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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

March 17, 2016Monroe County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Mar 17, 2016, 6:14 AM CDT for Monroe County, Alabama. It was in force for 46 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: Mar 17, 2016, 6:14 AM CDT (11:14 UTC)
Expired: Mar 17, 2016, 7:00 AM CDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL

County Monroe County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Mar 17, 3:35 AM CDT, 2 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 17, 3:35 AM CDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 17, 5:06 AM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
506 AM CDT THU MAR 17 2016

ALZ051>060-261>266-FLZ201>206-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-181015-
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-
506 AM CDT THU MAR 17 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS MORNING
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL
AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN.

SEVERAL AREA RIVERS ARE EXPERIENCING FLOODING....SEE THE LATEST
RIVER FORECAST FOR MORE INFORMATION.

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE BEACHES OF
SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE THROUGH THE END
OF THE WEEK. SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN
COASTAL LOCATIONS.

SEVERAL AREA RIVERS ARE EXPERIENCING FLOODING....SEE THE LATEST
RIVER FORECAST FOR MORE INFORMATION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

GMZ630>635-650-655-670-675-181015-
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-
506 AM CDT THU MAR 17 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

OFFSHORE FLOW WILL INCREASE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY AS A COLD FRONT
MOVES SOUTH OF THE AREA.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 17, 6:14 AM CDT, 0 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
Mar 17, 6:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Clarke, Monroe	40 min
Mar 17, 7:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Escambia	63 min
Mar 17, 7:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Conecuh, Monroe	49 min
Mar 17, 7:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Covington	31 min
Mar 17, 10:20 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		25 min
Mar 17, 11:14 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		46 min
Mar 17, 1:32 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		58 min
Mar 17, 1:39 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		66 min
Mar 17, 1:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Mobile	47 min
Mar 17, 2:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Mobile	51 min
Mar 17, 2:11 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		49 min
Mar 17, 2:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Butler, Crenshaw	46 min
Mar 17, 2:17 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		28 min
Mar 17, 2:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Baldwin	44 min
Mar 17, 3:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Baldwin	32 min
Mar 17, 3:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin	37 min
Mar 17, 4:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Washington	39 min
Mar 17, 4:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin	36 min
Mar 17, 4:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Monroe	47 min
Mar 17, 4:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Butler, Conecuh, Monroe, Wilcox	43 min
Mar 17, 6:22 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Escambia, Mobile and 3 more	12 hr
Mar 17, 6:32 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	MOB	Baldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Mobile, Washington	33 hr
Mar 17, 6:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Washington	55 min
Mar 17, 11:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Santa Rosa	55 min
Mar 17, 2:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Escambia	48 min
Mar 17, 2:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Escambia	16 min
Mar 17, 12:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Perry	58 min
Mar 17, 12:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	George, Greene	38 min
Mar 17, 1:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	George	46 min
Mar 17, 2:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Perry	35 min
Mar 17, 3:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Greene	64 min
Mar 17, 3:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Greene, Wayne	41 min
Mar 17, 3:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Perry	45 min
Mar 17, 4:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Wayne	24 min
Mar 17, 5:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	George	44 min
Mar 17, 5:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Greene, Perry, Wayne	61 min
Mar 17, 5:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Perry, Stone	47 min
Mar 17, 6:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	George	68 min
Mar 17, 6:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Greene	33 min
Mar 17, 6:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	George	31 min
Mar 17, 6:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Stone	33 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.