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Marine Weather Statement 10, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this marine weather statement at May 16, 2008, 5:48 AM CDT. It was in force for 72 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 16, 2008, 5:48 AM CDT (10:48 UTC)
- Expired
- May 16, 2008, 7:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 72 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this marine weather statement 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 marine weather statement went out at May 16, 4:55 AM CDT, 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 16, 4:55 AM CDT, 53 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 16, 5:40 AM CDT, 8 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 540 AM CDT FRI MAY 16 2008 ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-GMZ630-650-655-670-675-MSZ067-075-076-078- 079-171200- 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- 540 AM CDT FRI MAY 16 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. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TODAY AS PASSING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES INTERACT WITH A MOIST AIRMASS AND AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. THE HIGHER COVERAGES OF STORMS LOOK TO BE ALONG THE GULF COAST AND INTO THE MARINE AREA TODAY. FORECASTERS ARE EXPECTING CLOUDS TO KEEP THE ATMOSPHERE FROM BECOMING UNSTABLE FOR WIDESPREAD SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. HOWEVER...IF SOME BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS OCCUR...ALLOWING FOR MORE SUN...THE ATMOSPHERE COULD BECOME UNSTABLE ENOUGH TO SUPPORT A FEW BRIEF...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THERE IS ALSO POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME...WHICH WILL INCREASE DRIVING HAZARDS AS PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS COULD RESULT IN HYDROPLANING. THE FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE COURSE OF THE DAY...PUSHING THE THUNDERSTORM THREAT OUT OF THE AREA BY TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. OUTSIDE OF A SMALL CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM TIME TO TIME...NO OTHER HAZARDS OR HIGH IMPACT WEATHER IS FORECAST THROUGH THE PERIOD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND SEVERE WEATHER SPOTTERS IS NOT ANTICIPATED TO BE REQUIRED THROUGH TONIGHT.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 7:10 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 2 hr | |
| May 16, 7:32 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Mobile | 58 min |
| May 16, 8:23 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 3 hr |
| May 16, 8:41 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MOB | 7 hr | |
| May 16, 9:15 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 30 min | |
| May 16, 9:52 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 83 min | |
| May 16, 10:15 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 90 min | |
| May 16, 9:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 50 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.