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Slight Rain Chance Tonight

Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:

• Tonight: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 61. Southwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
• Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 88. Calm wind becoming east between 5 and 10 mph.
• Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 60. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
• Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 88. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south.
• Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 61. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
• Friday: Sunny, with a high near 89. Calm wind becoming east between 5 and 10 mph.
• Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 63. South wind 5 to 10 mph becoming east.
• Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 85. East wind between 10 and 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
• Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 64.
• Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 85.
• Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 64.
• Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 86.

Overnight Fog Possible, Sunny Tuesday

Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:

• Tonight: Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with a low around 62. West wind around 5 mph.
• Tuesday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 85. North wind around 5 mph.
• Tuesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 10pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 62. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
• Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 86. North wind around 5 mph.
• Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 61. North wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
• Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 88. North wind around 5 mph.
• Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 59. North wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
• Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 89. East wind around 5 mph.
• Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 62. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
• Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 85.
• Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 59.
• Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 85.
• Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 59.
• Monday: Sunny, with a high near 87.

County To Decide Future Of New Crude Oil Transfer Station In Walnut Hill

This week, Escambia County will consider a rezoning request for property in Walnut Hill where an energy company proposes to build a crude oil transfer station that could mean about 30 new high paying jobs.

Genesis Rail Systems, LLC wants to build the facility on 20 acres off Corley Road, near Arthur Brown Road. The property was chosen because it is at the intersection of an existing crude oil pipeline and the Alabama & Gulf Coast Railway.

Information that will be presented to the Escambia County Planning Board Monday finds that a request to rezone the property from “village agricultural” to “general industrial” is not consistent with the Escambia County Comprehensive Plan and the Land Development Code. The current “village agricultural” zoning for the property off Corley Road allows five residences per 100 acres, agricultural or small home-based business use.

A preliminary county report says that the oil transfer station rezoning will also not be compatible with surrounding properties — most of which are agricultural with two nearby single family dwellings. Also, the proposed land use amendment would not result in a logical and orderly development pattern, according to county documents to be considered.

But that not necessarily mean the county will not approve the rezoning request.

“Although a change to an Industrial zoning would be a more intensive use than is currently in the area, the proposed amendment will utilize the existing railroad, which is a corridor for economic development within the county,” the county planning agency documents state. “There are code requirements that could be implemented such as intense buffering and screening to minimize the possibility of any adverse effects upon adjacent properties.”

If the transfer station is built, crude oil will be shipped in rail tanker cars from the north — including oil fields in Monroe and Escambia counties in Alabama — and be offloaded at the Walnut Hill facility into a 100,000 barrel storage tank before being injected into the existing Genesis pipeline for transport to refineries along the Gulf Coast.

According to project plans, the facility will create 25-30 or more well paying full time jobs in the community, plus positive economic impacts from constructions and ongoing expenditures.

Plan drawings for the facility show that the large crude oil storage tank will be surrounded by a lined containment area designed to catch storm water runoff and, in a worse case scenario, any leak, preventing any contamination to the surrounding area. The facility will also include the pumping equipment, a 1,500 square foot administration building and a 45-space gravel parking lot.

To support the planned oil transfer station, the Alabama & Gulf Coast Railway is currently constructing an additional rail spur parallel to tracks that run along Corley Road from Arthur Brown Road.

The Escambia County Planning Board will consider the rezoning request during an 8:30 a.m. meeting Monday at the Escambia County Central Office Complex, Room 104, at 3363 West Park Place in Pensacola. And then Thursday, the Escambia County Commission is set to review and adopt, modify or overturn the Planning Board’s recommendation on the rezoning request.

Pictured above: Property off Corley Road in Walnut Hill were a company wants to build a crude oil transfer station. Pictured top inset: A rezoning hearing public notice posted alongside Corley Road. Pictured bottom inset: Alabama & Gulf Coast Railway is already working to install new track. Pictured below: Plans for the facility. NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.

