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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Dec 23, 2015, 2:34 AM CST for Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 41 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
- Dec 23, 2015, 2:34 AM CST (08:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 23, 2015, 3:15 AM CST
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
County Mobile County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 Dec 22, 11:46 PM CST, 2 hours 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 22, 11:46 PM CST, 2 hours 48 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 713 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2015 ALZ051>060-261>266-FLZ201>206-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-240115- 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- 713 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS. A MODERATE RISK FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG THE GULF BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE REGION EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND WEST OF THE INTERSTATE 65 CORRIDOR. TORNADOES...DAMAGING WINDS...AND LARGE HAIL ARE ALL THREATS. MORE DETAILS ON THE TIMING AND THREAT AREAS WILL BE PROVIDED AS THE EVENT DRAWS CLOSER IN TIME. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL OF 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED. ISOLATED INSTANCES OF FLASH OR AREAL FLOODING ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS COASTAL AREAS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA STRETCHING NORTH OVER PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA. LOCALIZED FLOODING OF URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS WILL BE LIKELY. A HIGH RISK FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG THE GULF BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA ON WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF SKYWARN SEVERE STORM SPOTTER NETWORKS WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED ON WEDNESDAY. GMZ630>635-650-655-670-675-240115- 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- 713 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT DENSE FOG ACROSS MOBILE BAY AND THE MISSISSIPPI SOUND EAST OF PASCAGOULA COULD REDUCE VISIBILITY TO 1/2 OF A NAUTICAL MILE OR LESS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY HAZARDOUS WIND AND WAVE CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT CAN BE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME FRAME. ALSO...AREAS OF DENSE FOG CAN BE EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Dec 23, 2:34 AM CST, 0 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 22, 10:01 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 24 hr | |
| Dec 23, 2:27 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 33 min | |
| Dec 23, 3:47 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 43 min | |
| Dec 23, 4:46 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 29 min |
| Dec 23, 4:56 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 49 min | |
| Dec 23, 5:23 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin | 67 min |
| Dec 23, 5:49 AM CST | Rip Current Statement | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 36 hr |
| Dec 23, 6:11 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 49 min |
| Dec 23, 6:32 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Mobile | 3 hr |
| Dec 23, 6:33 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 42 min |
| Dec 23, 6:36 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 54 min | |
| Dec 23, 6:38 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 37 min |
| Dec 23, 6:50 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 3 hr |
| Dec 23, 7:02 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 43 min |
| Dec 23, 7:12 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 48 min |
| Dec 23, 7:40 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Escambia | 65 min |
| Dec 23, 8:07 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw | 53 min |
| Dec 23, 8:38 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Covington, Escambia | 67 min |
| Dec 23, 8:55 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Covington, Escambia | 13 days |
| Dec 23, 8:56 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 4 days |
| Dec 23, 8:58 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 61 hr |
| Dec 23, 9:32 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Crenshaw | 28 min |
| Dec 23, 9:51 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw | 54 min |
| Dec 23, 11:25 AM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | 4 days | |
| Dec 23, 11:30 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 24 hr |
| Dec 23, 11:32 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 33 hr |
| Dec 23, 11:33 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 6 hr |
| Dec 23, 12:29 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Crenshaw | 46 min |
| Dec 23, 1:11 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Wilcox | 34 min |
| Dec 23, 1:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 43 min |
| Dec 23, 1:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Wilcox | 46 min |
| Dec 23, 2:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 49 min |
| Dec 23, 3:07 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw | 38 min |
| Dec 23, 5:03 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw | 42 min |
| Dec 23, 7:18 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Greene, Perry | 57 min |
| Dec 23, 9:02 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Wayne | 43 min |
| Dec 23, 1:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Perry, Wayne | 50 min |
| Dec 23, 3:29 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Wayne | 3 hr |
| Dec 23, 4:03 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Wayne | 57 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.