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Special Marine Warning 142, NWS Mobile, AL

November 15, 2002

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special marine warning at Nov 15, 2002, 1:33 PM CST. It was in force for 57 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 15, 2002, 1:33 PM CST (19:33 UTC)
Expired
Nov 15, 2002, 2:30 PM CST
In force
57 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 15, 2:33 AM CST, 11 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 15, 2:33 AM CST, 11 hours before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 15, 12:55 PM CST, 38 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1255 PM CST FRI NOV 15 2002

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

.THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...
A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION LATER THIS EVENING. AHEAD
OF THE FRONT...A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AND
PUSH ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON...THEN
SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON
AND EARLY EVENING HOURS.  A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME
SEVERE...MAINLY CLOSER TO THE COAST WHERE THE BEST INSTABILITIES
WILL BE POOLED.  THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS PLACED THE AREA IN
A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DURING THIS TIME.  THE MAIN
THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND STRONG...POSSIBLY DAMAGING...DOWNBURST
WINDS.

OVER THE COASTAL WATERS...GUSTY 15 TO 20 KNOT SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL
INCREASE THE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ON THE BEACHES DURING THE
AFTERNOON.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

THE ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...STORM SPOTTERS
AND HAM RADIO OPERATORS MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY
EVENING.

.SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...
A COLD FRONT CROSSING THE AREA FRIDAY NIGHT WILL USHER IN MUCH
COLDER AIR FOR THE WEEKEND. LOW TEMPERATURES SUNDAY MORNING ALONG
AND NORTH OF A GREENVILLE TO WAYNESBORO LINE WILL BE NEAR FREEZING
SUNDAY MORNING. BY MONDAY MORNING...NEAR FREEZING TEMPERATURES MAY
BE POSSIBLE AS FAR SOUTH AS INTERSTATE 10...WITH INTERIOR LOCATIONS
SEEING LOWS AROUND 30 DEGREES.

OTHERWISE...NO SEVERE WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 15, 4:10 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOB35 min
Nov 15, 4:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOB34 min
Nov 15, 4:40 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBMobile34 days
Nov 15, 4:52 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOB53 min

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.