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Marine Weather Statement 48, NWS Mobile, AL

October 23, 2009

NWS Mobile, AL issued this marine weather statement at Oct 23, 2009, 6:10 AM CDT. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 23, 2009, 6:10 AM CDT (11:10 UTC)
Expired: Oct 23, 2009, 9:00 AM CDT
In force: 3 hr
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 23, 4:53 AM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 23, 4:53 AM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 23, 5:30 AM CDT, 40 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
530 AM CDT FRI OCT 23 2009

ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-GMZ630-650-655-670-675-MSZ067-075-076-078-
079-241200-
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 FRI OCT 23 2009

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.

STRONG SOUTH WINDS IN CONJUNCTION WITH HIGH TIDES...HAVE RESULTED IN
TIDAL RISES OF NEAR 2 FEET ABOVE PREDICTED TIDE LEVELS.
ALTHOUGH...WE ARE MOVING OFF OF HIGH TIDE AND WINDS ARE FORECAST TO
DECREASE AS THE AXIS OF A COLD FRONT APPROACHES...SEVERAL ROADS OVER
COASTAL MOBILE AND BALDWIN COUNTY COULD HAVE LINGERING FLOODING
PROBLEMS THROUGH MID MORNING...BEFORE CONDITIONS IMPROVE.

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE
EASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE
THIS MORNING. SOME OF THE SHOWERS OR STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING BRIEF STRONG WIND GUSTS FROM 35 TO 45 MPH. ALTHOUGH AN
ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION...THE RISK
OF A WIDESPREAD OCCURRENCE OF SUCH IS IS LOW. AS A COLD FRONTAL
PASSAGE OCCURS TODAY...THE BEST COVERAGES OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL SHIFT EASTWARD...OUT OF THE AREA BY LATE MORNING
INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON.

A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS EXISTS ALONG AREA BEACHES TODAY.

AHEAD OF THE FRONT...A MODERATE TO STRONG SOUTHERLY WIND AND THEN IN
THE WAKE OF THE FRONT...A MODERATE TO STRONG NORTHWEST WIND OVER THE
COASTAL WATERS WILL MAINTAIN A HAZARD TO MARINERS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
THE NEXT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ENTERS THE FORECAST ON THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND STORM SPOTTERS IS
NOT EXPECTED TO BE REQUIRED THROUGH TONIGHT.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 23, 2:56 AM CDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before

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Local storm report, Oct 23, 4:06 AM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 22, 11:45 PM CDT	Coastal Flood Statement	MOB		3 hr
Oct 23, 2:36 AM CDT	Coastal Flood Warning	MOB		7 hr
Oct 23, 3:36 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		39 min
Oct 23, 10:36 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MOB	Mobile	8 hr
Oct 23, 10:42 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		33 min
Oct 23, 8:49 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Okaloosa	41 min

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Marine Weather Statements in Alabama, 2009 Every marine weather statement in 2009

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.