Reply With QuoteThe second cluster of storms moved in with a decent amount of lightning and some moderate to heavy rain. Consistent northerly winds with this one too. Some of the lighting caused the power to blip here twice too.
A few deep rumbles of thunder were heard about 30 minutes ago. Now the lightning and thunder are distant as this current cluster of storms is staying north of us over Holley and western Eglin. There's a few more storms straddling the coast, so we'll see if they hold together or are replaced by newer storms.
Otherwise just a few showers this afternoon and nothing else from this storm system so far.
The second cluster of storms moved in with a decent amount of lightning and some moderate to heavy rain. Consistent northerly winds with this one too. Some of the lighting caused the power to blip here twice too.
Woo, fun forecast!!
Rest of This Afternoon
Mostly cloudy. Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 70s. West winds 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy. Scattered showers and thunderstorms in the evening...then chance of rain after midnight. Lows in the lower 40s. Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
Sunday
Partly sunny in the morning then clearing. Breezy... cooler. Slight chance of rain and snow in the morning. Highs in the lower 50s. Northwest winds 15 to 25 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
So much for severe thunderstorms from this most recent cold blast, all we netted were three rounds of sprinkles. Very cold and windy yesterday, it was only 38 at 10 am.
I take it the snow didn't fall either?Originally Posted by aaroads
Hard to do that in Florida this time of year.
No precipitation of any kind Sunday morning. Just a lot of cold wind. Finally gonna hit 60 today...
Wrong there was sleet and some flurries reported north of you on Sunday morning around 3am
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Not wrong for where I am, nothing fell. But in areas near here, yes.
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One problem with wunderground.com is that they rely upon the backyard weather stations too often. When I go to look up the current obs for Navarre, I get this Hidden Creek place.
Right now there are no clouds in the sky, but the current condition there is:
63.4 °F / 17 °C
Light Rain
Additionally the historical and climatological stats for nearby Hurlburt Field have major issues. The normal high is always two degrees lower than Pensacola, and I've seen other oddities, like summertime times recorded there in the winter.
Easy solution Alex. Buy yourself a weather station.
Hmmm, can you recommend one Ocala?
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Speaking of fog, the way Rolltide was talking about a 24-hour dense fog advisory, I noticed some sea fog hanging around at 3 this afternoon eastward over Okaloosa County. It created an interesting contrast with the blue skies above:
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0.35 inches of rain from the earlier band of showers. A much broader shield or precipitation is on the way!
La Nina has done a number on rainfall here this year. Today's was the first time its rained this month and first time we received any precip since the 0.07 in. on 02-28. Last substantial rain came one month ago today.
Send some down our way, we need some badly.
But this front is creeping along and won't have much punch if/when it arrives Tuesday.
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After the rains of last weekend, the weather cleared and dried out, but grass is now growing all over and buds and flowers are coming out in full force. Pollen has followed suit too...
This week rain moves back in the forecast and so does consistent cloudy weather:
Monday Night
Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of rain showers after midnight. Lows in the upper 50s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph becoming 10 to 15 mph. Chance of showers 10 percent.
Tuesday
Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of rain showers. Highs in the mid 70s. Southeast winds 10 to 20 mph. Chance of showers 20 percent.
Tuesday Night
Cloudy...breezy. Chance of showers and isolated thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Southeast winds 15 to 25 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
Wednesday
Cloudy...breezy. Chance of showers and isolated thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 70s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
Wednesday Night
Cloudy. Chance of showers and isolated thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
Thursday
Cloudy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 70s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
Thursday Night
Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
Friday
Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
Friday Night
Mostly cloudy. Breezy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
Saturday
Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 70s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
Saturday Night
Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of rain showers and isolated thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 50s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
4 to 8 inches, where?
Flash Flood Watch
Statement as of 2:40 PM CDT on March 25, 2009
... Flash Flood Watch in effect through Saturday morning...
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Flash Flood Watch for portions of Alabama... northwest Florida
and southeast Mississippi... including the following areas... in
Alabama... Butler... Choctaw... Clarke... Conecuh... Covington...
Crenshaw... Escambia... lower Baldwin... lower Mobile... Monroe...
upper Baldwin... upper Mobile... Washington and Wilcox. In
northwest Florida... coastal Escambia... coastal Okaloosa...
coastal Santa Rosa... inland Escambia... inland Okaloosa and
inland Santa Rosa. In southeast Mississippi... George...
Greene... Perry... stone and Wayne.
* Through Saturday morning
* a cold front will stall across the central Gulf Coast late tonight.
Upper level disturbances are expected to move across the front
through Friday bringing at least two rounds of heavy rain. The
first round will move through tonight into Thursday morning.
