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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

August 25, 2020Covington County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Aug 25, 2020, 12:20 AM CDT for Covington County, Alabama. It was in force for 25 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 25, 2020, 12:20 AM CDT (05:20 UTC)
Expired
Aug 25, 2020, 12:45 AM CDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL

County Covington County, AL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

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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 24, 10:16 PM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 24, 10:16 PM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 25, 12:20 AM 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 24, 8:23 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB97 min
Aug 24, 9:59 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB46 min
Aug 24, 10:21 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB47 min
Aug 25, 12:35 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBCovington25 min
Aug 25, 6:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBBaldwin45 min
Aug 25, 6:48 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB57 min
Aug 25, 6:48 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMobile42 min
Aug 25, 7:04 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBChoctaw, Clarke, Wilcox3 hr
Aug 25, 7:11 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB64 min
Aug 25, 7:59 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBBaldwin46 min
Aug 25, 8:12 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBChoctaw, Washington6 hr
Aug 25, 8:49 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBBaldwin41 min
Aug 25, 12:16 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB59 min
Aug 25, 12:34 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB56 min
Aug 25, 1:14 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB61 min
Aug 25, 1:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMobile59 min
Aug 25, 1:21 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB39 min
Aug 25, 2:01 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB44 min
Aug 25, 2:07 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB53 min
Aug 25, 2:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMobile35 min
Aug 25, 2:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBBaldwin46 min
Aug 25, 3:07 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB38 min
Aug 25, 3:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBBaldwin27 min
Aug 25, 3:23 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB22 min
Aug 25, 3:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMobile37 min
Aug 25, 7:33 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBWayne3 hr
Aug 25, 8:41 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWayne49 min
Aug 25, 11:04 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBGreene26 min
Aug 25, 3:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBGeorge26 min
Aug 25, 4:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBGreene33 min
Aug 25, 4:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWayne31 min
Aug 25, 4:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBPerry25 min
Aug 25, 4:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBGreene27 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.