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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

February 23, 2016Baldwin County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Feb 23, 2016, 2:54 AM CST for Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 51 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued
Feb 23, 2016, 2:54 AM CST (08:54 UTC)
Expired
Feb 23, 2016, 3:45 AM CST
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL

County Baldwin County, AL

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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 Feb 22, 11:46 PM CST, 3 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 22, 11:46 PM CST, 3 hours 8 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 22, 1:32 PM CST, 13 hours 22 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
132 PM CST MON FEB 22 2016

ALZ051>060-261>266-FLZ201>206-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-231945-
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-
132 PM CST MON FEB 22 2016

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ON AREA BEACHES TODAY AND
TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
ACROSS THE REGION TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
TORNADOES...SOME POTENTIALLY STRONG AND LONG TRACKED...ARE THE MAIN
THREAT. HOWEVER...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OF 60 TO 80 MPH AND HAIL UP TO
GOLFBALL SIZE ARE ALSO SIGNIFICANT THREATS.

TIMING WISE...THE WINDOW OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL ROUGHLY BE BETWEEN
2PM TO 9PM WEST OF I-65...FIRST STARTING IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
MID TO LATE AFTERNOON AND SPREADING CLOSER TO THE I-65 CORRIDOR BY
EARLY EVENING. FOR AREAS EAST OF I-65 IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND
THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE...8PM TO 4AM WILL BE THE MAIN TIME
FOR THE SEVERE THREAT.

KEEP IN MIND THAT THE GREATEST SEVERE POTENTIAL WILL OCCUR DURING
THE NIGHTTIME HOURS. THIS COMBINED WITH THE FACT STORMS WILL BE
MOVING VERY RAPIDLY TO THE NORTHEAST WILL CREATE A DANGEROUS
SITUATION. ENSURE YOU HAVE MULTIPLE WAYS TO RECEIVE WARNINGS AND DO
NOT HESITATE TO TAKE ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA.

A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MAY BE REQUIRED TOMORROW AFTERNOON EAST OF
PERDIDO PASS THROUGH MIDDAY WEDNESDAY FOR BREAKER HEIGHTS ALONG AREA
BEACHES IN THE 5 TO 8 FEET RANGE. THERE IS ALSO A HIGH RISK FOR RIP
CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
ACTIVATION OF SKYWARN SEVERE STORM SPOTTER NETWORKS WILL LIKELY BE
NECESSARY TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.

GMZ630>635-650-655-670-675-231945-
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-
132 PM CST MON FEB 22 2016

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

MARINE WINDS WILL INCREASE TO SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVELS ON TUESDAY
AFTERNOON WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO GALE FORCE ENDURING THROUGH EARLY
WEDNESDAY BEFORE GRADUALLY TAPERING THEREAFTER. STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS FROM
EARLY TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. AT THIS
TIME...THE BEST FORECAST TIMING IS FOR THE THUNDERSTORMS TO OCCUR
WEST OF PENSACOLA PASS FROM EARLY TO LATE TUESDAY EVENING AND THEN
SHIFT EAST OF PENSACOLA PASS BETWEEN MID TO LATE EVENING THROUGH THE
PREDAWN HOURS WEDNESDAY.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 23, 2:54 AM CST, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 22, 6:52 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke, Washington38 min
Feb 22, 8:21 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBClarke39 min
Feb 23, 3:30 AM CSTGale WarningMOB24 hr
Feb 23, 6:46 AM CSTMarine Dense Fog AdvisoryMOB5 hr
Feb 23, 11:42 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningMOBChoctaw, Clarke, Washington8 days
Feb 23, 11:42 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningMOBChoctaw, Clarke, Washington8 days
Feb 23, 12:39 PM CSTCoastal Flood AdvisoryMOBBaldwin, Mobile23 hr
Feb 23, 4:45 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB30 min
Feb 23, 5:13 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB47 min
Feb 23, 5:15 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBCrenshaw45 min
Feb 23, 5:26 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBWashington49 min
Feb 23, 5:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw, Clarke, Mobile, Washington46 min
Feb 23, 5:54 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBMobile36 min
Feb 23, 5:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw, Clarke62 min
Feb 23, 11:45 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningMOBGeorge, Greene, Wayne7 days
Feb 23, 4:07 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGeorge, Greene, Perry, Stone38 min
Feb 23, 4:08 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGreene, Perry, Stone52 min
Feb 23, 4:44 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBGreene, Perry, Wayne46 min
Feb 23, 5:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGeorge, Greene, Perry, Stone, Wayne45 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.