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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

August 6, 2023Mobile County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2023, 1:24 PM CDT for Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 36 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: Aug 6, 2023, 1:24 PM CDT (18:24 UTC)
Expired: Aug 6, 2023, 2:00 PM CDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 40

County Mobile County, AL

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Mobile, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 6, 6:06 AM CDT, 7 hours 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 6:06 AM CDT, 7 hours 18 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 6, 1:24 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
124 PM CDT Sun Aug 6 2023

ALZ261-061900-
Mobile Inland AL-
124 PM CDT Sun Aug 6 2023

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN MOBILE COUNTY
THROUGH 200 PM CDT...

At 123 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Movico, or 8 miles north of Creola. This storm was nearly stationary.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Creola, Axis, Mount Vernon, and Movico.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

&&

LAT...LON 3104 8814 3114 8794 3111 8789 3112 8794
      3109 8797 3108 8797 3107 8795 3109 8792
      3107 8794 3109 8791 3103 8796 3102 8795
      3104 8793 3102 8790 3110 8789 3105 8786
      3101 8790 3099 8787 3095 8787 3087 8806
TIME...MOT...LOC 1823Z 327DEG 3KT 3101 8801

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

21/CLL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 5, 7:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Mobile	51 min
Aug 5, 8:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Mobile	31 min
Aug 6, 2:35 AM CDT	Excessive Heat Watch	MOB	Baldwin, Mobile	15 hr
Aug 6, 2:35 AM CDT	Excessive Heat Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington and 6 more	16 hr
Aug 6, 2:35 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	MOB	Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more	24 hr
Aug 6, 1:39 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		66 min
Aug 6, 3:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Conecuh	46 min
Aug 6, 3:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Conecuh, Escambia	21 min
Aug 6, 5:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Crenshaw	47 min
Aug 6, 5:26 PM CDT	Excessive Heat Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington and 6 more	26 hr
Aug 6, 1:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Okaloosa	48 min
Aug 6, 2:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Okaloosa	46 min
Aug 6, 3:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Okaloosa	57 min
Aug 5, 7:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	George	38 min

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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.