Alert archive / Alabama / Special Marine Warnings in 2002
Special Marine Warning 153, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this special marine warning at Dec 24, 2002, 8:29 AM CST. It was in force for 61 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 24, 2002, 8:29 AM CST (14:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 24, 2002, 9:30 AM CST
- In force
- 61 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 24, 6:50 AM CST, 1 hour 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 24, 6:50 AM CST, 1 hour 39 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 24, 5:15 AM CST, 3 hours 14 minutes before
ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-241800- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 515 AM CST MON DEC 24 2002 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION TODAY...ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING AND THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. ONGOING SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS AT SUNRISE THIS MORNING OVER MOST OF THE AREA WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES. THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BE ENDING OVER SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE THIS MORNING...AND WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE THROUGH THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS AS A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. THE MAIN THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER AFTER SUNRISE THIS MORNING WILL BE OVER SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. BY THIS EVENING...THE COLD FRONT WILL HAVE MOVED THROUGH THE AREA...WITH RAINS ENDING. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... THE ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...STORM SPOTTERS AND HAM RADIO OPERATORS WILL REMAIN LIKELY THROUGH THIS MORNING... ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE COUNTIES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THE COLD FRONT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE REGION EARLY TUESDAY MORNING WILL HAVE PUSHED WELL EAST OF THE REGION BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. DRIER AND COOLER CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL CHRISTMAS DAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND...WITH EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK. THE NEXT CHANCE OF RAINFALL FOR THE REGION LOOKS TO BE NEXT MONDAY. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE ERIOD.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Dec 24, 6:03 AM CST, 2 hours 26 minutes before
ALZ051>054-MSZ067-075-076-241230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 603 AM CST TUE DEC 24 2002 TORNADO WATCH 804 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... WAYNE...GREENE...PERRY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... CHOCTAW...WILCOX...CLARK...WASHINGTON
Special weather statement, Dec 24, 6:35 AM CST, 1 hour 54 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 23, 8:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 25 min | |
| Dec 23, 9:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Washington | 7 days |
| Dec 23, 10:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 43 min | |
| Dec 24, 2:07 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 38 min | |
| Dec 24, 2:09 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 36 min | |
| Dec 24, 2:19 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 7 days |
| Dec 24, 2:23 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 37 min | |
| Dec 24, 2:36 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Monroe | 7 days |
| Dec 24, 2:40 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 7 days |
| Dec 24, 3:02 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 43 min |
| Dec 24, 3:18 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 42 min | |
| Dec 24, 3:33 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 117 min | |
| Dec 24, 3:33 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 117 min | |
| Dec 24, 3:52 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Monroe | 38 min |
| Dec 24, 4:14 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 46 min | |
| Dec 24, 4:17 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 43 min | |
| Dec 24, 4:28 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 17 min | |
| Dec 24, 4:52 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 38 min | |
| Dec 24, 6:13 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 2 hr | |
| Dec 24, 6:20 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 40 min | |
| Dec 24, 6:25 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 2 hr | |
| Dec 24, 7:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 45 min | |
| Dec 24, 7:26 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 34 min | |
| Dec 24, 8:18 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 117 min |
| Dec 23, 8:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Perry | 7 hr |
| Dec 23, 9:21 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Greene | 7 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.