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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

July 26, 2016George County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Jul 26, 2016, 12:06 PM CDT for George County, Mississippi. It was in force for 39 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued
Jul 26, 2016, 12:06 PM CDT (17:06 UTC)
Expired
Jul 26, 2016, 12:45 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL

County George County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:08 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 Jul 26, 5:00 AM CDT, 7 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 5:00 AM CDT, 7 hours 6 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 26, 6:11 AM CDT, 5 hours 55 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
611 AM CDT TUE JUL 26 2016

ALZ051>060-261>266-FLZ201>206-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-271115-
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-
611 AM CDT TUE JUL 26 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME NUMEROUS ACROSS THE
REGION TODAY...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE COAST. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THE STORMS WITH LOCALIZED MINOR FLOODING
POSSIBLE. GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED IN
AND NEAR THUNDERSTORMS AS WELL.

THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENT ALONG THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND
NORTHWEST FLORIDA THROUGH TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH DAY. NO HAZARDOUS
WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

GMZ630>635-650-655-670-675-271115-
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-
611 AM CDT TUE JUL 26 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS TODAY
BECOMING MORE SOUTHWESTERLY TONIGHT. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE
CAUTION FOR WINDS IN THE 15 TO 20 KNOT RANGE TODAY AND THIS
EVENING...PRIMARILY OVER THE GULF WATERS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 26, 12:06 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1206 PM CDT TUE JUL 26 2016

MSZ075-076-079-261745-
PERRY MS-GREENE MS-GEORGE MS-
1206 PM CDT TUE JUL 26 2016

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...NORTHERN GEORGE...SOUTHERN GREENE AND SOUTHEASTERN PERRY
COUNTIES UNTIL 1245 PM CDT...

AT 1204 PM CDT...THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF LUCEDALE TO 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF
WADE...AND MOVING NORTHWEST AT 25 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LUCEDALE AND MCLAIN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF ON OR NEAR A BODY OF WATER...MOVE INDOORS OR INSIDE A VEHICLE.
REMEMBER...LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE OUT TO 10 MILES FROM THE PARENT
THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

&&

LAT...LON 3126 8877 3099 8842 3082 8866 3099 8908
TIME...MOT...LOC 1704Z 123DEG 24KT 3101 8846 3083 8872

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 26, 3:34 PM CDTRip Current StatementMOBBaldwin, Mobile26 hr
Jul 26, 6:23 PM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMOB7 hr

Nearby

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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.