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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

July 4, 2020Okaloosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Jul 4, 2020, 1:33 PM CDT for Okaloosa County, Florida. It was in force for 42 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: Jul 4, 2020, 1:33 PM CDT (18:33 UTC)
Expired: Jul 4, 2020, 2:15 PM CDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL

County Okaloosa County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 288 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: 398 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -114 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1293 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 46 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 Jul 4, 12:47 PM CDT, 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 12:47 PM CDT, 46 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 4, 1:33 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
133 PM CDT Sat Jul 4 2020

FLZ203-205-041915-
Okaloosa Inland FL-Santa Rosa Inland FL-
133 PM CDT Sat Jul 4 2020

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
SOUTHWESTERN OKALOOSA AND EAST CENTRAL SANTA ROSA COUNTIES UNTIL 215
PM CDT...

At 132 PM CDT, the strong thunderstorm was located 9 miles northwest
of Wright, moving north at 5 mph.

Wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph will be possible with this storm.

This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of southwestern
Okaloosa and east central Santa Rosa Counties.

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.

This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.

&&

LAT...LON 3049 8660 3050 8681 3074 8685 3073 8654
TIME...MOT...LOC 1832Z 182DEG 5KT 3058 8671

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 3, 7:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Escambia	45 min
Jul 4, 10:31 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		89 min
Jul 4, 11:06 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		24 min
Jul 4, 3:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Mobile	31 min
Jul 4, 4:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin	27 min
Jul 4, 5:19 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		26 min
Jul 4, 5:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Washington	52 min
Jul 4, 3:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Santa Rosa	33 min
Jul 4, 4:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Escambia	34 min
Jul 4, 3:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Perry	39 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.