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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Jul 15, 2021, 3:04 PM CDT for Okaloosa County, Florida. It was in force for 41 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 15, 2021, 3:04 PM CDT (20:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 2021, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
County Okaloosa County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:46 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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 216 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 977 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 911 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
125
WWUS84 KMOB 152004
SPSMOB
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
304 PM CDT Thu Jul 15 2021
FLZ205-206-152045-
Okaloosa Inland FL-Okaloosa Coastal FL-
304 PM CDT Thu Jul 15 2021
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...EASTERN
OKALOOSA COUNTY UNTIL 345 PM CDT...
At 302 PM CDT, the strong thunderstorm was located 6 miles north of
Valparaiso, moving north at 5 mph.
Wind gusts in excess of 30 mph will be possible with this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Crestview and Niceville.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
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 3051 8657 3050 8666 3081 8667 3088 8650
3080 8639 3051 8639
TIME...MOT...LOC 2002Z 191DEG 6KT 3060 8654
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 4:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Covington | 42 min |
| Jul 15, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 50 min |
| Jul 15, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Covington, Escambia | 42 min |
| Jul 15, 5:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Covington | 49 min |
| Jul 15, 5:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw | 94 min |
| Jul 15, 6:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Clarke, Conecuh, Monroe | 93 min |
| Jul 15, 3:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Okaloosa | 41 min |
| Jul 15, 6:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Santa Rosa | 41 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.