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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

May 2, 2016Santa Rosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at May 2, 2016, 8:25 PM CDT for Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 50 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: May 2, 2016, 8:25 PM CDT (01:25 UTC)
Expired: May 2, 2016, 9:15 PM CDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL

County Santa Rosa County, FL

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Mobile, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at May 2, 7:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 2, 7:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 2, 6:05 AM CDT, 14 hours 20 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 2, 4:46 PM CDT, 3 hours 39 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
446 PM CDT MON MAY 2 2016

ALZ051>054-MSZ067-022300-
CLARKE AL-WASHINGTON AL-WILCOX AL-CHOCTAW AL-WAYNE MS-
446 PM CDT MON MAY 2 2016

...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...SOUTHERN CHOCTAW...WESTERN WILCOX...NORTHERN
WASHINGTON... NORTHERN CLARKE AND EAST CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTIES UNTIL
600 PM CDT...

AT 445 PM CDT...THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM NEAR
CATHERINE TO 6 MILES EAST OF MILLRY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WAYNESBORO...THOMASVILLE...GROVE HILL...CHATOM...PINE HILL...MILLRY...
SILAS...COFFEEVILLE...FULTON...GILBERTOWN...YELLOW BLUFF...TOXEY...SAINT
STEPHENS...CATHERINE...BOYKIN AND LEROY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL
RADIO STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

&&

LAT...LON 3227 8744 3220 8736 3220 8733 3214 8725
      3212 8726 3211 8724 3136 8813 3167 8864
      3213 8804 3209 8804 3205 8812 3202 8812
      3201 8811 3199 8807 3199 8767 3200 8763
      3213 8762 3213 8752 3227 8751
TIME...MOT...LOC 2145Z 230DEG 29KT 3220 8740 3167 8821

Special weather statement, May 2, 4:59 PM CDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 2, 5:34 PM CDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
534 PM CDT MON MAY 2 2016

ALZ059-060-263-264-FLZ201-203-205-022330-
BALDWIN CENTRAL AL-COVINGTON AL-MOBILE CENTRAL AL-ESCAMBIA AL-
SANTA ROSA INLAND FL-ESCAMBIA INLAND FL-OKALOOSA INLAND FL-
534 PM CDT MON MAY 2 2016

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...CENTRAL BALDWIN...CENTRAL MOBILE...SOUTHWESTERN
COVINGTON...SOUTHEASTERN ESCAMBIA...NORTHWESTERN ESCAMBIA...SANTA
ROSA AND NORTHWESTERN OKALOOSA COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM CDT...

AT 533 PM CDT...THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES EAST OF RIVERVIEW TO 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF
MOLINO TO NEAR SPANISH FORT...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... DAPHNE...SPANISH
FORT...BREWTON...ROBERTSDALE...EAST BREWTON...
CENTURY...LOXLEY...FLOMATON...GONZALEZ...MOLINO...SILVERHILL...JAY...
RIVERVIEW...POLLARD...I10 AND I65...WHITING
FIELD...ROEVILLE...STAPLETON.

LAT...LON 3071 8684 3061 8719 3061 8726 3058 8729
      3048 8763 3065 8826 3082 8744 3112 8714
      3117 8633
TIME...MOT...LOC 2233Z 261DEG 17KT 3108 8693 3081 8727 3062 8799

Special weather statement, May 2, 5:38 PM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
538 PM CDT MON MAY 2 2016

ALZ261>263-MSZ079-022330-
MOBILE INLAND AL-MOBILE CENTRAL AL-BALDWIN INLAND AL-GEORGE MS-
538 PM CDT MON MAY 2 2016

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...WEST CENTRAL BALDWIN...NORTHERN MOBILE AND SOUTHEASTERN
GEORGE COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM CDT...

AT 537 PM CDT...THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR BUCKS TO 7 MILES WEST OF SEMMES...AND MOVING EAST
AT 20 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MOBILE...PRICHARD...SARALAND...SATSUMA...CHICKASAW...CREOLA...I65 AND AL
287...I65 AND AL 225...AXIS...I65 AND AL 59...I65 AND I165...BUCKS...I65
AND US 43...CHUNCHULA...I65 AND US 45...SEMMES AND I65 AND AL 158.

LAT...LON 3075 8852 3105 8812 3104 8763 3078 8798
      3079 8799 3077 8799 3070 8809
TIME...MOT...LOC 2237Z 275DEG 17KT 3100 8811 3080 8839

Special weather statement, May 2, 7:44 PM CDT, 41 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 2, 8:25 PM 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
May 3, 4:12 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	MOB		3 days
May 3, 4:05 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		85 min
May 2, 7:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Santa Rosa	46 min
May 3, 3:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Santa Rosa	43 min
May 3, 4:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Okaloosa	97 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.