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Marine Weather Statement 43, NWS Mobile, AL

October 7, 2008

NWS Mobile, AL issued this marine weather statement at Oct 7, 2008, 12:22 AM CDT. It was in force for 98 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 7, 2008, 12:22 AM CDT (05:22 UTC)
Expired
Oct 7, 2008, 2:00 AM CDT
In force
98 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 Oct 6, 4:00 PM CDT, 8 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 6, 4:00 PM CDT, 8 hours 22 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 6, 5:30 AM CDT, 18 hours 52 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
530 AM CDT MON OCT 6 2008

ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-GMZ630-650-655-670-675-MSZ067-075-076-078-
079-071100-
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-
530 AM CDT MON OCT 6 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

MODERATE EASTERLY WINDS OVER THE GULF WATERS WILL PERSIST THROUGH
MID AFTERNOON...RESULTING IN SEAS NEAR 7 FEET. ALONG THE BEACHES...A
MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS FORECAST TODAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

HIGH PRESSURE BREAKS DOWN TUESDAY WITH A COLD FRONT APPROACHING THE
LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY. THE FRONT BRINGS SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TO THE GULF COAST. THE BEST COVERAGES ARE EXPECTED TO
BE TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING AS A POTENTIAL WAVE
OF SURFACE LOW PRESSURE FORMS ALONG THE FRONT THEN. SOME STORMS
COULD BE STRONG LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON MAINLY OVER THE MISSISSIPPI
ZONES. THIS...THOUGH...WILL BE HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON DEGREE OF
INSTABILITY. FORECASTERS ARE NOT ANTICIPATING SEVERE WEATHER WITH
THIS SYSTEM.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS FORECAST THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

A SMALL CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL WILL
NOT BE REQUIRED THROUGH TONIGHT.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 7, 12:30 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB90 min
Oct 7, 3:03 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin27 min
Oct 7, 3:06 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB54 min
Oct 7, 4:01 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBBaldwin119 min
Oct 7, 4:46 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBBaldwin5 hr

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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.