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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

June 26, 2016Okaloosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Jun 26, 2016, 2:29 PM CDT for Okaloosa County, Florida. It was in force for 46 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
Jun 26, 2016, 2:29 PM CDT (19:29 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 2016, 3:15 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL

County Okaloosa County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:29 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, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 217 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 2016-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 747 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2016-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 6 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
747 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-90 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1213 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-4 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 Jun 26, 1:33 PM CDT, 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 1:33 PM CDT, 56 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 26, 6:03 AM CDT, 8 hours 26 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
603 AM CDT SUN JUN 26 2016

ALZ051>060-261>266-FLZ201>206-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-271115-
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-
603 AM CDT SUN JUN 26 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO
THIS EVENING. A FEW MAY BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE WITH WINDS GUSTING TO
60 MPH AND SMALL HAIL...BUT ORGANIZED SEVERE ACTIVITY IS NOT
EXPECTED.

HEAT INDICES TODAY ARE EXPECTED TO TOP OUT IN THE 101 TO 106 DEGREE
RANGE THIS AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

DAILY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. A FEW MAY BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE WITH
DAMAGING WINDS AND SMALL HAIL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

GMZ630>635-650-655-670-675-271115-
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-
603 AM CDT SUN JUN 26 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ARE EXPECTED MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
OVER THE COASTAL WATERS. THE STRONGER STORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY
HIGH WINDS AND WAVES.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 26, 2:29 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
229 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2016

FLZ205-262015-
OKALOOSA INLAND FL-
229 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...EAST
CENTRAL OKALOOSA COUNTY UNTIL 315 PM CDT...

AT 229 PM CDT...THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF CRESTVIEW...MOVING WEST AT 5 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CRESTVIEW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3058 8666 3085 8660 3078 8639 3058 8639
TIME...MOT...LOC 1929Z 101DEG 6KT 3069 8643

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 4:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBButler, Crenshaw54 min
Jun 26, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler, Crenshaw25 min
Jun 26, 5:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBButler, Crenshaw64 min
Jun 26, 5:44 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB61 min
Jun 26, 6:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile, Washington47 min
Jun 26, 6:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia50 min
Jun 26, 6:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia40 min
Jun 26, 6:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBSanta Rosa40 min
Jun 26, 6:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBSanta Rosa39 min
Jun 26, 5:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBGreene47 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Florida, 2016Every special weather statement in 2016

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.