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Dense Smoke Advisory 1, NWS Mobile, AL

May 12, 2007

NWS Mobile, AL issued this dense smoke advisory at May 12, 2007, 4:27 PM EDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 12, 2007, 4:27 PM EDT (20:27 UTC)
Expired
May 12, 2007, 11:00 PM EDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this dense smoke advisory 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 dense smoke advisory went out at May 12, 5:32 AM EDT, 10 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 12, 5:32 AM EDT, 10 hours 55 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 12, 7:00 AM EDT, 9 hours 27 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
600 AM CDT SAT MAY 12 2007

ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-GMZ630-650-655-670-675-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-
131200-
COASTAL WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
MOBILE BAY-BALDWIN COASTAL-BALDWIN INLAND-BUTLER-CHOCTAW-CLARKE-
CONECUH-COVINGTON-CRENSHAW-ESCAMBIA-ESCAMBIA COASTAL-ESCAMBIA INLAND-
GEORGE-GREENE-MOBILE COASTAL-MOBILE INLAND-MONROE-OKALOOSA COASTAL-
OKALOOSA INLAND-PERRY-SANTA ROSA COASTAL-SANTA ROSA INLAND-STONE-
WASHINGTON-WAYNE-WILCOX-
600 AM CDT SAT MAY 12 2007

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS
AFTERNOON...WITH ISOLATED STORMS BECOMING STRONG. DAMAGING WINDS TO
60 MPH AND LARGE HAIL ARE THE PRIMARY THREATS TODAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...

HIGH PRESSURE MOVING SOUTH ALONG THE ATLANTIC SEABOARD MONDAY INTO
WEDNESDAY WILL CREATE A MODERATE TO STRONG EASTERLY FLOW...RESULTING
IN INCREASED SEAS AND MAKING BOATING FOR SMALL CRAFT HAZARDOUS

OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS FOR
SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 12, 4:17 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
317 PM CDT SAT MAY 12 2007

ALZ058-122130-
CRENSHAW-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUVERNE...
317 PM CDT SAT MAY 12 2007

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING TOWARD NORTHERN CRENSHAW COUNTY
AND WILL AFFECT MAINLY NORTHERN PORTIONS OF CRENSHAW COUNTY THROUGH
430 PM...

AT 314 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES NORTH OF HIGHLAND HOME...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 10
MPH.

THE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND...
HIGHLAND HOME AND BRADLEYTON THROUGH 430 PM CDT.

THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE SMALL HAIL...DANGEROUS CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING... AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...WHICH COULD
DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS OR BRANCHES AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL
OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 11, 8:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler, Conecuh26 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.