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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2021, 2:34 PM CDT for Okaloosa County, Florida. It was in force for 26 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
- Aug 2, 2021, 2:34 PM CDT (19:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2021, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
County Okaloosa County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:36 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, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 211 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
- 2573 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 632 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -17 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
503
WWUS84 KMOB 021934
SPSMOB
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
234 PM CDT Mon Aug 2 2021
FLZ205-022000-
Okaloosa Inland FL-
234 PM CDT Mon Aug 2 2021
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...EAST
CENTRAL OKALOOSA COUNTY UNTIL 300 PM CDT...
At 233 PM CDT, the strong thunderstorm was located 5 miles southeast
of Crestview, moving northeast at 5 mph.
Wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph will be possible with this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Crestview.
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 3059 8645 3067 8663 3085 8658 3081 8639
3066 8639
TIME...MOT...LOC 1933Z 206DEG 5KT 3070 8651
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 7:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw | 42 min |
| Aug 1, 8:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Conecuh | 63 min |
| Aug 1, 8:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw | 43 min |
| Aug 1, 8:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 51 min |
| Aug 1, 8:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Wilcox | 55 min |
| Aug 1, 9:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw | 43 min |
| Aug 1, 9:06 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Choctaw | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 9:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh | 57 min |
| Aug 1, 9:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 6 hr |
| Aug 1, 9:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 31 min |
| Aug 1, 10:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Wilcox | 54 min |
| Aug 1, 10:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Monroe | 51 min |
| Aug 1, 10:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Conecuh | 65 min |
| Aug 2, 2:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Conecuh | 37 min |
| Aug 2, 2:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 46 min |
| Aug 2, 3:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia | 26 min |
| Aug 2, 3:10 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Mobile | 2 hr |
| Aug 2, 3:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Crenshaw | 31 min |
| Aug 2, 3:32 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 43 min | |
| Aug 2, 3:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 48 min |
| Aug 2, 3:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Crenshaw | 43 min |
| Aug 2, 4:32 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Covington | 118 min |
| Aug 2, 5:37 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 83 min | |
| Aug 2, 2:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Santa Rosa | 29 min |
| Aug 2, 2:56 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Okaloosa | 2 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.