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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

May 31, 2024Clarke County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at May 31, 2024, 8:01 PM CDT for Clarke County, Alabama. It was in force for 44 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued
May 31, 2024, 8:01 PM CDT (01:01 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 2024, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Hail
0.00 in
Wind
40

County Clarke 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 May 31, 6:31 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 31, 6:31 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 31, 8:01 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
801 PM CDT Fri May 31 2024

ALZ053>055-010145-
Clarke AL-Wilcox AL-Monroe AL-
801 PM CDT Fri May 31 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTH CENTRAL MONROE...
NORTHEASTERN CLARKE AND SOUTHWESTERN WILCOX COUNTIES THROUGH 845 PM
CDT...

At 801 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9
miles east of Fulton, or 12 miles east of Grove Hill, moving
northwest at 25 mph.

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...
Thomasville, Pine Hill, and Fulton.

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 3178 8741 3162 8764 3193 8799 3199 8789
      3199 8767 3200 8766 3200 8763 3213 8762
TIME...MOT...LOC 0101Z 143DEG 21KT 3178 8757

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 12:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMobile43 min
Jun 1, 12:33 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBCovington42 min
Jun 1, 12:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Washington21 min
Jun 1, 1:09 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMobile51 min
Jun 1, 1:30 AM CDTFlood WatchMOBBaldwin, Mobile13 hr
Jun 1, 1:36 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB54 min
Jun 1, 1:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile38 min
Jun 1, 1:59 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBMobile30 min
Jun 1, 2:13 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB92 min
Jun 1, 2:29 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBMobile3 hr
Jun 1, 2:36 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBChoctaw39 min
Jun 1, 2:55 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB95 min
Jun 1, 3:02 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB43 min
Jun 1, 3:05 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBBaldwin40 min
Jun 1, 3:08 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBBaldwin3 hr
Jun 1, 3:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin38 min
Jun 1, 3:40 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBBaldwin50 min
Jun 1, 3:52 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBBaldwin4 hr
Jun 1, 4:05 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWashington40 min
Jun 1, 4:29 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB91 min
Jun 1, 4:39 AM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMOB8 hr
Jun 1, 4:49 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB86 min
Jun 1, 4:57 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBBaldwin5 hr
Jun 1, 5:59 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB91 min
Jun 1, 6:34 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB86 min
Jun 1, 6:35 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB85 min
Jun 1, 7:23 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB82 min
Jun 1, 7:55 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB65 min
Jun 1, 8:44 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMobile46 min
Jun 1, 8:52 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB68 min
Jun 1, 9:01 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB59 min
Jun 1, 9:47 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBMobile3 hr
Jun 1, 11:41 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB64 min
Jun 1, 12:05 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBOkaloosa40 min
Jun 1, 4:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia43 min
Jun 1, 5:39 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBOkaloosa, Santa Rosa3 hr
Jun 1, 7:03 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBOkaloosa3 hr
Jun 1, 7:48 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBOkaloosa3 hr
Jun 1, 1:19 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBStone41 min
Jun 1, 11:04 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBGeorge56 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.