Another heavy rain event is expected Thursday night into Friday
morning. A stronger cold front will move across the area late
Friday into early Saturday morning bringing more heavy rainfall.
Total rainfall accumulations through Saturday morning of 4 to 8
inches can be expected. This will cause flooding on area rivers
along with poor drainage areas.
A Flash Flood Watch means that conditions may develop that lead to
flash flooding. Flash flooding is a very dangerous situation.
You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action
should flash flood warnings be issued.
Well the rotation has moved on by, and during the height of the storm, lots of swirling winds to go along with hail slightly larger than pea size. No tornado or funnel cloud though, but if there was, it was rain shrouded.
Storm was intense with some decent lightning and thunder for about a good 20 minutes. Rainfall and wind mainly came in from the north too. The bow echo is now moving into Ft. Walton Beach, leaving us with a canopy of rain and embedded thunder.
Tornado Warning
Statement as of 8:34 AM CDT on March 26, 2009
... A Tornado Warning remains in effect until 915 am CDT for
southern Santa Rosa... extreme southeastern Escambia and southern
Okaloosa counties...
At 831 am CDT... the National Weather Service continued to indicate a
severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado. This tornado was
near Navarre... moving east at 35 mph.
The tornado will be near...
Navarre by 840 am CDT...
Wright and Mary Esther by 900 am CDT...
Ocean City and Fort Walton Beach by 905 am CDT...
Eglin AFB by 910 am CDT...
Postil... Valparaiso... Niceville and Destin by 915 am CDT...
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Second tornado warning in as many days for Navarre, followed by a second for central Okaloosa County. Mainly some gusty winds here along with heavy rain. No Hail this time, but lightning is consistent, though mainly cloud to cloud. Like yesterday, its another squall line with bow echoes followed by embedded heavier rain in a large sheet of precip heading back toward NOLA.
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Tornado Watch
Statement as of 6:03 AM CDT on March 27, 2009
Tornado Watch 74 remains in effect until 800 am CDT for the
following locations
FL
. Florida counties included are
Escambia Okaloosa Santa Rosa
Flash Flood Watch
Statement as of 3:33 AM CDT on March 27, 2009
... Flash Flood Watch remains in effect through Saturday morning...
The Flash Flood Watch continues for
* portions of Alabama... northwest Florida and southeast
Mississippi... including the following areas... in Alabama...
Butler... Choctaw... Clarke... Conecuh... Covington... Crenshaw...
Escambia... lower Baldwin... lower Mobile... Monroe... upper
Baldwin... upper Mobile... Washington and Wilcox. In northwest
Florida... coastal Escambia... coastal Okaloosa... coastal Santa
Rosa... inland Escambia... inland Okaloosa and inland Santa
Rosa. In southeast Mississippi... George... Greene... Perry...
stone and Wayne.
* Through Saturday morning
* heavy rainfall is expected along and south of the I-65 corridor
early today as an extensive area of heavy rain moves eastward
across the region. Additional thunderstorms will develop in the
heat of the afternoon yielding another one to two inches of rain
locally. One hour rainfall totals of up to 3 inches per hour have
been observed with these storms. Between midnight and 3 am... three
to eight inches of rain has fallen over portions of interior
southeastern Mississippi and southwestern Alabama.
Ending later this morning... some areas will have received possibly
another six to eight inches of rain since midnight... especially
along an axis from western Stone County Mississippi to northern
Mobile County Alabama to southeastern Washington County Alabama.
Again... this axis of heavy rainfall will shift southeast of I-65
through mid-morning into coastal and south central Alabama as well as the
northwest Florida Panhandle where up to six to eight additional
inches of rain could fall locally.
Another round of heavy rainfall will move in ahead of a cold front
tonight and early Saturday where up to another four to six inches of
rain could fall locally. In general... most will see at least two
additional inches from the rainfall tonight through early Saturday.
Another 6 am heavy thunderstorm this morning, and a third day of a tornado watch. This morning's storm was more heavy rain than anything else. It had its share of lightning and thunder, including one strike that momentarily knocked out power. A second batch of storms followed around 9-10, with mostly heavy rain and little lightning and thunder. A flash flood warning is in effect for parts of Okaloosa County currently. Otherwise the sun is out and Pensacola Regional Airport is currently reporting 80 degrees! (the first 80 degree mark of the year).
4.39 inches of rain reported at Hurlburt from the recent storm system
4.37 inches of rain reported at Pensacola.
And a bevy of record/storm reports and flash flood warnings:
Flood Warning, Areal Flood Warning
Statement as of 10:27 PM CDT on March 28, 2009
... Forecast flooding increased from minor to moderate severity... the Flood
Warning continues for
the big Coldwater creek near Milton
* until Tuesday afternoon
* at 9pm Saturday the stage was... 12.9 feet
* minor flooding is occurring and moderate flooding is forecast
* flood stage is 10 feet
* the river will continue rising to near 16.4 feet by tomorrow evening. The
river will fall below flood stage late Tuesday morning.
