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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

May 17, 2016Escambia County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at May 17, 2016, 5:18 PM CDT for Escambia County, Alabama. It was in force for 42 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
May 17, 2016, 5:18 PM CDT (22:18 UTC)
Expired
May 17, 2016, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL

County Escambia County, AL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

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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 May 16, 6:55 PM CDT, 22 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 16, 6:55 PM CDT, 22 hours 23 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 17, 5:14 AM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMOB6 hr
May 17, 5:07 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBBaldwin, Conecuh, Covington, Escambia3 hr
May 17, 6:40 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBEscambia3 hr
May 17, 1:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBStone41 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Alabama, 2016Every special weather statement in 2016

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.