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Special Marine Warning 48, NWS Mobile, AL

May 31, 2004

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special marine warning at May 31, 2004, 12:30 PM 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
May 31, 2004, 12:30 PM CDT (17:30 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 2004, 2:30 PM 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 May 31, 10:00 AM CDT, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 31, 10:00 AM CDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 31, 6:25 AM CDT, 6 hours 5 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
625 AM CDT MON MAY 31 2004

ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-312100-
BUTLER AL-CHOCTAW AL-CLARKE AL-COASTAL ESCAMBIA FL-
COASTAL OKALOOSA FL-COASTAL SANTA ROSA FL-CONECUH AL-COVINGTON AL-
CRENSHAW AL-ESCAMBIA AL-GEORGE MS-GREENE MS-INLAND ESCAMBIA FL-
INLAND OKALOOSA FL-INLAND SANTA ROSA FL-LOWER BALDWIN AL-
LOWER MOBILE AL-MONROE AL-PERRY MS-STONE MS-UPPER BALDWIN AL-
UPPER MOBILE AL-WASHINGTON AL-WAYNE MS-WILCOX AL-
625 AM CDT MON MAY 31 2004

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THROUGHOUT THE DAY...WITH STORMS
BEING MORE NUMEROUS IN COVERAGE ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE
OUTLOOK AREA AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST. ABUNDANT
MOISTURE WILL FEED INTO THE ADVANCING FRONT AS IT MOVES SLOWLY ACROSS
THE OUTLOOK AREA...RESULTING IN PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND LOCALIZED
FLOODING.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICES STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS OUTLOOKED
AREAS NORTH OF A WIGGINS...CITRONELLE...ANDALUSIA LINE WITH A SLIGHT
RISK OF SEVERE STORMS. THE ATMOSPHERE IS EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE
UNSTABLE BY AFTERNOON...WHILE STRONG MID LEVEL WINDS SUPPORT THE
POTENTIAL OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE MAIN
THREAT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY.
OTHERWISE...NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND STORM SPOTTERS OVER INTERIOR
SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND INTERIOR SOUTH ALABAMA MAY BE REQUIRED
TODAY AND TONIGHT.

STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 8:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw23 min
May 31, 12:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile, Washington60 min
May 31, 12:30 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB2 hr
May 31, 1:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington50 min
May 31, 1:46 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBCovington14 min
May 31, 3:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile40 min
May 31, 3:51 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB54 min
May 31, 3:51 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB54 min
May 31, 4:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile28 min
May 31, 4:43 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB62 min
May 31, 4:43 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB62 min
May 31, 5:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin28 min
May 31, 5:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin29 min
May 31, 5:45 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB60 min
May 31, 11:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGeorge, Greene13 hr
May 31, 11:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGeorge, Greene41 min
May 31, 2:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBPerry39 min
May 31, 2:18 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBGreene, Perry27 min
May 31, 6:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa28 min

Nearby

Special Marine Warnings in Alabama, 2004Every special marine warning in 2004

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.