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Special Marine Warning 159, NWS Mobile, AL

May 20, 2016

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special marine warning at May 20, 2016, 7:54 AM CDT. It was in force for 66 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 20, 2016, 7:54 AM CDT (12:54 UTC)
Expired: May 20, 2016, 9:00 AM CDT
In force: 66 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special marine warning 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 marine warning went out at May 20, 7:13 AM CDT, 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 20, 7:13 AM CDT, 41 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 20, 6:04 AM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 20, 1:57 AM CDT, 5 hours 57 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
157 AM CDT FRI MAY 20 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0137 AM     TSTM WND GST     DOWNTOWN MOBILE         30.69N 88.05W
05/20/2016  M54 MPH          MOBILE             AL   MESONET

            WIND SENSOR AT THE WALLACE TUNNEL.

&&

JOHNP

Local storm report, May 20, 2:13 AM CDT, 5 hours 41 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
213 AM CDT FRI MAY 20 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0130 AM     TSTM WND GST     FORT MORGAN             30.23N 88.02W
05/20/2016  M69 MPH          BALDWIN            AL   OTHER FEDERAL

            NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE - PORTS OBSERVATION.

0135 AM     TSTM WND GST     5 E MON LOUIS           30.44N 88.02W
05/20/2016  M58 MPH          GMZ631             AL   MESONET

            MIDDLE BAY LIGHTHOUSE.

&&

JOHNP

Special weather statement, May 20, 3:16 AM CDT, 4 hours 38 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
316 AM CDT FRI MAY 20 2016

ALZ054>060-200930-
BUTLER AL-MONROE AL-CRENSHAW AL-COVINGTON AL-ESCAMBIA AL-CONECUH AL-
WILCOX AL-
316 AM CDT FRI MAY 20 2016

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...CONECUH...NORTHEASTERN MONROE...CRENSHAW...COVINGTON...
WILCOX...BUTLER AND EASTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTIES UNTIL 430 AM CDT...

AT 315 AM CDT...THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTH OF YELLOW BLUFF TO NEAR PINE APPLE TO 7
MILES SOUTHWEST OF MCKENZIE TO 13 MILES EAST OF RIVERVIEW...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ANDALUSIA...GREENVILLE...OPP...EVERGREEN...LUVERNE...CAMDEN...FLORALA...
GEORGIANA...PINE HILL...BRANTLEY...MCKENZIE...RIVER FALLS...RED LEVEL...
LOCKHART...RUTLEDGE...BEATRICE...DOZIER...VREDENBURGH...HEATH AND GANTT.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3153 8620 3100 8619 3100 8703 3137 8700
      3173 8724 3198 8767 3220 8734 3205 8718
      3205 8686 3196 8686 3196 8641 3205 8640
      3205 8630 3197 8630 3196 8619 3179 8620
      3179 8615 3162 8618 3162 8615 3154 8614
TIME...MOT...LOC 0815Z 237DEG 40KT 3206 8745 3186 8705 3146 8679 3103
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Local storm report, May 20, 4:20 AM CDT, 3 hours 34 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 20, 7:39 AM CDT, 15 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 20, 7:42 AM CDT, 12 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
May 19, 11:42 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		48 min
May 20, 12:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Mobile	74 min
May 20, 12:37 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		83 min
May 20, 12:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Washington	60 min
May 20, 1:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin	67 min
May 20, 1:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe, Washington	58 min
May 20, 1:52 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		83 min
May 20, 2:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe	42 min
May 20, 2:57 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		93 min
May 20, 3:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Wilcox	74 min
May 20, 6:40 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		65 min
May 20, 7:27 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		33 min
May 20, 7:59 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		61 min
May 20, 8:52 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		113 min
May 20, 10:21 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		54 min
May 20, 10:35 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		85 min
May 20, 2:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa	75 min
May 19, 11:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	George, Greene, Perry, Stone	54 min

Nearby

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