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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

July 9, 2015Mobile County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Jul 9, 2015, 2:47 PM CDT for Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 58 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
Jul 9, 2015, 2:47 PM CDT (19:47 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 2015, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL

County Mobile County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Jul 9, 12:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 9, 12:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 9, 5:52 AM CDT, 8 hours 55 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
552 AM CDT THU JUL 9 2015

ALZ051>060-261>266-FLZ201>206-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-101100-
CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-
ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-MOBILE INLAND-BALDWIN INLAND-MOBILE CENTRAL-
BALDWIN CENTRAL-MOBILE COASTAL-BALDWIN COASTAL-ESCAMBIA INLAND-
ESCAMBIA COASTAL-SANTA ROSA INLAND-SANTA ROSA COASTAL-
OKALOOSA INLAND-OKALOOSA COASTAL-WAYNE-PERRY-GREENE-STONE-GEORGE-
552 AM CDT THU JUL 9 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY IN THE MID 90S FOR MANY LOCATIONS...WITH
AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES 100 TO 105 DEGREES.

OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

CONTINUED HOT DURING THE DAYS THROUGH MONDAY...WITH HEAT INDICES 100
TO 105 DEGREES EACH DAY.

OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF SKYWARN SEVERE STORM SPOTTER NETWORKS IS NOT
EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

GMZ630>635-650-655-670-675-101100-
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-
552 AM CDT THU JUL 9 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL
WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

LOW CLOUDS AND A FEW SHOWERS OVER THE MARINE AREA THIS MORNING...
COMBINED WITH LIGHT WINDS AND HIGH DEWPOINTS...COULD RESULT IN A FEW
WATERSPOUTS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS THIS MORNING.

OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 9, 2:47 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
247 PM CDT THU JUL 9 2015

ALZ261-263-MSZ079-092045-
MOBILE INLAND AL-MOBILE CENTRAL AL-GEORGE MS-
247 PM CDT THU JUL 9 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...INLAND
MOBILE AND CENTRAL MOBILE IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...AND EAST CENTRAL
GEORGE IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 345 PM CDT...

AT 246 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MIDTOWN
MOBILE...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MOBILE...              PRICHARD...            CHICKASAW...
MIDTOWN MOBILE...      REGIONAL AIRPORT IN WEST MOBILE...
I65 AND AL 158...      I65 AND I165...        CHUNCHULA...
I65 AND US 45...       SEMMES...

THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.
WINDS THIS STRONG COULD BLOW OFF TREE LIMBS AND ALSO BLOW AROUND
SMALL UNSECURED OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.

SMALL HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY
AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF
POSSIBLE. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS. AVOID USING WIRED
TELEPHONES DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO OUTSIDE PHONE LINES.

THIS STORM MAY CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY AND A WARNING MAY SOON BE
NEEDED. PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR FURTHER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

LAT...LON 3072 8834 3072 8835 3073 8835 3084 8851
      3102 8827 3073 8804 3061 8818
TIME...MOT...LOC 1946Z 138DEG 11KT 3073 8818

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 9, 7:47 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB58 min
Jul 9, 11:22 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB83 min
Jul 9, 1:38 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB97 min
Jul 9, 4:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBChoctaw32 min
Jul 9, 4:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBCrenshaw54 min
Jul 9, 4:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBButler35 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Alabama, 2015Every special weather statement in 2015

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.