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Storm Surge Warning 1028, NWS Mobile, AL

October 27, 2020Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama; Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this storm surge warning at Oct 27, 2020, 4:44 AM CDT for Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama; Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 47 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 27, 2020, 4:44 AM CDT (09:44 UTC)
Expired
Oct 29, 2020, 4:03 AM CDT
In force
47 hr
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL

Counties Baldwin County, AL, Mobile County, AL, Escambia County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this storm surge warning 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 storm surge warning went out at Oct 27, 12:28 AM CDT, 4 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 27, 12:28 AM CDT, 4 hours 16 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 27, 4:44 AM CDTTropical Storm WarningMOBBaldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington and 6 more50 hr
Oct 27, 6:53 AM CDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryMOBBaldwin, Mobile51 hr
Oct 27, 6:53 AM CDTHigh Surf WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile59 hr
Oct 27, 2:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchMOBBaldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Mobile, Monroe, Washington and 1 more34 hr

Nearby

Storm Surge Warnings in Alabama, 2020Storm Surge Warnings in Florida, 2020Every storm surge warning in 2020

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.