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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

April 6, 2022Choctaw County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Apr 6, 2022, 7:59 PM CDT for Choctaw County, Alabama. It was in force for 31 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: Apr 6, 2022, 7:59 PM CDT (00:59 UTC)
Expired: Apr 6, 2022, 8:30 PM CDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Hail: 0.50 in
Wind: 40

County Choctaw County, AL

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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 Apr 6, 7:57 PM CDT, 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 6, 7:57 PM CDT, 2 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 6, 2:31 PM CDT, 5 hours 28 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
231 PM CDT Wed Apr 6 2022

ALZ054-062015-
Wilcox AL-
231 PM CDT Wed Apr 6 2022

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northern Wilcox
County through 315 PM CDT...

At 230 PM CDT, National Weather Service doppler radar indicated a
strong thunderstorm 6 miles west of Dannelly Reservoir, or 10 miles
north of Camden, moving east at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and pea size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Pine Hill.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3224 8741 3224 8739 3220 8736 3220 8733
      3214 8728 3214 8725 3212 8726 3208 8719
      3205 8718 3205 8692 3204 8692 3196 8763
      3213 8755 3213 8752 3219 8752 3224 8750
      3226 8744
TIME...MOT...LOC 1930Z 252DEG 17KT 3215 8732

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

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Special weather statement, Apr 6, 2:53 PM CDT, 5 hours 6 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
253 PM CDT Wed Apr 6 2022

ALZ054-062045-
Wilcox AL-
253 PM CDT Wed Apr 6 2022

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southern Wilcox
County through 345 PM CDT...

At 253 PM CDT, National Weather Service doppler radar indicated a
strong thunderstorm 4 miles southwest of Yellow Bluff, or 12 miles
east of Thomasville, moving east at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Camden, Pine Hill and Yellow Bluff.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3198 8697 3189 8699 3185 8761 3198 8763
      3205 8712 3205 8703
TIME...MOT...LOC 1953Z 256DEG 31KT 3192 8752

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

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Special weather statement, Apr 6, 7:13 PM CDT, 46 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
713 PM CDT Wed Apr 6 2022

ALZ051-070100-
Choctaw AL-
713 PM CDT Wed Apr 6 2022

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northern Choctaw
County through 800 PM CDT...

At 712 PM CDT, National Weather Service doppler radar indicated a
strong thunderstorm near Kinterbish, or 7 miles south of Cuba, moving
east at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and pea size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Lisman and Pennington.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3231 8793 3228 8793 3228 8794 3230 8794
      3230 8800 3228 8801 3228 8802 3226 8801
      3218 8801 3215 8802 3214 8804 3212 8804
      3212 8845 3231 8842
TIME...MOT...LOC 0012Z 267DEG 31KT 3233 8835

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

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Special weather statement, Apr 6, 7:59 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
759 PM CDT Wed Apr 6 2022

ALZ051-053-070130-
Clarke AL-Choctaw AL-
759 PM CDT Wed Apr 6 2022

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of central Choctaw and
north central Clarke Counties through 830 PM CDT...

At 759 PM CDT, National Weather Service doppler radar indicated a
strong thunderstorm over Butler, moving east at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and half inch hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Butler.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3219 8801 3215 8802 3214 8804 3211 8805
      3209 8804 3206 8807 3207 8810 3205 8812
      3202 8812 3199 8810 3200 8809 3201 8809
      3199 8807 3199 8787 3187 8791 3199 8841
      3221 8821
TIME...MOT...LOC 0059Z 280DEG 22KT 3208 8820

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 6, 7:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Choctaw	47 min
Apr 6, 8:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Marengo	45 min
Apr 6, 8:32 PM CDT	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	MOB		6 hr
Apr 6, 8:33 PM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	MOB	Baldwin, Mobile	6 hr
Apr 6, 9:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Clarke, Wilcox	29 min
Apr 6, 9:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Wilcox	44 min
Apr 6, 9:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Wilcox	31 min
Apr 6, 9:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Butler	31 min
Apr 6, 11:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Covington	62 min
Apr 7, 4:37 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Mobile	13 hr
Apr 7, 2:57 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	MOB	Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa	37 hr
Apr 7, 12:01 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MOB	George, Greene, Jackson	3 days

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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.