKER...               SHALIMAR...

THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS 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.

SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY AND A WARNING MAY
SOON BE NEEDED. PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR
FURTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...WHICH MAY PRODUCE
FLOODING NEAR CREEKS AND IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR
VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

LAT...LON 3037 8692 3039 8686 3040 8681 3041 8666
      3040 8695 3041 8697 3045 8694 3045 8691
      3047 8693 3099 8656 3099 8647 3092 8639
      3045 8639 3046 8641 3044 8642 3040 8642
      3038 8640 3040 8667 3038 8688
TIME...MOT...LOC 1050Z 221DEG 40KT 3044 8674

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 1, 6:12 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		48 min
Nov 1, 8:31 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	MOB		9 hr
Nov 2, 12:54 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		96 min
Nov 2, 4:14 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		91 min
Nov 2, 4:30 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		90 min
Nov 2, 4:41 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		94 min
Nov 2, 4:59 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		91 min
Nov 2, 6:11 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		94 min
Nov 2, 7:21 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	MOB	Baldwin, Butler, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Mobile and 3 more	114 min
Nov 2, 7:33 AM CST	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	MOB		2 hr
Nov 2, 8:52 AM CST	River Flood Warning	MOB	Covington, Escambia	23 hr
Nov 1, 9:46 PM CST	River Flood Warning	MOB	Okaloosa	4 days
Nov 2, 4:12 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Okaloosa	48 min
Nov 2, 4:21 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Okaloosa	39 min
Nov 2, 4:41 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Santa Rosa	3 hr
Nov 2, 5:04 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Okaloosa	3 hr
Nov 2, 5:22 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Okaloosa	38 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.