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Special Marine Warning 2, NWS Mobile, AL

February 15, 2003

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special marine warning at Feb 15, 2003, 10:51 PM CST. It was in force for 54 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: Feb 15, 2003, 10:51 PM CST (04:51 UTC)
Expired: Feb 15, 2003, 11:45 PM CST
In force: 54 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 Feb 15, 9:45 PM CST, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 15, 9:45 PM CST, 1 hour 6 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 15, 3:00 PM CST, 7 hours 51 minutes before

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
300 PM CST SAT FEB 15 2003

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

.DAY ONE...(THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT)

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AHEAD
OF A SQUALL LINE MOVING ACROSS MISSISSIPPI DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON
HOURS. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE AS THE LINE PASSES OVER
SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI INTO SOUTHWEST ALABAMA TONIGHT. THE PRIMARY
RISK WILL BE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS.

MODERATE SOUTHERLY WINDS OVER THE PAST TWO DAYS HAS INCREASED THE
RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ON THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN
FLORIDA PANHANDLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...(SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY)

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...STORM SPOTTERS AND
HAM RADIO OPERATORS MAY BE REQUIRED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 15, 5:42 PM CST, 5 hours 9 minutes before

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
542 PM CST SAT FEB 15 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH EFFECTIVE
UNTIL 10 PM CST FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN SOUTH ALABAMA...

     CHOCTAW...CLARKE...WASHINGTON...MONROE...WILCOX...
     BUTLER...AND CONECUH.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONTINUES TO CLOSELY WATCH A LINE OF
STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ADVANCING EASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.  SOME OF THESE STORMS HAVE SHOWN INDICATIONS ON RADAR
OF PRODUCING ISOLATED TORNADOES AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH.  SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD AFFECT PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST
ALABAMA LATER THIS EVENING AS THEY ADVANCE EASTWARD.

STAY TUNED FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND BULLETINS FROM THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 15, 6:35 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		55 min
Feb 15, 7:10 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Choctaw	50 min
Feb 16, 12:31 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		59 min
Feb 16, 1:51 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		54 min
Feb 15, 6:31 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Wayne	29 min
Feb 15, 7:00 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Wayne	45 min

Nearby

Special Marine Warnings in Alabama, 2003 Every 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.