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Special Marine Warning 4, NWS Mobile, AL

March 12, 2002

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special marine warning at Mar 12, 2002, 1:37 PM CST. It was in force for 23 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: Mar 12, 2002, 1:37 PM CST (19:37 UTC)
Expired: Mar 12, 2002, 2:00 PM CST
In force: 23 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 Mar 12, 12:20 PM CST, 1 hour 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 12, 12:20 PM CST, 1 hour 17 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1220 PM CST TUE MAR 12 2002

UPDATED ZONES ONCE AGAIN TO REFLECT CURRENT RADAR AND TSTM INTENSITY
TRENDS.  MENTIONED STRONG STORMS IN ALL ZONES.  OVER LAST HOUR OR SO
HAVE HAD WIND DAMAGE AND LARGE HAIL OVER FAR EASTERN CWFA IN
ASSOCIATION WITH LINE OF STRONG STORMS AND A FEW ISOLATED CELLS JUST
IN ADVANCE OF THIS LINE.  ANOTHER AREA OF CONVECTION...MORE
SCATTERED IN NATURE...IS DEVELOPING TO THE WEST OF THE FCST AREA
UNDER THE COLD UPPER LOW.  EXPECT THIS TREND OF CONVECTION TO
CONTINUE INTO FCST AREA THIS AFTERNOON.   WHILE THESE STORMS WILL BE
LESS NUMEROUS...THEY WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG WINDS AND
POSSIBLE HAIL OVER CWFA LATER THIS AFTERNOON.

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.MOB...
AL...NONE.
FL...NONE
MS...NONE.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 12, 10:09 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		2 hr
Mar 12, 10:09 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		2 hr
Mar 12, 11:55 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Covington	35 min
Mar 12, 12:03 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Crenshaw	27 min
Mar 12, 12:42 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Covington	18 min
Mar 12, 1:57 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Mobile	48 min
Mar 12, 2:22 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		68 min
Mar 12, 2:30 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin	30 min
Mar 12, 2:55 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin	50 min
Mar 12, 3:52 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		113 min
Mar 12, 4:38 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Perry	52 min

Nearby

Special Marine Warnings in Alabama, 2002 Every special marine warning in 2002

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.