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Marine Weather Statement 40, NWS Mobile, AL

August 3, 2008

NWS Mobile, AL issued this marine weather statement at Aug 3, 2008, 4:54 AM CDT. It was in force for 66 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 3, 2008, 4:54 AM CDT (09:54 UTC)
Expired
Aug 3, 2008, 6:00 AM CDT
In force
66 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 Aug 2, 11:55 PM CDT, 4 hours 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 11:55 PM CDT, 4 hours 59 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 2, 7:45 PM CDT, 9 hours 9 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
745 PM CDT SAT AUG 2 2008

ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-GMZ630-650-655-670-675-MSZ067-075-076-078-
079-032345-
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-
745 PM CDT SAT AUG 2 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...THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT.

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH LATE THIS
EVENING. A FEW STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE
ESPECIALLY ACROSS INTERIOR SECTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND
SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI WHERE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL APPROACH FROM
THE NORTH THIS EVENING. GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING ARE THE PRIMARY THREATS...HOWEVER AN ISOLATED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM COULD PRODUCE WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND
LARGE HAIL THROUGH LATE EVENING.

A MODERATE WESTERLY WIND WILL CONTINUE OVER THE MARINE AREA THROUGH
EARLY SUNDAY. THIS MAY POSE A HAZARD FOR SMALL CRAFT THROUGH SUNDAY.

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

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE HEAT OF THE DAY ON
SUNDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. HOT
TEMPERATURES AT THE SURFACE COMBINED WITH DRY AIR ALOFT WILL CREATE
CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR SOME THUNDERSTORMS TO BECOME STRONG ON
SUNDAY ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF COAST WITH THE PRIMARY THREAT BEING
WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BRIEFLY BECOME
SEVERE WITH WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND LARGE HAIL.

A MODERATE WESTERLY WIND WILL CONTINUE OVER THE MARINE AREA THROUGH
SUNDAY. THIS MAY POSE A HAZARD FOR SMALL CRAFT THROUGH SUNDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS NOT
ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 2, 9:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw22 min
Aug 3, 3:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw, Clarke, Washington44 min
Aug 3, 2:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBPerry, Stone44 min
Aug 3, 4:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWayne24 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.