1021 PM CDT Sat Mar 28 2009
... Flood Warning extended until Tuesday afternoon... the Flood Warning continues
for
the Yellow River at Milligan
* until Tuesday afternoon
* at 09pm Saturday the stage was 12.2 feet
* minor flooding is occurring and moderate flooding is forecast
* flood stage is 12.0 feet
* the river will continue rising to near 17.8 feet by tomorrow early afternoon.
The river will fall below flood stage late Tuesday morning.
At 12.0 feet, extensive overflow of lowlands will occur and a few rural roads in
the area will become flooded.
1021 PM CDT Sat Mar 28 2009
... Flood Warning extended until Tuesday morning... the Flood Warning continues
for
the Blackwater river near Baker
* until Tuesday morning
* at 09pm Saturday the stage was 20.6 feet
* moderate flooding is occurring and moderate flooding is forecast
* flood stage is 11.0 feet
* the river will continue rising to near 21.3 feet by tomorrow morning. The
river will fall below flood stage Tuesday morning.
1232 PM CDT Sat Mar 28 2009
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Flood Warning for urban areas and small streams in...
Escambia County in northwest Florida...
this includes the city of Pensacola...
Santa Rosa County in northwest Florida...
southern Conecuh County in south central Alabama...
Covington County in south central Alabama...
this includes the city of Andalusia...
southeastern Crenshaw County in south central Alabama...
Escambia County in south central Alabama...
this includes the city of Brewton...
extreme south central Monroe County in south central Alabama...
Baldwin County in southwest Alabama...
this includes the city of Bay Minette...
* until 1230 am CDT
* at 1232 PM CDT... public reports continued to indicate flooding
resulting from recent heavy rains at numerous locations across the
warned area. Storm total radar estimates that anywhere from 5 to 15
inches has fallen across the region. The highest totals of 12 to 15
inches have fallen from Elsanor in southern Baldwin County... and
extend northeast across central Escambia and into northern Santa
Rosa County. Estimated storm total rainfall amounts of up
to 12 inches have also been indicated across southern Covington
County Alabama. Flooding of urban and poor drainage areas... as well
as flooding near small creeks... will continue across the warned area
through tonight. Other locations near the Flood Warning area across
south central Alabama may also experience some minor flooding
problems through this evening.
Record Report
Statement as of 05:45 PM CDT on March 28, 2009
... Record high temperature set at Pensacola...
a record high temperature of 83 degrees was set at Pensacola today.
This breaks the old record of 82 set in 1993.
Local Storm Report
03/28/2009 1227 am
Allentown, Santa Rosa County.
Hail e0.88 inch, reported by law enforcement.
Dime to nickel size hail reported at Hwy 89 and Hwy 182
near Allentown.
03/28/2009 0235 am
1 miles N of Milton, Santa Rosa County.
Hail e0.75 inch, reported by public.
Penny size hail reported south of Whiting Field and north
of Milton
03/28/2009 0434 am
Berrydale, Santa Rosa County.
Thunderstorm wind damage, reported by law enforcement.
Power lines... poles and trees down near Hwy 87 and Hwy 4
near Berrydale.
03/28/2009 1228 am
5 miles N of Milton, Santa Rosa County.
Thunderstorm wind gust m53.00 mph, reported by official NWS obs.
Naval Air Station Whiting Field ASOS reported a 53 mph
wind gust.
03/28/2009 0138 am
5 miles N of Milton, Santa Rosa County.
Thunderstorm wind gust m58.00 mph, reported by official NWS obs.
Naval Air Station Whiting Field ASOS reported a 50 knot
wind gust.
03/28/2009 0225 am
Allentown, Santa Rosa County.
Hail m1.75 inch, reported by law enforcement.
Golf hail reported near Allentown on Hwy 87.
03/28/2009 0434 am
Berrydale, Santa Rosa County.
Thunderstorm wind damage, reported by law enforcement.
Power lines... poles and trees down near Hwy 87 and Hwy 4
near Berrydale.
03/28/2009 1227 am
Allentown, Santa Rosa County.
Hail e0.88 inch, reported by law enforcement.
Dime to nickel size hail reported at Hwy 89 and Hwy 182
near Allentown.
03/27/2009 0500 am
Chumuckla, Santa Rosa County.
Thunderstorm wind damage, reported by Emergency Mngr.
Damage to 7 homes on Bell Creek Road. Four with very
minor damage... two with trees on the roof and one with 30
percent of the roof off. Several trees were also down in
the area. Possible tornado.
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