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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL
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.
The area
The outline as issued.
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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</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 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...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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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 22, 6:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 38 min |
| Feb 22, 8:21 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Clarke | 39 min |
| Feb 23, 3:30 AM CST | Gale Warning | MOB | 24 hr | |
| Feb 23, 6:46 AM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | 5 hr | |
| Feb 23, 11:42 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 8 days |
| Feb 23, 11:42 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 8 days |
| Feb 23, 12:39 PM CST | Coastal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 23 hr |
| Feb 23, 4:45 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 30 min | |
| Feb 23, 5:13 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 47 min | |
| Feb 23, 5:15 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Crenshaw | 45 min |
| Feb 23, 5:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Washington | 49 min |
| Feb 23, 5:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Mobile, Washington | 46 min |
| Feb 23, 5:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile | 36 min |
| Feb 23, 5:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke | 62 min |
| Feb 23, 11:45 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Wayne | 7 days |
| Feb 23, 4:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Stone | 38 min |
| Feb 23, 4:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Greene, Perry, Stone | 52 min |
| Feb 23, 4:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Greene, Perry, Wayne | 46 min |
| Feb 23, 5:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Stone, Wayne | 45 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.