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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

May 23, 2023Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at May 23, 2023, 3:02 PM CDT for Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 43 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: May 23, 2023, 3:02 PM CDT (20:02 UTC)
Expired: May 23, 2023, 3:45 PM CDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Hail: 0.25 in
Wind: 40

Counties Escambia County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL

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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 May 23, 1:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 23, 1:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 23, 1:24 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
124 PM CDT Tue May 23 2023

FLZ201>205-231930-
Escambia Inland FL-Okaloosa Inland FL-Santa Rosa Coastal FL-
Escambia Coastal FL-Santa Rosa Inland FL-
124 PM CDT Tue May 23 2023

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of Okaloosa, central
Santa Rosa and south central Escambia Counties through 230 PM CDT...

At 124 PM CDT, National Weather Service doppler radar indicated
strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 9 miles northwest of
Eglin Air Force Base to 5 miles east of Roeville to Lillian. Movement
was east at 10 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...
Ferry Pass, Brent, West Pensacola, Ensley, Crestview, Gonzalez, Pace,
Milton, Goulding, Bagdad, Myrtle Grove, Baker, Point Baker, Pea
Ridge, Roeville and Floridatown.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3044 8734 3051 8744 3086 8704 3094 8639
      3055 8639 3056 8653 3052 8655 3046 8692
      3051 8701 3058 8698 3056 8702 3060 8702
      3044 8709 3052 8710 3058 8718 3055 8720
      3049 8715 3045 8719 3032 8744 3033 8744
TIME...MOT...LOC 1824Z 267DEG 10KT 3072 8637 3067 8691 3039 8744

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

JFP

Special weather statement, May 23, 2:08 PM CDT, 54 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 23, 2:30 PM CDT, 32 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 23, 3:02 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 22, 7:00 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Wilcox	2 hr
May 22, 7:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Wilcox	44 min
May 22, 7:45 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Monroe, Wilcox	3 hr
May 22, 8:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Conecuh	49 min
May 22, 8:41 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Conecuh, Monroe	3 hr
May 22, 11:25 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		65 min
May 23, 12:12 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		46 min
May 23, 7:55 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		95 min
May 23, 3:50 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Baldwin	3 hr
May 23, 4:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Escambia	43 min
May 23, 4:38 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		67 min
May 23, 5:33 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		57 min
May 23, 5:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Escambia	60 min
May 23, 6:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Mobile	48 min
May 23, 1:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa	66 min
May 23, 2:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Escambia	37 min
May 23, 2:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Okaloosa	32 min
May 23, 2:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Santa Rosa	60 min
May 23, 2:55 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Okaloosa	3 hr
May 23, 3:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Escambia	52 min
May 23, 4:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Santa Rosa	52 min
May 23, 2:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Wayne	30 min

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Sources

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