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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Dec 4, 2016, 6:53 AM CST for Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 82 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
- Dec 4, 2016, 6:53 AM CST (12:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 4, 2016, 8:15 AM CST
- In force
- 82 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
County Baldwin County, AL
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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 Dec 4, 6:07 AM CST, 46 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 4, 6:07 AM CST, 46 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 534 AM CST SUN DEC 4 2016 ALZ051>060-261>266-FLZ201>206-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-051145- 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- 534 AM CST SUN DEC 4 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AN ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORM IS POSSIBLE TODAY AS A WARM FRONT LIFTS NORTHWARD ACROSS THE AREA. THE AREA OF GREATEST RISK IS NEAR THE COAST WHERE THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE MOST UNSTABLE. DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND ISOLATED WEAK TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE. THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TONIGHT ALONG THE GULF BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY NIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED WEAK TORNADOES POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND STORM SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. GMZ630>635-650-655-670-675-051145- 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- 534 AM CST SUN DEC 4 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT STRONG EAST TO SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHERLY THIS AFTERNOON AS A WARM FRONT MOVES NORTHWARD ACROSS THE MARINE AREA. HAZARDOUS BOATING CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. AN ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORM IS POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT COULD POTENTIALLY DEVELOP AGAIN MONDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT AS WINDS INCREASE AND SEAS BUILD IN RESPONSE TO THE APPROACH AND PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Dec 4, 6:17 AM CST, 36 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 4, 5:48 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 87 min | |
| Dec 4, 6:17 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 88 min |
| Dec 4, 6:59 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 61 min | |
| Dec 4, 7:24 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 36 min |
| Dec 4, 7:52 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 53 min | |
| Dec 4, 8:17 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin | 43 min |
| Dec 4, 8:34 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 26 min |
| Dec 4, 8:40 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 65 min | |
| Dec 4, 9:28 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin | 47 min |
| Dec 4, 9:41 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 64 min | |
| Dec 4, 11:52 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 38 min | |
| Dec 4, 12:27 PM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | 3 hr | |
| Dec 4, 8:48 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia | 42 min |
| Dec 4, 10:11 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia | 64 min |
| Dec 4, 11:45 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Santa Rosa | 45 min |
| Dec 4, 12:21 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Okaloosa | 39 min |
| Dec 4, 1:02 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Okaloosa | 28 min |
| Dec 4, 1:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 42 min |
| Dec 4, 1:31 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia | 44 min |
| Dec 4, 1:59 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Okaloosa | 16 min |
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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.