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Special Marine Warning 137, NWS Mobile, AL

November 5, 2002

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special marine warning at Nov 5, 2002, 3:48 PM CST. It was in force for 102 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 5, 2002, 3:48 PM CST (21:48 UTC)
Expired: Nov 5, 2002, 5:30 PM CST
In force: 102 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Whole counties

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special marine 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 special marine warning went out at Nov 5, 3:00 PM CST, 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 5, 3:00 PM CST, 48 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 5, 5:20 AM CST, 10 hours 28 minutes before

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
520 AM CST TUE NOV 5 2002

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE.

.TODAY...

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM LOUISIANA TO THE EASTERN STATES
TODAY AND BRING A STRONG COLD FRONT THROUGH THE REGION TONIGHT.
STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS AND PLENTY OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL RESULT
IN A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE
REGION TODAY.  LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM THE
ABUNDANT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...BUT NO WIDESPREAD FLASH
FLOODING IS EXPECTED.  THE INCREASING SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL RESULT IN
A HIGH THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS NEAR THE BEACHES TODAY.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD BE READY FOR ACTIVATION
IN THE EVENT SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPS OVER THE AREA.

.WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...

MODERATE TO STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL USHER COOLER AND DRIER AIR
INTO THE REGION THROUGH THURSDAY.  WINDS WILL SUBSIDE AND BECOME
SOUTHERLY BY SATURDAY AS ANOTHER COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE
PLAINS.  SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS
THE AREA SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...BUT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED
THROUGH THE PERIOD.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Nov 5, 9:50 AM CST, 5 hours 58 minutes before

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
950 AM CST TUE NOV 5 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES VALID UNTIL 3 PM CST TODAY...

IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

WAYNE...GREENE...PERRY...STONE...AND GEORGE.

IN SOUTH ALABAMA...

CHOCTAW...WASHINGTON...CLARKE...WILCOX...MONROE...
BUTLER...CRENSHAW...CONECUH...COVINGTON...ESCAMBIA...
BALDWIN...AND MOBILE.

IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...

ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA...OKALOOSA.

Special weather statement, Nov 5, 12:30 PM CST, 3 hours 18 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Nov 5, 2:53 PM CST, 55 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 5, 9:48 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Washington	3 hr
Nov 5, 10:08 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Clarke	3 hr
Nov 5, 11:18 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Conecuh	6 days
Nov 5, 11:18 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Escambia	6 days
Nov 5, 11:42 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Butler	6 days
Nov 5, 12:00 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		2 hr
Nov 5, 12:00 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		2 hr
Nov 5, 12:31 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB		44 min
Nov 5, 12:40 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Crenshaw	6 days
Nov 5, 1:21 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB		54 min
Nov 5, 1:32 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Baldwin	10 days
Nov 5, 1:54 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		2 hr
Nov 5, 3:48 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		102 min
Nov 5, 11:06 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Escambia	3 hr
Nov 5, 2:43 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Escambia, Santa Rosa	44 days

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.