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Special Marine Warning 166, NWS Mobile, AL

July 22, 2003

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special marine warning at Jul 22, 2003, 8:35 PM CDT. It was in force for 55 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 22, 2003, 8:35 PM CDT (01:35 UTC)
Expired
Jul 22, 2003, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
55 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 22, 8:15 PM CDT, 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 22, 8:15 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 22, 6:00 AM CDT, 14 hours 35 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
600 AM CDT TUE JUL 22 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...INTERIOR
SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE.

.DAY ONE...(TODAY AND TONIGHT)

SCATTERED TO LOCALLY NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS
THE REGION AGAIN TODAY.  A LINE OF STRONG STORMS WILL BE MOVING EAST
ACROSS THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA
PANHANDLE AT SUNRISE THIS MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID
MORNING.  SCATTERED STORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT PARTS OF SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 98 AND INTERIOR PORTIONS OF ALABAMA
ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-65 THIS MORNING AS WELL.  A FRONTAL BOUNDARY
MOVING INTO THE REGION FROM THE NORTH WILL AID IN THE REDEVELOPMENT
OF OTHER THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE ENTIRE REGION BY AROUND NOON.  THE
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL SLOWLY END ACROSS THE REGION FROM
NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON...BUT WILL LIKELY
PERSIST INTO THE EVENING HOURS ALONG THE COAST.

THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS
TO AROUND 45 MPH... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF
RAINFALL...AND SMALL HAIL.  SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...
ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...WITH DAMAGING WINDS
BEING THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT THROUGH EARLY EVENING PRIOR
TO DIURNAL WEAKENING OF THE STORMS AFTER SUNSET.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...(THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY)

AFTER THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVES THROUGH...DRIER WEATHER IS EXPECTED
THURSDAY THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEKEND...WITH ONLY SCATTERED
AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND STORMS EXPECTED.  BY MONDAY OF
NEXT WEEK...STORMS WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS ACROSS THE REGION ONCE
AGAIN.  OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

EMERGENCY MANAGER AND STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION SHOULD NOT BE
REQUIRED FOR SEVERE WEATHER PURPOSES TODAY.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 22, 2:53 PM CDT, 5 hours 42 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 22, 5:17 PM CDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
517 PM CDT TUE JUL 22 2003

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 798 HAS EXPIRED. THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES ARE NO LONGER IN A WATCH...CHOCTAW...WASHINGTON...CLARKE...
WILCOX...MONROE...CONECUH...BUTLER AND CRENSHAW.

THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE IN A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 8
PM...

GREENE...GEORGE...WAYNE...STONE AND PERRY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

MOBILE...BALDWIN...ESCAMBIA AND COVINGTON IN ALABAMA.

ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA AND OKALOOSA IN THE WEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 22, 7:06 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB84 min
Jul 22, 7:06 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB84 min
Jul 22, 7:23 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBBaldwin112 min
Jul 22, 8:35 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB55 min
Jul 23, 8:56 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB94 min
Jul 23, 8:56 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB94 min
Jul 23, 10:00 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB90 min
Jul 23, 10:00 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB90 min
Jul 23, 10:00 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB90 min
Jul 23, 10:00 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB90 min

Nearby

Special Marine Warnings in Alabama, 2003Every special marine warning in 2003

Sources

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