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High Surf Advisory 1, NWS Mobile, AL

September 12, 2008

NWS Mobile, AL issued this high surf advisory at Sep 12, 2008, 8:39 PM CDT. It was in force for 26 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 12, 2008, 8:39 PM CDT (01:39 UTC)
Expired: Sep 13, 2008, 11:04 PM CDT
In force: 26 hr
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this high surf 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 high surf advisory went out at Sep 12, 6:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 12, 6:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 12, 5:10 AM CDT, 15 hours 29 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
510 AM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008

ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-GMZ630-650-655-670-675-MSZ067-075-076-078-
079-131200-
CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-
ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE-
LOWER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-
COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-MOBILE BAY-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM-WAYNE-PERRY-
GREENE-STONE-GEORGE-
510 AM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...THE WESTERN
FLORIDA PANHANDLE...AND THE GULF COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND
NORTHWEST FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

STRONG EAST TO SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS OVER GULF WATERS WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THIS MORNING AS HURRICANE IKE CONTINUES TO MOVE TOWARDS THE
TEXAS COAST. SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHTS 13 TO 17 FEET NEAR SHORE AND
16 TO 21 FEET WELL OFFSHORE WILL BEGIN TO SETTLE TODAY INTO TONIGHT
AS IKE CONTINUES AWAY FROM THE AREA AND THE EYE MOVES ONSHORE AROUND
SUNRISE SUNDAY. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE
ALABAMA COASTAL WATERS FROM 20 TO 60 NAUTICAL MILES OFFSHORE.
ELSEWHERE...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT DUE TO THE DANGEROUS
MARINE CONDITIONS.

A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR THE COASTAL ZONES FROM MOBILE
COUNTY TO OKALOOSA COUNTY FOR SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH
HIGHER GUSTS.

COASTAL FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED FROM SEVERAL LOCATIONS FROM
DAUPHIN ISLAND TO DESTIN FLORIDA. FOR MORE SPECIFIC INFORMATION ON
THIS COASTAL FLOODING EVENT...REFER TO THE COASTAL FLOOD WARNING AND
STATEMENT PRODUCTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE
ALABAMA.

THE RISK OF DEADLY RIP CURRENTS IS HIGH ON AREA BEACHES TODAY. STAY
TUNED FOR THE LATEST UPDATES...FORECASTS AND ADVISORIES BY THE
NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER ON HURRICANE IKE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

THE EYE OF IKE WILL MOVE ONSHORE EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...WITH WINDS
AND SEAS CONTINUING TO SETTLE. ONSHORE WIND FLOW WILL BE STRONG
ENOUGH FOR A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ON AREA BEACHES
SATURDAY A MODERATE RISK ON SUNDAY

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL MAY
BE NEED AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND WEST OF THE
ALABAMA...MISSISSIPPI STATE LINE. REPORTS OF COASTAL FLOODING WILL
BE APPRECIATED.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 13, 10:55 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MOB	Mobile	7 hr

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.