Alert archive / Alabama / Special Marine Warnings in 2002
Special Marine Warning 147, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this special marine warning at Dec 19, 2002, 5:16 PM CST. It was in force for 44 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
- Dec 19, 2002, 5:16 PM CST (23:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 19, 2002, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 44 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 Dec 19, 5:12 PM CST, 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 19, 5:12 PM CST, 4 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 19, 11:10 AM CST, 6 hours 6 minutes before
ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-192100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1025 AM CST THU DEC 19 2002 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. .TODAY INTO TONIGHT... ...MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BECOMING NUMEROUS ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION. ACTIVITY WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES. LIFTED INDEX INDICATES STABILITY WAS MODERATE AS OF THIS MORNING...BUT THE VERTICAL WIND PROFILE AND CONVECTIVE ENERGY AVAILABILITY INDICATES SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING WITH DYNAMIC FORCING. TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE IN THIS SITUATION AS WELL AS LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. THE PRECIPITATION WILL END OVERNIGHT AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER CONTINUES TO BE THE GREATEST OVER SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON AND OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA DURING THE EVENING HOURS. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... THE ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...STORM SPOTTERS AND HAM RADIO OPERATORS WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .FRIDAY THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY... DRY AND SOMEWHAT COOLER CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...BUT ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY ACCOMPANIED BY SCATTERED SHOWERS. DRY AND COOLER CONDITIONS WILL RETURN TO THE REGION FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY IN THE WAKE OF THIS NEXT FRONT. YET ANOTHER WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THROUGH THE REGION ON TUESDAY WITH DRY CONDITIONS RETURNING FOR CHRISTMAS DAY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 19, 11:28 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 47 min | |
| Dec 19, 11:48 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Washington | 4 days |
| Dec 19, 11:53 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 52 min | |
| Dec 19, 12:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 44 min | |
| Dec 19, 12:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Washington | 4 days |
| Dec 19, 1:32 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Washington | 4 days |
| Dec 19, 1:51 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke | 5 days |
| Dec 19, 2:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 33 min | |
| Dec 19, 3:22 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Washington | 4 days |
| Dec 19, 3:51 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Monroe | 4 days |
| Dec 19, 4:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 34 min | |
| Dec 19, 4:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 46 min | |
| Dec 19, 4:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 22 min | |
| Dec 19, 5:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 30 min | |
| Dec 19, 5:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 47 min | |
| Dec 19, 5:16 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 44 min | |
| Dec 19, 5:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 66 min | |
| Dec 19, 5:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 33 min | |
| Dec 19, 11:42 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Greene | 5 hr |
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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.