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Fire Weather Watch 3, NWS Mobile, AL

October 22, 2016Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this fire weather watch at Oct 22, 2016, 3:31 AM CDT for Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It took effect at Oct 23, 2016, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 22, 2016, 3:31 AM CDT (08:31 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 23, 2016, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired: Oct 23, 2016, 3:03 AM CDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL

Counties Escambia County, FL, Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this fire weather watch 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 fire weather watch went out at Oct 21, 3:37 PM CDT, 11 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 21, 3:37 PM CDT, 11 hours 54 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 21, 9:31 AM CDT, 18 hours before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
931 AM CDT FRI OCT 21 2016

ALZ051>060-261>266-FLZ201>206-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-221415-
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-
931 AM CDT FRI OCT 21 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

DRIER AIR ALONG WITH GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS CONTINUES OVER THE AREA
TODAY...INCREASING THE RISK OF WILDFIRES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

VERY DRY CONDITIONS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE AN
INCREASED RISK OF WILDFIRES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF SKYWARN SEVERE STORM SPOTTER NETWORKS IS NOT
EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY.

GMZ630>635-650-655-670-675-221415-
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-
931 AM CDT FRI OCT 21 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

STRONG OFFSHORE FLOW PERSISTS THROUGH TONIGHT...CREATING HAZARDOUS
WAVE AND SEA CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

MODERATE TO STRONG OFFSHORE FLOW...CHOPPY CONDITIONS ON BAYS AND
SOUNDS AND ELEVATED SEAS CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY MORNING. MARINE
CONDITIONS IMPROVE BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON AS AXIS OF SURFACE HIGH
PRESSURE NEARS THE CENTRAL GULF COAST.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS FORECAST SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 22, 3:31 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	MOB	Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa	14 hr

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.