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Gale Watch 1, NWS Mobile, AL

February 28, 2009

NWS Mobile, AL issued this gale watch at Feb 28, 2009, 3:18 PM CST. It took effect at Mar 1, 2009, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 28, 2009, 3:18 PM CST (21:18 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 1, 2009, 6:00 AM CST
Expired: Feb 28, 2009, 9:52 PM CST
In force
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this gale 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 gale watch went out at Feb 28, 2:00 PM CST, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 28, 2:00 PM CST, 1 hour 18 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 28, 1:30 PM CST, 1 hour 48 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 28, 9:59 AM CST, 5 hours 19 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
959 AM CST SAT FEB 28 2009

ALZ055-059-062-FLZ001-003-281645-
ESCAMBIA-MONROE-INLAND ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-UPPER BALDWIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BREWTON...
959 AM CST SAT FEB 28 2009

...A SHORT LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT ESCAMBIA...
MONROE... BALDWIN AND SANTA ROSA COUNTIES...

AT 957 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF JEDDO TO 8
MILES WEST OF LOTTIE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND...
VOCATION...MCCULLOUGH...PERDIDO...HOLMAN PRISON...BARNETT
CROSSROADS...CARNEY...SARDINE AND I65 AND AL 21 THROUGH 1045 AM CST.

THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL BE WIND GUSTS FROM
45 TO 55 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG COULD BRING DOWN DEAD OR DISEASED
TREES AND LARGE LIMBS RESULTING.  SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR
BUILDING UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 27, 6:46 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Wilcox	59 min
Feb 28, 10:34 AM CST	River Flood Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Clarke, Washington	10 days
Feb 28, 10:34 AM CST	River Flood Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Clarke, Washington	10 days
Feb 28, 3:02 PM CST	Wind Advisory	MOB	Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more	27 hr

Nearby

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Sources

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