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Special Marine Warning 62, NWS Mobile, AL

April 25, 2003

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special marine warning at Apr 25, 2003, 6:55 AM CDT. 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: Apr 25, 2003, 6:55 AM CDT (11:55 UTC)
Expired: Apr 25, 2003, 9:00 AM CDT
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 Apr 25, 6:20 AM CDT, 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 25, 6:20 AM CDT, 35 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 25, 5:18 AM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
518 AM CDT FRI APR 25 2003

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

.DAY ONE...(TODAY AND TONIGHT)

AS A SURFACE FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVES SLOWLY EAST OUT OF EAST TEXAS
TODAY...ALONG WITH COLD TEMPERATURES HIGH IN THE ATMOSPHERE SWINGING
ACROSS...THE MOIST AIRMASS AHEAD OF THE FRONT IS FORECAST TO BECOME
QUITE UNSTABLE THROUGH THE DAY.

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OKLAHOMA HAS OUTLOOKED THE
AREA UNDER A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH AN
ISOLATED TORNADO IS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION TODAY...THE MAIN THREAT
IN STORMS THAT INTENSIFY TO SEVERE LEVELS LOOKS TO BE DAMAGING
DOWNBURST WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT ENDS TONIGHT AS THE FRONT MOVES EAST
THROUGH THE AREA.

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

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND STORM SPOTTER OFFICIALS FOR
SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS IS EXPECTED TO BE REQUIRED TODAY OVER
SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA
PANHANDLE. /10

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 25, 5:22 AM CDT, 1 hour 33 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
Apr 25, 12:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Choctaw	36 min
Apr 25, 1:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Wilcox	24 min
Apr 25, 1:59 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Wilcox	31 min
Apr 25, 2:21 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		24 min
Apr 25, 5:10 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		110 min
Apr 25, 5:10 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		110 min
Apr 25, 6:25 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Covington	35 min
Apr 25, 6:55 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		2 hr
Apr 25, 4:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Choctaw	54 min
Apr 25, 5:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Washington	47 min
Apr 25, 5:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Wilcox	63 min
Apr 25, 6:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Washington	35 min
Apr 25, 6:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Mobile	40 min
Apr 25, 4:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Wayne	52 min
Apr 25, 5:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Perry	54 min
Apr 25, 5:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Perry	40 min
Apr 25, 5:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Greene	24 min
Apr 25, 5:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Greene	37 min
Apr 25, 6:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Greene, Perry	58 min
Apr 25, 4:28 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Okaloosa, Santa Rosa	32 min
Apr 25, 4:59 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Okaloosa	31 min
Apr 25, 6:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Okaloosa	51 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.