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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

January 14, 2020Covington County, Alabama

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.

The area

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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

The radar

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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 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, Jan 14, 12:38 PM CST, 3 hours 16 minutes before
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, Jan 14, 3:54 PM CST, 0 minutes before
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 8631

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 14, 4:40 AM CSTRip Current StatementMOBBaldwin, Mobile37 hr
Jan 14, 3:28 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryMOBBaldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington and 5 more20 hr
Jan 14, 5:08 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa3 hr

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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.