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PAST EOC ACTIVATIONS

Beginning at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, the EOC will be at a level 2 partial activation with Emergency Management Staff monitoring storm conditions. Below is the latest information, the most recent posted toward the top.

Read Governor Desantis' EO 25-13, State of Emergency for the State of Florida >>

ROAD INFO

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CURRENT ROAD CONDITIONS ( Info gathered from OCSO Nixle Alerts)

• Per Crestview PD, both east and westbound ramps to I-10 are closed.
• Per FHP Brooks Bridge hs reopened after a brief closing.
• The overpass over the railroad tracks at Chestnut Ave. in Crestview on SR 85 is now closed, both south and northbound lanes.
• Per FDOT: Westbound lanes of Interstate-10 from mile marker 56 to 0 are closed.
• All of Eglin Parkway is down to 2 lanes only due to low visibility.
• Both northbound and southbound lanes of SR 85 in Crestview shutdown between John King Road and Mirage Rd. due to road conditions.
• Shoal River Bridge on US Hyw 90 in Crestview is impassable.
• OCSO:I-10 overpass on Antioch Road is iced over and impassable
• OCSO: Wilkerson Bluff Rd. overpass over I-10 is iced over and impassable.
• OCSO: Hwy 2 , Peaden, and Sherman Kennedy Bridges are being closed due to being completely iced over.

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Update: Posted Tues. Jan. 21, 2025 - 1:30 p.m.

Our Public Safety staff works around the clock to keep us safe and informed. As the winter weather descends upon us, our Public Safety Director Patrick Maddox wanted to share his thoughts as staff monitors the storm.

𝐺𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑙, 𝐴𝑠 𝑤𝑒 𝑏𝑒ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝑤𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑢𝑛𝑓𝑜𝑙𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑢𝑠, 𝑤𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑐𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑧𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑠 𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑠𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑎 𝑚𝑖𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑙𝑒- 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑟𝑜𝑎𝑑𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠. 𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑐𝑘𝑙𝑦 𝑑𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑦/𝑚𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑝𝑎𝑙 𝑏𝑟𝑖𝑑𝑔𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑐𝑘𝑙𝑦 𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟. 𝐹𝐷𝑂𝑇 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑟𝑜𝑏𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑑𝑒-𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑒𝑓𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑚𝑎𝑦 𝑏𝑒 𝑒𝑐𝑙𝑖𝑝𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑠𝑢𝑐ℎ ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑣𝑦 𝑠𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑓𝑎𝑙𝑙. 𝑊𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑦 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑏𝑒 𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑢𝑝𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑠𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑟𝑖𝑑𝑔𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑐𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙-𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑠 𝑤𝑒 𝑏𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑤𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑠𝑎𝑓𝑒𝑡𝑦, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝐹𝐿511.𝑐𝑜𝑚 𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑛 𝑒𝑥𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑠𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑐𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑢𝑝𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑐𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑟𝑜𝑎𝑑𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑏𝑟𝑖𝑑𝑔𝑒𝑠. 𝐼𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑑𝑜𝑛’𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑒- 𝑑𝑜𝑛’𝑡. 𝑊𝑒’𝑙𝑙 𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑜𝑔𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟- 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑦 𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑚, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑢𝑛𝑠𝑎𝑓𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑙𝑜𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑎𝑢𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠. - Patrick Maddox, Director of Okaloosa County Public Safety.

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Update posted Tues. Jan. 21, 2025 at 11:00 a.m.

The National Weather Service has updated the expected snowfall amounts. Travel is strongly discouraged throughout the day.

 

Update posted Tues., Jan. 21, 2025 at 8 a.m.

WHAT'S NEW: No significant changes since yesterday afternoon's briefing. Snow totals have been adjusted slightly. 

Key Messages: 

· A potentially historic snow event is possible across the southern half of the area, especially for areas along the coast. 

· Major impacts are expected across the entire area, even across locations that receive minor accumulations. 

· This event is expected to be primarily snow; however, there could be some sleet that tries to mix in across the FL Panhandle. 

· Patchy light snow may start by 6am across southwest Alabama and southeast Mississippi and as early as 9am further east across south central AL and the NW FL Panhandle. The heaviest accumulations are expected late morning through the afternoon. 

· Temperatures will drop into the teens and low 20s Tuesday night/Wednesday morning. 

· Highs Wednesday will only reach the mid to upper 30s, so it is likely snow/ice on roads and bridges will still be a concern for Wednesday night/Thursday morning. 

Mostly clear skies on Wednesday may help to melt some of the snow/ice on area roadways, but any residual moisture will refreeze at night. 

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Winter Weather Closures/Info: Latest Info as of Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, 3:30 p.m.

Winter Storm Update - Mon. Jan. 20, 2025 - 4:45 p.m

• A potentially historic snow event is possible across the southern half of the area, especially for areas along the coast.

• Major impacts are expected across the entire area, even across locations that receive minor accumulations.

• We are looking at a primarily snow event. There could be some sleet that tries to mix in across the FL Panhandle, but even there it appears snow is most likely.

• Patchy light snow may start by 6am across southwest Alabama and southeast Mississippi and as early as 9am further east across south-central AL and the NW FL Panhandle. The heaviest accumulations are expected late morning through the afternoon.

• Temperatures will drop into the teens and low 20s Tuesday night/Wednesday morning with highs Wednesday only reaching the mid to upper 30s, so it is likely snow/ice on roads and bridges will still be a concern for Wednesday night/Thursday morning.

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