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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Mar 19, 2015, 12:04 AM CDT for Choctaw County, Alabama. It was in force for 56 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 19, 2015, 12:04 AM CDT (05:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 19, 2015, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
County Choctaw County, AL
The radar
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The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Mobile, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Mar 19, 12:01 AM CDT, 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 19, 12:01 AM CDT, 3 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 607 AM CDT WED MAR 18 2015 ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-191200- CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE- LOWER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-WAYNE-PERRY- GREENE-STONE-GEORGE- 607 AM CDT WED MAR 18 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AREAS OF FOG BECOMING LOCALLY DENSE AT TIMES CAN BE EXPECTED LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY AREAS OF FOG LOCALLY DENSE AT TIMES CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THE LIGHT NIGHT AND EARLY MORNING HOURS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF SKYWARN SEVERE STORM SPOTTER NETWORKS IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY. GMZ630>635-650-655-670-675-191200- NORTHERN MOBILE BAY-SOUTHERN MOBILE BAY-MISSISSIPPI SOUND- PERDIDO BAY-PENSACOLA BAY SYSTEM-CHOCTAWHATCHEE BAY- COASTAL WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS FROM 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 607 AM CDT WED MAR 18 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AREAS OF FOG BECOMING LOCALLY DENSE AT TIMES CAN BE EXPECTED LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY AREAS OF FOG LOCALLY DENSE AT TIMES CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THE LIGHT NIGHT AND EARLY MORNING HOURS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 18, 10:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1027 PM CDT WED MAR 18 2015
MSZ067-075-076-190500-
PERRY-WAYNE-GREENE-
1027 PM CDT WED MAR 18 2015
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHERN GREENE...WAYNE
AND NORTHERN PERRY COUNTIES...
AT 1026 PM CDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR MOSS TO NEAR PETAL...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WAYNESBORO...RICHTON...STATE LINE...CLARA...BUCKATUNNA...CORINTH...
BELMONT...LIGHTSEY...MATHERVILLE...CARSON CITY...ERET...KNOBTOWN...
HENDERSON...BREWER...MCSWAIN...BATTLES...CHICORA...SMITHTOWN...BOICE
AND TALLAHALA.
LAT...LON 3143 8894 3183 8894 3184 8873 3186 8861
3189 8849 3135 8847 3126 8914 3143 8914
TIME...MOT...LOC 0326Z 252DEG 23KT 3183 8914 3138 8927Special weather statement, Mar 19, 12:04 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 11:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke | 27 min |
| Mar 19, 1:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Clarke | 23 min |
| Mar 19, 6:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin | 31 min |
| Mar 18, 10:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Wayne | 93 min |
| Mar 18, 10:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wayne | 63 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.