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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

April 19, 2015Baldwin County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Apr 19, 2015, 8:07 AM CDT for Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 38 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: Apr 19, 2015, 8:07 AM CDT (13:07 UTC)
Expired: Apr 19, 2015, 8:45 AM CDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL

County Baldwin County, AL

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The text

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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 Apr 19, 7:44 AM CDT, 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 19, 7:44 AM CDT, 23 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 19, 6:07 AM CDT, 2 hours before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 19, 4:53 AM CDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
453 AM CDT SUN APR 19 2015

ALZ064-FLZ002-191015-
LOWER BALDWIN AL-COASTAL ESCAMBIA FL-
453 AM CDT SUN APR 19 2015

...A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN
BALDWIN AND SOUTHERN ESCAMBIA COUNTIES THROUGH 515 AM CDT...

AT 450 AM CDT...A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR
GULF SHORES TO NEAR ELBERTA TO NEAR LILLIAN AND WERE MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PENSACOLA...           FOLEY...               ORANGE BEACH...
GOULDING...            MYRTLE GROVE...        BELLVIEW...
WEST PENSACOLA...      WARRINGTON...          ELBERTA...
PERDIDO BEACH...       LILLIAN...             BON SECOUR...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

STRONG WIND GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING
WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. SEEK SAFE SHELTER INDOORS UNTIL
THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU
ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

&&

LAT...LON 3025 8779 3030 8773 3029 8775 3033 8779
      3068 8748 3068 8745 3042 8720 3038 8726
      3037 8732 3037 8726 3031 8739 3030 8739
      3030 8740 3031 8742 3030 8743 3024 8774
      3024 8778
TIME...MOT...LOC 0950Z 234DEG 41KT 3039 8754

Special weather statement, Apr 19, 5:54 AM CDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 19, 7:58 AM CDT, 9 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 19, 8:07 AM CDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 18, 7:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Choctaw	66 min
Apr 18, 11:06 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MOB	Baldwin	4 days
Apr 19, 4:33 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		57 min
Apr 19, 5:25 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		95 min
Apr 19, 5:33 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		87 min
Apr 19, 5:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Butler, Covington	66 min
Apr 19, 6:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia	55 min
Apr 19, 6:43 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		92 min
Apr 19, 7:19 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		86 min
Apr 19, 7:36 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		84 min
Apr 19, 7:52 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Baldwin	113 min
Apr 19, 8:00 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		60 min
Apr 19, 8:57 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		93 min
Apr 18, 11:03 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MOB	Okaloosa	58 hr
Apr 19, 4:53 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Escambia	22 min
Apr 19, 5:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Escambia, Santa Rosa	58 min
Apr 19, 6:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Okaloosa, Santa Rosa	57 min
Apr 19, 6:33 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Okaloosa, Santa Rosa	42 min
Apr 19, 7:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Okaloosa	24 min
Apr 19, 7:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Santa Rosa	47 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.