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Marine Weather Statement 4, NWS Mobile, AL

January 3, 2009

NWS Mobile, AL issued this marine weather statement at Jan 3, 2009, 10:07 PM CST. It was in force for 113 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 3, 2009, 10:07 PM CST (04:07 UTC)
Expired
Jan 4, 2009, 12:00 AM CST
In force
113 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 Jan 3, 9:58 PM CST, 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 3, 9:58 PM CST, 9 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 3, 12:09 PM CST, 9 hours 58 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1209 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2009

ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-GMZ630-650-655-670-675-MSZ067-075-076-078-
079-041200-
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-
1209 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...THE WESTERN FLORIDA
PANHANDLE...AND THE ADJACENT GULF COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND
NORTHWEST FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL BRING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO
THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.  A FEW OF THE
THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND
LARGE HAIL...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS...AND THE
STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS THE AREA OUTLOOKED FOR A SLIGHT RISK OF
SEVERE STORMS.  AREAS OF DENSE FOG WILL REDEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA
AGAIN THIS EVENING.

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

A COLD FRONT WILL STALL OUT OVER THE NORTHERN GULF ON MONDAY AND
RETURN NORTHWARD AS A WARM FRONT ON TUESDAY AS AN AREA OF LOW
PRESSURE DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT AND MOVES TO THE NORTHEAST.  THIS
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE AREA TUESDAY
INTO TUESDAY NIGHT.  THERE IS SOME POTENTIAL OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT WITH THIS SYSTEM ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL GULF
COAST.

STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT AND STRONG NORTHERLY
FLOW IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR
SMALL CRAFT ON TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY.

STAY TUNED FOR ADDITIONAL FORECASTS AND UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

STORM SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTIVATION FOR SEVERE WEATHER
OPERATIONS MAY BE REQUIRED MAINLY DURING THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE
EVENING HOURS.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 3, 4:36 PM CST, 5 hours 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
436 PM CST SAT JAN 03 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0104 PM     HAIL             CITRONELLE              31.09N 88.24W
01/03/2009  E0.88 INCH       MOBILE             AL   BROADCAST MEDIA

&&

JG
Special weather statement, Jan 3, 5:24 PM CST, 4 hours 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
524 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2009

ALZ061>064-040015-
UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOWNTOWN MOBILE...
524 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2009

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT BALDWIN AND MOBILE COUNTIES...

AT 519 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES NORTH OF COCHRANE BRIDGE...MOVING EAST AT
25 MPH.

THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND...
HURRICANE...CROSSROADS...CARPENTER AND WHITEHOUSE FORKS THROUGH 615
PM CST.

THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT
LIGHTNING...AND WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG COULD
DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS OR BRANCHES AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL
OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED.
Local storm report, Jan 3, 7:16 PM CST, 2 hours 51 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 3, 7:01 PM CSTMarine Weather StatementMOB119 min
Jan 3, 7:43 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB62 min
Jan 3, 8:22 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB83 min
Jan 3, 9:11 PM CSTMarine Weather StatementMOB49 min
Jan 4, 12:34 AM CSTMarine Weather StatementMOB3 hr
Jan 3, 6:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBOkaloosa30 min

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