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Special Marine Warning 129, NWS Mobile, AL

July 1, 2003

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special marine warning at Jul 1, 2003, 7:20 AM CDT. It was in force for 100 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
Jul 1, 2003, 7:20 AM CDT (12:20 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 2003, 9:00 AM CDT
In force
100 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 Jul 1, 7:06 AM CDT, 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 7:06 AM CDT, 14 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 1, 5:31 AM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 1, 3:24 AM CDT, 3 hours 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE, AL
324 AM CDT TUE JUL 1 2003

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

130 AM    NORTH BALDWIN             AL   WIND DAMAGE
07/01/03   BALDWIN                        TREES DOWN ACROSS
                                          INTERSTATE 65/34 MILE
                                          MARKER

130 AM    COUNTY WIDE               AL   FLASH FLOOD
07/01/03   BALDWIN                        MULTIPLE ROADS CLOSED
                                          ACROSS COUNTY. BRIDGE
                                          WASHED OUT IN RABUN.
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 7:01 AM CDT, 19 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 30, 7:08 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB3 hr
Jun 30, 7:08 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB3 hr
Jun 30, 9:03 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBBaldwin, Escambia, Mobile3 hr
Jun 30, 10:09 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB3 hr
Jun 30, 10:09 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB3 hr
Jun 30, 10:39 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBMobile36 min
Jun 30, 11:14 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBMobile46 min
Jul 1, 12:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBBaldwin, Escambia, Mobile3 hr
Jul 1, 1:00 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB3 hr
Jul 1, 1:00 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB3 hr
Jul 1, 2:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin27 min
Jul 1, 3:15 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBBaldwin, Escambia, Mobile6 hr
Jul 1, 3:18 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBBaldwin, Escambia6 hr
Jul 1, 3:50 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBCovington25 min
Jul 1, 4:00 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB3 hr
Jul 1, 4:00 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB3 hr
Jun 30, 9:06 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBGeorge, Perry, Stone6 hr
Jun 30, 9:17 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBGeorge, Greene43 min
Jun 30, 10:13 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBGeorge, Greene47 min
Jul 1, 12:22 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBGreene, Wayne4 hr
Jun 30, 10:00 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBSanta Rosa30 min
Jul 1, 9:26 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBOkaloosa34 min

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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.