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Special Marine Warning 75, NWS Mobile, AL

May 17, 2003

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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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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Special weather statement, May 17, 6:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
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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
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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 17, 9:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWashington37 min
May 17, 10:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke35 min
May 18, 6:38 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile112 min
May 18, 8:25 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile2 hr
May 18, 10:25 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBBaldwin2 hr
May 18, 10:51 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBMobile84 min
May 18, 12:04 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB3 hr
May 18, 12:28 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBBaldwin6 hr
May 18, 2:58 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB2 hr
May 18, 4:58 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB3 hr
May 17, 7:14 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBWayne46 min
May 17, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGreene, Wayne47 min
May 17, 8:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBPerry24 min
May 17, 9:26 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBGreene, Wayne64 min
May 17, 11:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGreene38 min
May 18, 4:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGeorge23 min
May 18, 6:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBPerry34 min
May 18, 9:29 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBEscambia2 hr
May 18, 10:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBSanta Rosa59 min
May 18, 2:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBOkaloosa53 min

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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.