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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

February 15, 2016Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Feb 15, 2016, 5:53 PM CST for Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa 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
Feb 15, 2016, 5:53 PM CST (23:53 UTC)
Expired
Feb 15, 2016, 6:45 PM CST
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL

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

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:53 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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 255 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2016-02-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2016-02-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 366 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
729 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
366 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
411 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Feb 15, 4:31 PM CST, 1 hour 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 15, 4:31 PM CST, 1 hour 22 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 15, 5:14 AM CST, 12 hours 39 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
514 AM CST MON FEB 15 2016

ALZ051>060-261>266-FLZ201>206-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-161115-
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-
514 AM CST MON FEB 15 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE
REGION AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT TODAY AND TONIGHT. A FEW
SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING HOURS. DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS WILL
BE THE PRIMARY SEVERE HAZARDS...THOUGH AN ISOLATED TORNADO WILL ALSO
BE POSSIBLE.

THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES THROUGH THIS
EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

GMZ630>635-650-655-670-675-161115-
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-
514 AM CST MON FEB 15 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT
AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT.

A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HIGH WINDS...LOCALLY HIGHER WAVES AND VERY
HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE STRONGEST STORMS THAT DEVELOP.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 15, 1:25 PM CST, 4 hours 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
125 PM CST MON FEB 15 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1255 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     THOMASVILLE             31.91N 87.74W
02/15/2016                   CLARKE             AL   PUBLIC

            EM RELAYED PUBLIC REPORT OF FUNNEL CLOUD AT THOMASVILLE.

&&

GENEJ
Local storm report, Feb 15, 1:27 PM CST, 4 hours 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
127 PM CST MON FEB 15 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0105 PM     HAIL             LATON HILL              31.49N 88.37W
02/15/2016  E1.00 INCH       WASHINGTON         AL   PUBLIC

            MEDIA RELAYED PUBLIC REPORT OF QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN LATON
            HILL.

&&

GENEJ
Local storm report, Feb 15, 1:53 PM CST, 4 hours before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
153 PM CST MON FEB 15 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0150 PM     HAIL             EVERGREEN               31.43N 86.96W
02/15/2016  E0.75 INCH       CONECUH            AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS DIME SIZE HAIL AT THE 911
            CENTER IN EVERGREEN.

&&

GENEJ
Local storm report, Feb 15, 3:04 PM CST, 2 hours 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
304 PM CST MON FEB 15 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0245 PM     HAIL             5 W I65 AND AL 10       31.82N 86.75W
02/15/2016  E0.75 INCH       BUTLER             AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            DIME SIZED HAIL REPORTED AT THE INTERSECTION OF
            SHACKLEVILLE RD AND HWY 10.

&&

CL
Special weather statement, Feb 15, 5:20 PM CST, 33 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Feb 15, 5:53 PM CST, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 15, 5:00 AM CSTRip Current StatementMOBBaldwin, Mobile19 hr
Feb 15, 11:15 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWashington45 min
Feb 15, 11:30 AM CSTWind AdvisoryMOBBaldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington and 6 more7 hr
Feb 15, 11:46 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWashington44 min
Feb 15, 11:47 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBConecuh43 min
Feb 15, 12:06 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBClarke, Washington39 min
Feb 15, 12:10 PM CSTTornado Warning Tornado observedMOBButler, Conecuh, Monroe23 min
Feb 15, 12:14 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB91 min
Feb 15, 12:24 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Clarke, Monroe36 min
Feb 15, 12:32 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBClarke, Wilcox43 min
Feb 15, 12:36 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBClarke, Washington39 min
Feb 15, 12:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile34 min
Feb 15, 12:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler, Conecuh46 min
Feb 15, 12:47 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile, Washington28 min
Feb 15, 1:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMonroe30 min
Feb 15, 1:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh, Escambia28 min
Feb 15, 1:10 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBWilcox35 min
Feb 15, 1:13 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBClarke, Washington47 min
Feb 15, 1:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWashington44 min
Feb 15, 1:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh, Escambia27 min
Feb 15, 1:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMonroe, Wilcox49 min
Feb 15, 1:30 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB90 min
Feb 15, 1:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler, Conecuh42 min
Feb 15, 1:34 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB86 min
Feb 15, 1:45 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB90 min
Feb 15, 1:46 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBClarke, Washington44 min
Feb 15, 2:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Clarke, Monroe39 min
Feb 15, 2:07 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler, Conecuh38 min
Feb 15, 2:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke, Monroe, Wilcox49 min
Feb 15, 2:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler, Crenshaw40 min
Feb 15, 2:41 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB34 min
Feb 15, 2:52 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin38 min
Feb 15, 3:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler, Crenshaw24 min
Feb 15, 3:15 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB90 min
Feb 15, 3:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh, Monroe29 min
Feb 15, 3:19 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw, Clarke, Mobile, Monroe, Washington, Wilcox41 min
Feb 15, 3:21 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBEscambia39 min
Feb 15, 3:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh, Escambia52 min
Feb 15, 3:30 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB2 hr
Feb 15, 3:56 PM CSTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatMOBConecuh, Escambia49 min
Feb 15, 3:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Clarke, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe, Washington31 min
Feb 15, 4:04 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh, Escambia26 min
Feb 15, 4:10 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler, Crenshaw50 min
Feb 15, 4:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Butler, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Mobile and 3 more32 min
Feb 15, 4:31 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBButler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia44 min
Feb 15, 4:32 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB88 min
Feb 15, 4:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler, Crenshaw36 min
Feb 15, 5:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia12 min
Feb 15, 5:10 PM CSTTornado Warning Tornado observedMOBButler, Covington, Crenshaw50 min
Feb 15, 5:20 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia40 min
Feb 15, 5:26 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB94 min
Feb 15, 5:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington, Crenshaw23 min
Feb 15, 5:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington, Escambia31 min
Feb 15, 10:55 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBPerry35 min
Feb 15, 11:05 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGreene, Perry, Wayne40 min
Feb 15, 11:17 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBGreene28 min
Feb 15, 2:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGeorge, Greene, Perry, Wayne52 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.