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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Jan 14, 2020, 3:54 PM CST for Covington County, Alabama. It was in force for 36 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
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The facts
- Issued
- Jan 14, 2020, 3:54 PM CST (21:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 14, 2020, 4:30 PM CST
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
County Covington 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 Jan 14, 3:51 PM CST, 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 14, 3:51 PM CST, 3 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED National Weather Service Mobile AL 1238 PM CST Tue Jan 14 2020 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-151900- Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal-Santa Rosa Coastal- Okaloosa Coastal- 1238 PM CST Tue Jan 14 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southwest Alabama and northwest Florida. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov/mob (see Fast Access Product Section) for more information about the following hazards. High Rip Current Risk. Areas of fog, potentially dense, can be expected tonight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. Areas of fog, potentially dense, can be expected during the predawn hours Wednesday morning. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. ALZ051>060-261>264-FLZ201-203-205-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-151900- Choctaw-Washington-Clarke-Wilcox-Monroe-Conecuh-Butler-Crenshaw- Escambia-Covington-Mobile Inland-Baldwin Inland-Mobile Central- Baldwin Central-Escambia Inland-Santa Rosa Inland-Okaloosa Inland- Wayne-Perry-Greene-Stone-George- 1238 PM CST Tue Jan 14 2020 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for south central Alabama, southwest Alabama, northwest Florida and southeast Mississippi. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. Some strong storms are possible today mainly well inland which can produce strong gusty winds along with locally heavy rainfall. Areas of fog, potentially dense, can be expected tonight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. Areas of fog, potentially dense, can be expected during the predawn hours Wednesday morning. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. GMZ630>636-650-655-151900- Northern Mobile Bay-Southern Mobile Bay-Mississippi Sound- Perdido Bay-Pensacola Bay System-Western Choctawhatchee Bay- Eastern Choctawhatchee Bay- Coastal waters from Pensacola FL to Pascagoula MS out 20 NM- Coastal waters from Okaloosa Walton County Line FL to Pensacola FL out 20 NM- 1238 PM CST Tue Jan 14 2020 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the coastal waters of Alabama and northwest Florida. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov/mob (see Fast Access Product Section) for more information about the following hazards. Dense Fog Advisory. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov/mob (see Fast Access Product Section) for more information about the following hazards. Dense Fog Advisory. GMZ670-675-151900- Waters from Pensacola FL to Pascagoula MS from 20 to 60 NM- Waters from Okaloosa Walton County Line FL to Pensacola FL from 20 to 60 NM- 1238 PM CST Tue Jan 14 2020 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the coastal waters of Alabama and northwest Florida. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. An increase in onshore winds late in the week brings building seas.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jan 14, 12:08 PM CST, 3 hours 46 minutes before
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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
354 PM CST Tue Jan 14 2020
ALZ060-142230-
Covington AL-
354 PM CST Tue Jan 14 2020
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
SOUTHEASTERN COVINGTON COUNTY UNTIL 430 PM CST...
At 353 PM CST, the strong thunderstorm was located 8 miles north of
Lockhart, or 8 miles north of Florala, moving east at 20 mph.
Wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph will be possible with this storm.
This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of southeastern
Covington County.
LAT...LON 3099 8626 3105 8642 3122 8636 3120 8619
3099 8619
TIME...MOT...LOC 2153Z 286DEG 18KT 3112 8631The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 14, 4:40 AM CST | Rip Current Statement | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 37 hr |
| Jan 14, 3:28 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington and 5 more | 20 hr |
| Jan 14, 5:08 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 3 hr |
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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.