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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

June 14, 2022Okaloosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Jun 14, 2022, 4:49 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: Jun 14, 2022, 4:49 PM CDT (21:49 UTC)
Expired: Jun 14, 2022, 5:30 PM CDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 40

County Okaloosa County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 294 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: 2492 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -44 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 998 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -47 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 14, 1:38 PM CDT, 3 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 1:38 PM CDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 14, 4:49 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
449 PM CDT Tue Jun 14 2022

FLZ205-206-142230-
Okaloosa Inland FL-Okaloosa Coastal FL-
449 PM CDT Tue Jun 14 2022

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of eastern Okaloosa
County through 530 PM CDT...

At 449 PM CDT, National Weather Service doppler radar indicated a
strong thunderstorm 8 miles west of Eglin Air Force Base, or 10 miles
northeast of Niceville, moving west at 5 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Crestview, Niceville and Valparaiso.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3050 8645 3050 8642 3051 8642 3051 8645
      3050 8646 3050 8648 3052 8649 3052 8650
      3051 8649 3050 8649 3049 8650 3050 8662
      3092 8667 3086 8639 3049 8639
TIME...MOT...LOC 2149Z 089DEG 5KT 3065 8640

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 14, 4:11 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	MOB	Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington and 6 more	27 hr
Jun 14, 5:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Crenshaw	59 min
Jun 14, 5:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Butler, Crenshaw	63 min
Jun 14, 6:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Covington	64 min
Jun 14, 6:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Butler, Conecuh	22 min
Jun 14, 6:50 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		115 min
Jun 14, 5:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Okaloosa	53 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.