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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Jun 11, 2016, 12:31 PM CDT for Washington County, Alabama. It was in force for 29 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
- Jun 11, 2016, 12:31 PM CDT (17:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 2016, 1:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
County Washington 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 Jun 11, 10:48 AM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 10:48 AM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 11, 11:09 AM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1109 AM CDT SAT JUN 11 2016 ALZ051>060-261>266-FLZ201>206-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-121600- 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- 1109 AM CDT SAT JUN 11 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SUMMERTIME STORMS ARE FORECAST TO BE DIURNALLY DRIVEN...INCREASING IN AREAL COVERAGE THROUGH THE COURSE OF THE DAY AS A DEEPLY MOIST AIRMASS BECOMES UNSTABLE. STORMS ARE FORECAST TO MOVE FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST. THE PROBABILITY IS HIGHER FOR STRONG AFTERNOON STORMS TO PRODUCE BRIEF STRONG WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS. ALTHOUGH VERY LIMITED ON THE THREAT SPECTRUM...OPERATIONAL METEOROLOGISTS CANNOT DISCOUNT THE OCCURRENCE OF A VERY ISOLATED SEVERE STORM. THE MAIN THREAT BEING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. STORMS DECREASE IN COVERAGE HEADING INTO THE EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SUMMERTIME STORMS WILL BRING THE MAIN HAZARDS DURING THE OUTLOOK. THE STRONGEST STORMS CAN PRODUCE BRIEF STRONG WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS. OCCURRENCE OF SEVERE STORMS LOOK TO BE VERY LOW ON THREAT SPECTRUM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF SKYWARN SEVERE STORM SPOTTER NETWORKS IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY. GMZ630>635-650-655-670-675-121600- 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- 1109 AM CDT SAT JUN 11 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 WINDS...WAVES AND SEAS WILL BE LOCALLY HIGHER IN AND NEAR MARINE STORMS. FREQUENT CLOUD TO WATER LIGHTNING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE IN ANY OF THE STRONGER STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY WINDS...WAVES AND SEAS WILL BE LOCALLY HIGHER IN AND NEAR MARINE STORMS. FREQUENT CLOUD TO WATER LIGHTNING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE IN ANY OF THE STRONGER STORMS.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 12:19 PM CDT, 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1219 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2016 ALZ052-MSZ076-111745- WASHINGTON AL-GREENE MS- 1219 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2016 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTIES UNTIL 1245 PM CDT... AT 1219 PM CDT...THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DEER PARK... OR 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF LEAKESVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... FRUITDALE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE. && LAT...LON 3119 8842 3126 8848 3140 8837 3127 8822 TIME...MOT...LOC 1719Z 222DEG 12KT 3125 8841
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 12:31 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1231 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2016 ALZ052-053-261-262-111800- MOBILE INLAND AL-CLARKE AL-WASHINGTON AL-BALDWIN INLAND AL- 1231 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2016 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... NORTHWESTERN BALDWIN...NORTHEASTERN MOBILE...SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON AND SOUTHERN CLARKE COUNTIES UNTIL 100 PM CDT... AT 1230 PM CDT...THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CALVERT...OR 10 MILES EAST OF CITRONELLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CALVERT...MOUNT VERNON...MCINTOSH AND MOVICO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE. && LAT...LON 3101 8804 3114 8820 3137 8802 3118 8779 TIME...MOT...LOC 1730Z 222DEG 12KT 3114 8806
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jun 11, 12:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Washington | 26 min |
| Jun 11, 3:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Santa Rosa | 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.