Patchy Overnight Fog, Sunny Week

Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:

• Tonight: Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 62. West wind around 5 mph.
• Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 84. Northwest wind around 5 mph.
• Monday Night: Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with a low around 61. Calm wind.
• Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 86. North wind around 5 mph.
• Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 61. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
• Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 87. North wind around 5 mph.
• Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 57. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
• Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 87. North wind around 5 mph.
• Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 59. North wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
• Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 89.
• Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 61.
• Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 87.
• Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 61.
• Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 87.

TORNADO WARNING

Tornado Warning for Escambia [FL] till 8:30 PM CDT …AT 812 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION AND LIKELY PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MYRTLE GROVE…OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CANTONMENT…MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

A Rainy Forecast

The entire area should see about two inches of rain this weekend, according to the National Weather Service, while some areas could see as much as five inches.

Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:

• Tonight: Showers and thunderstorms. Low around 65. South wind between 5 and 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
• Sunday: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 83. South wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
• Sunday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 63. West wind around 5 mph becoming north.
• Monday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 84. North wind around 5 mph.
• Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 60. North wind around 5 mph.
• Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 84. North wind between 5 and 10 mph.
• Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 57. North wind around 5 mph.
• Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 85. North wind between 5 and 10 mph.
• Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 57.
• Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 86.
• Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 60.
• Friday: Sunny, with a high near 90.
• Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 62.
• Saturday: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Sunny, with a high near 88.

Rain Likely Saturday, Sunday

Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:

• Tonight: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 7pm. Increasing clouds, with a low around 63. Southeast wind between 5 and 10 mph.
• Saturday: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm, then showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. High near 81. Southeast wind between 10 and 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
• Saturday Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Cloudy, with a low around 65. Southeast wind between 5 and 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
• Sunday: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Cloudy, with a high near 84. South wind between 5 and 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
• Sunday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 64. South wind 5 to 10 mph becoming west.
• Monday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 82. North wind between 5 and 10 mph.
• Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 61. North wind around 5 mph.
• Tuesday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 85. North wind around 5 mph.
• Tuesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 62. North wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
• Wednesday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 85.
• Wednesday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 61.
• Thursday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 85.
• Thursday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 61.
• Friday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 84.

Cool Tonight, Rain For The Weekend

Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:

• Tonight: Clear, with a low around 53. Southwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
• Friday: Sunny, with a high near 85. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south.
• Friday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 62. Southeast wind between 5 and 10 mph.
• Saturday: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 81. Breezy, with a southeast wind between 10 and 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
• Saturday Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Cloudy, with a low around 62. Southeast wind between 10 and 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
• Sunday: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 82. Southeast wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
• Sunday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 65. Southeast wind between 5 and 10 mph.
• Monday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 84. Southeast wind between 5 and 10 mph.
• Monday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 64. South wind between 5 and 10 mph.
• Tuesday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 86.
• Tuesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 64.
• Wednesday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 84.
• Wednesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 64.
• Thursday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 84.

Tomorrow: A Hero’s Goodbye

Funeral service were held Wednesday for Robert Stewart, the former chief of the Walnut Hill Volunteer Fire Department who passed away on Sunday at age 62.

Coming up Thursday morning on NorthEscambia.com, we will have complete coverage from multiple photographers as Escambia Fire Rescue, friends and family said goodbye to a man that answered his first fire call 35 years ago.

NorthEscambia.com photo, click to enlarge.

Lows Back In The 50’s

Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:

• Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 55. North wind between 5 and 10 mph.
• Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 83. North wind between 5 and 10 mph.
• Thursday Night: Clear, with a low around 52. North wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
• Friday: Sunny, with a high near 84. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming southeast.
• Friday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 61. Southeast wind between 5 and 10 mph.
• Saturday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 81. Breezy, with a east wind between 10 and 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
• Saturday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 61. East wind between 10 and 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
• Sunday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a high near 82. Southeast wind between 5 and 10 mph.
• Sunday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a low around 64. Southeast wind around 5 mph.
• Monday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 84.
• Monday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 62.
• Tuesday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 81.
• Tuesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 59.
• Wednesday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 81.

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