Special Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Mobile, AL

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1109 PM CDT MON APR 14 2014

FLZ002-004-006-150530-
COASTAL ESCAMBIA FL-COASTAL OKALOOSA FL-SANTA ROSA FL-
1109 PM CDT MON APR 14 2014

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN OKALOOSA...
SOUTHEASTERN SANTA ROSA AND SOUTHEASTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTIES IN
NORTHWEST FLORIDA...THROUGH 1230 AM CDT...

AT 1059 PM CDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DE FUNIAK SPRINGS TO
VALPARAISO TO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WARRINGTON...AND MOVING EAST AT
20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MIDWAY...             OCEAN CITY...         FORT WALTON BEACH...
  WOODLAWN BEACH...     TIGER POINT...        NAVARRE BEACH...
  HOLLEY...             SHALIMAR...           LAKE LORRAINE...

THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS ARE WIND GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH.
WINDS THIS STRONG COULD BLOW OFF TREE LIMBS AND ALSO BLOW AROUND
SMALL UNSECURED OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED.

HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO A PRIMARY THREAT WITH THESE STORMS. HOURLY
RAINFALL TOTAL RAINFALL SATURATED GROUNDS CAN RESULT IN FLASH
FLOODING.

FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. IF OUTDOORS...STAY
AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF
POSSIBLE. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS. AVOID USING WIRED
TELEPHONES DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO OUTSIDE PHONE LINES.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT
TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.

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