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Special Marine Warning 9, NWS Mobile, AL

March 26, 2002

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special marine warning at Mar 26, 2002, 7:46 AM CST. It was in force for 2 hr. 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 26, 2002, 7:46 AM CST (13:46 UTC)
Expired: Mar 26, 2002, 10:00 AM CST
In force: 2 hr
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 26, 3:03 AM CST, 4 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 26, 3:03 AM CST, 4 hours 43 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 26, 5:15 AM CST, 2 hours 31 minutes before

ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-261800-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
515 AM CST TUE MAR 26 2002

A WEAKENING UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE AREA TODAY.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE TROUGH AND IN
ADVANCE OF A SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP EAST OVER THE REGION FROM
EARLY THIS MORNING TO THIS AFTERNOON. SOME STORMS MAY BE STRONG WITH
DAMAGING WINDS THIS MORNING.

THE STORMS OVER SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AT SUNRISE WILL MOVE ACROSS
SOUTHWEST ALABAMA LATER THIS MORNING AND THE WEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE
AND ADJACENT SOUTH ALABAMA COUNTIES AROUND NOON.

ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL AND STORM SPOTTERS FOR
SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS SHOULD NOT BE NECESSARY TODAY.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
MOBILE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MOB.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 26, 7:46 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		2 hr
Mar 26, 8:55 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Mobile	50 min
Mar 26, 9:55 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		2 hr
Mar 26, 10:26 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Santa Rosa	34 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.