Alert archive / Alabama / Special Marine Warnings in 2003
Special Marine Warning 75, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this special marine warning at May 17, 2003, 7:36 PM CDT. It was in force for 24 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
- May 17, 2003, 7:36 PM CDT (00:36 UTC)
- Expired
- May 17, 2003, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 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 May 17, 2:50 PM CDT, 4 hours 46 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 17, 2:50 PM CDT, 4 hours 46 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 17, 4:30 AM CDT, 15 hours 6 minutes before
ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-171700- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 430 AM CDT SAT MAY 17 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR INLAND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. .DAY ONE...(TODAY AND TONIGHT) A DEEP AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER WESTERN ARKANSAS WILL DRIFT SOUTH TO THE LOUISIANA COAST THROUGH SUNDAY. AS THE LOW NEARS SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME BETTER DEVELOPED ACROSS MUCH OF THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION. DUE TO CONTINUED DRY AIR IN THE MID LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE COMBINED WITH MARGINALLY HIGH INSTABILITIES AT THE SURFACE SOME THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE...ESPECIALLY OVER INLAND SECTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT. THERE WILL BE A MODERATE RISK FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES TODAY. SWIMMERS ARE ADVISED TO PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO FLAGS POSTED ALONG BEACHES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...(SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY) SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE CENTRAL GULF REGION ON SUNDAY. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT. A STRONGER WEATHER SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE AREA BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS OR SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION FOR SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 17, 3:15 PM CDT, 4 hours 21 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, May 17, 6:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
MSZ067-180015- THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 615 PM CDT SAT MAY 17 2003 ...THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY FOR WAYNE COUNTY UNTIL 715 PM CDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 26 MILES WEST OF EUCUTTA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND NEAR... EUCUTTA THROUGH 715 PM CDT. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH COULD DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS OR BRANCHES AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE LIKELY. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. THIS STORM COULD PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...RESULTING IN BRIEF PONDING OF WATER AROUND LOW LYING AREAS. REMEMBER...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO WATER COVERED ROADWAYS. THE DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW A SAFE CROSSING. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
Special weather statement, May 17, 7:28 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
ALZ051-180130- THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 728 PM CDT SAT MAY 17 2003 ...THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY FOR CHOCTAW COUNTY UNTIL 830 PM CDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MELVIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND NEAR... MELVIN...WATER VALLEY...TOXEY...HODGEWOOD AND NEEDHAM THROUGH 830 PM CDT. OTHER STORMS IN THE VICINITY HAVE HAD HISTORIES OF PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER. UNDER THESE CONDITIONS...THIS ONE COULD ALSO AND IS BEING WATCHED CLOSELY FOR SIGNS OF PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER. AT THIS TIME HOWEVER...PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH COULD DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS OR BRANCHES AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE LIKELY. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 9:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Washington | 37 min |
| May 17, 10:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke | 35 min |
| May 18, 6:38 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 112 min |
| May 18, 8:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 2 hr |
| May 18, 10:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 2 hr |
| May 18, 10:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 84 min |
| May 18, 12:04 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 3 hr | |
| May 18, 12:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 6 hr |
| May 18, 2:58 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 2 hr | |
| May 18, 4:58 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 3 hr | |
| May 17, 7:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wayne | 46 min |
| May 17, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Greene, Wayne | 47 min |
| May 17, 8:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Perry | 24 min |
| May 17, 9:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Greene, Wayne | 64 min |
| May 17, 11:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Greene | 38 min |
| May 18, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George | 23 min |
| May 18, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Perry | 34 min |
| May 18, 9:29 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 2 hr |
| May 18, 10:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Santa Rosa | 59 min |
| May 18, 2:07 PM CDT | 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.