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National Weather Service advises Okaloosa residents: 'All it takes is one storm' — focus on local impacts, surge and rapid intensification
Summary
The National Weather Service in Mobile cautioned that seasonal outlooks are not a substitute for local forecasts, emphasized storm-surge maps and warned about rapid intensification and the forecasting limits for intensity versus track.
Jason Beeman, meteorologist in charge at the National Weather Service (NWS) office in Mobile, told an Okaloosa County audience that seasonal hurricane outlooks do not replace local impact forecasts and urged residents to prepare for local outcomes rather than rely on seasonal counts. "All it takes is 1 storm to be a bad season for us," Beeman said.
Beeman explained that NWS local offices translate the National Hurricane Center’s broad track and intensity forecasts into county-level expected impacts. He warned that the familiar forecast cone shows only the probable path of a storm’s…
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