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Special Marine Warning 43, NWS Mobile, AL

March 13, 2003

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special marine warning at Mar 13, 2003, 4:03 PM CST. It was in force for 117 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 13, 2003, 4:03 PM CST (22:03 UTC)
Expired: Mar 13, 2003, 6:00 PM CST
In force: 117 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 13, 3:35 PM CST, 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 13, 3:35 PM CST, 28 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 13, 10:15 AM CST, 5 hours 48 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 13, 11:15 AM CST, 4 hours 48 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 13, 12:54 PM CST, 3 hours 9 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 12, 6:28 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		2 hr
Mar 12, 6:28 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		2 hr
Mar 12, 8:21 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		2 hr
Mar 13, 1:03 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		57 min
Mar 13, 1:30 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Mobile	30 min
Mar 13, 2:06 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin	39 min
Mar 13, 2:10 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		65 min
Mar 13, 2:10 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		65 min
Mar 13, 2:35 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		55 min
Mar 13, 9:22 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Monroe	23 min
Mar 13, 9:26 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Monroe	19 min
Mar 13, 1:47 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Clarke	28 min
Mar 13, 2:26 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Clarke	34 min
Mar 13, 2:59 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Clarke, Monroe	31 min
Mar 13, 3:05 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Washington	25 min
Mar 13, 3:10 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Butler, Crenshaw	50 min
Mar 13, 3:16 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Clarke, Monroe	29 min
Mar 13, 3:27 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Washington	33 min
Mar 13, 3:30 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Clarke, Monroe	30 min
Mar 13, 3:45 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Conecuh	45 min
Mar 13, 3:46 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Mobile	44 min
Mar 13, 4:00 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Butler, Crenshaw	45 min
Mar 13, 4:03 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		117 min
Mar 13, 4:20 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Covington	40 min
Mar 13, 4:21 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin	54 min
Mar 13, 4:26 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Conecuh	34 min
Mar 13, 4:29 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Mobile	31 min
Mar 13, 4:38 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Escambia	22 min
Mar 13, 4:58 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Covington	47 min
Mar 13, 5:11 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin	64 min
Mar 13, 5:13 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Escambia	32 min
Mar 13, 5:33 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin	42 min
Mar 13, 5:44 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Covington	46 min
Mar 13, 2:35 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Perry	25 min
Mar 13, 2:38 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Greene	52 min
Mar 13, 2:52 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Greene, Wayne	38 min
Mar 13, 5:22 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Okaloosa	53 min

Nearby

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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.