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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

August 20, 2020Wayne County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Aug 20, 2020, 4:31 PM CDT for Wayne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 29 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 20, 2020, 4:31 PM CDT (21:31 UTC)
Expired
Aug 20, 2020, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL

County Wayne County, MS

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 Aug 20, 3:50 PM CDT, 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 20, 3:50 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 20, 3:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 20, 4:31 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 19, 7:03 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB87 min
Aug 19, 7:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBButler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia75 min
Aug 19, 8:38 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBButler, Conecuh3 hr
Aug 19, 9:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBCovington44 min
Aug 20, 12:33 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB87 min
Aug 20, 12:55 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB66 min
Aug 20, 1:41 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB94 min
Aug 20, 2:00 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB75 min
Aug 20, 2:50 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB115 min
Aug 20, 4:01 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB89 min
Aug 20, 4:06 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB114 min
Aug 20, 5:07 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB113 min
Aug 20, 6:20 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB85 min
Aug 20, 6:47 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB118 min
Aug 20, 7:42 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB93 min
Aug 20, 8:44 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB91 min
Aug 20, 3:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMontgomery25 min

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.