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Hurricane Watch 1, NWS Mobile, AL

August 30, 2008

NWS Mobile, AL issued this hurricane watch at Aug 30, 2008, 6:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 30, 2008, 6:00 PM CDT (23:00 UTC)
Expired
Aug 31, 2008, 4:54 AM CDT
In force
11 hr
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this hurricane watch 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 hurricane watch went out at Aug 30, 4:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 30, 4:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 30, 6:00 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
600 PM CDT SAT AUG 30 2008

ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-GMZ630-650-655-670-675-MSZ067-075-076-078-
079-312300-
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-
600 PM CDT SAT AUG 30 2008

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

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

THIS WILL BE THE LAST HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FROM MOBILE UNTIL
THE CURRENT TROPICAL EVENT HAS ENDED. ALL INLAND AND MARINE
INTERESTS SHOULD REFER TO HURRICANE GUSTAV LOCAL STATEMENTS UNDER
WMO HEADER WTUS84 KMOB. ALSO...GRAPHICAL TROPICAL IMPACTS MAY BE
VIEWED ON THE INTERNET AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/OS/TROPICAL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 30, 4:52 AM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMOB20 hr
Aug 30, 6:00 PM CDTHurricane WatchMOB11 hr
Aug 30, 6:00 PM CDTTropical Storm WatchMOB11 hr
Aug 30, 6:00 PM CDTTropical Storm WatchMOB11 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.