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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Mobile, AL

March 28, 2009Baldwin County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 28, 2009, 2:54 AM CDT for Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 53 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 28, 2009, 2:54 AM CDT (07:54 UTC)
Expired
Mar 28, 2009, 3:47 AM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Baldwin County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 27, 10:09 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 192 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 2009-03-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1844 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 2009-03-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 259 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1844 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
467 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
259 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
296 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.8
Supercell composite
13.4

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS54 KMOB 280754
SVRMOB
ALC003-280900-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0065.090328T0754Z-090328T0900Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
254 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BAY MINETTE...

* UNTIL 400 AM CDT

* AT 252 AM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A LINE OF
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS OVER 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES WEST OF VAUGHN TO 6 MILES NORTH OF
  BRIDGEHEAD TO 24 MILES WEST OF HOUSTONVILLE...OR ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF BAY MINETTE TO 8 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN MOBILE TO 14 MILES EAST OF MOSS POINT...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 80 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  WHITEHOUSE FORKS...VAUGHN...STOCKTON AND LATHAM BY 300 AM CDT...
  STAPLETON...SPANISH FORT...RABUN AND PHILLIPSVILLE BY 305 AM CDT...
  TURKEY BRANCH AND MARLOW BY 310 AM CDT...

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3040 8790 3064 8793 3068 8800 3074 8802
      3080 8802 3084 8795 3088 8799 3095 8793
      3098 8797 3105 8794 3108 8797 3122 8762
      3095 8759 3087 8763 3075 8753 3067 8739
      3058 8741 3053 8745 3049 8742 3038 8785
TIME...MOT...LOC 0755Z 243DEG 70KT 3106 8794 3078 8787
          3046 8823

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS54 KMOB 280830
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
330 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009

ALC003-280900-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0065.000000T0000Z-090328T0900Z/
BALDWIN AL-
329 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT 
FOR BALDWIN COUNTY...

AT 317 AM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A LINE OF   
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND   
DAMAGING WINDS OVER 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE ALONG A LINE   
EXTENDING FROM BAY MINETTE TO HURRICANE TO SPANISH FORT TO   
HOLLINGERS ISLAND TO GRAND BAY...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  DYAS...STEELWOOD...MONTROSE AND DIXON CORNER BY 330 AM CDT...
  DELCHAMPS BY 335 AM CDT...
  SOUTH ORCHARD...PHILLIPSVILLE...MON LOUIS AND LOXLEY BY 340 AM
  CDT...
  ROSINTON BY 350 AM CDT...

THE MOST INTENSE PORTION OF THIS LINE OF STORMS HAS SHIFTED INTO 
CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY AND THEN CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTY FLORIDA.

THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING 
STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.  NUMEROUS REPORTS ARE FLOWING INTO THE NWS IN 
MOBILE.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS LINE OF STORMS TAKE COVER NOW.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3099 8794 3107 8794 3108 8797 3122 8762
      3114 8761 3101 8761 3100 8760 3099 8759
TIME...MOT...LOC 0829Z 243DEG 70KT 3136 8725 3108 8718
          3076 8754

$$
000 
WWUS54 KMOB 280847
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
347 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009

ALC003-280857-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0065.000000T0000Z-090328T0900Z/
BALDWIN AL-
347 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EXTREME NORTHWESTERN BALDWIN 
COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS NOW MOVING ACROSS THE CENTRAL 
PORTION OF THE COUNTY.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3099 8794 3107 8794 3108 8797 3122 8762
      3114 8761 3101 8761 3100 8760 3099 8759
TIME...MOT...LOC 0847Z 243DEG 70KT 3152 8688 3124 8681
          3092 8718

$$

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Mar 27, 3:45 PM CDT, 11 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 27, 3:45 PM CDT, 11 hours 9 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
345 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009

.SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY)...VERY ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY. THE CONVECTIVE COMPLEX THAT MOVED
THROUGH LAST NIGHT LAID AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF
THAT HAS BEEN A FOCUS FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALL DAY. THAT
BOUNDARY AND THE ASSOCIATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOW RETURNING
NORTHWARD AS HEIGHTS FALL ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF COAST IN ADVANCE
OF AN APPROACHING UPPER TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT. A ZONE
FROM STONE COUNTY MISSISSIPPI NORTHEAST TO NORTHWEST MOBILE COUNTY
HAS RECEIVED 10 TO 15 INCHES OF RAIN THE PAST FEW DAYS WHICH HAS
CAUSED PROBLEMS ALONG THE ESCATAWPA RIVER. OTHER RIVERS ARE ALSO
RUNNING AT ELEVATED LEVELS OR ARE ALREADY IN FLOOD AND ADDITIONAL
HEAVY RAINS TONIGHT AND ON SATURDAY WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING
PROBLEMS. THUS THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 1 PM
SATURDAY. WHILE AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THE GREATER SEVERE THREAT WILL COME
LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY MORNING.

AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL MOVE QUICKLY EASTWARD TONIGHT AS THE
UPPER TROUGH TAKES ON NEUTRAL TO SLIGHTLY NEGATIVE TILT AS IT MOVES
ACROSS THE MID SOUTH. THE COLD FRONT...PRECEDED BY A SQUALL
LINE...WILL ENTER OUR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI ZONES DURING THE EARLY
MORNING HOURS AND TO THE ALABAMA...MISSISSIPPI STATE LINE AROUND 6
AM. THE LINE IS EXPECTED TO EXIT THE AREA BY THE EARLY MORNING
HOURS. A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL COMBINE WITH A
DIFFLUENT UPPER FLOW PATTERN AND OTHER FAVORABLE PARAMETERS TO LEAD
TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT BOTH AHEAD OF THE LINE AND ALONG
THE LINE AS IT MOVES THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. THIS SYSTEM HAS THE
POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE A WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WIND EVENT ACROSS THE
CENTRAL GULF COAST ALONG WITH ISOLATED TORNADOES. THE GREATER
TORNADO RISK WILL LIKELY REMAIN TO OUR NORTH AND WEST CLOSER TO THE
SFC LOW TRACK. IN ADDITION TO THE SEVERE WEATHER...THE HEAVY RAINS
WILL LEAD TO ADDITIONAL RIVER AND FLASH FLOOD PROBLEMS. ALL
INTERESTS ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF COAST SHOULD HAVE A METHOD TO HEAR
WEATHER INFORMATION OVERNIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING AND BE
PREPARED FOR WATCHES AND WARNINGS.

ONCE THE COLD FRONT PASSES THE AREA BY EARLY AFTERNOON A COOLER AND
DRIER AIRMASS WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION FOR SATURDAY NIGHT INTO
SUNDAY. HIGHS ON SUNDAY WILL BE WELL BELOW NORMAL. CLEAR SKIES AND A
DRIER AIRMASS WILL ALLOW TEMPS TO FALL BACK INTO THE LOW 40S INLAND
TO NEAR 50 ALONG THE COAST BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. /13

.LONG TERM...(MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY)...THE EXTENDED FORECAST WAS
LEFT AS IS...WITH ALL THE CONCENTRATION IN THE NEAR TERM.
HOWEVER...A QUICK LOOK AT THE GLOBAL MODELS SHOWS THAT AN ACTIVE
WEATHER PATTERN WILL RETURN BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. A COLD FRONT
IS AGAIN EXPECTED TO STALL ACROSS THE AREA NEXT WEDNESDAY WITH A
STRONGER COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS LATE IN THE PERIOD WITH ANOTHER
CHANCE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. TEMPERATURES WARM BACK TO
CLIMATOLOGICAL LEVELS TUESDAY BEFORE WARMING ABOVE NORMAL BY THE
MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. /13

&&

.AVIATION...IFR CEILINGS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING THIS EVENING. STRONGER SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY MORNING AHEAD OF A COLD
FRONT THAT WILL MOVE ACROSS. LIFR VISBYS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR
THUNDERSTORMS. /13

&&

.MARINE...A MODERATE TO STRONG SOUTHERLY WIND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
EARLY SATURDAY AS A COLD FRONT SLOWLY APPROACHES THE AREA. THE COLD
FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE MARINE AREA SATURDAY...ENDING
THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE WEST. A WEST TO NORTHWEST WIND FLOW WILL
ENSUE IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY. A SOUTHERLY
WIND FLOW WILL RETURN EARLY NEXT WEEK AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES EAST OF
THE AREA AND ANOTHER COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORIES WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
MOBILE      60  68  43  61 /  90  80  10  00
PENSACOLA   63  68  47  62 /  90  90  10  05
DESTIN      66  68  49  62 /  80  90  10  05
EVERGREEN   61  69  42  61 /  90  90  10  00
WAYNESBORO  60  66  39  61 /  90  70  10  00
CAMDEN      61  69  41  60 /  90  90  10  00

&&

.MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 1 PM SATURDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
     BUTLER...CHOCTAW...CLARKE...CONECUH...COVINGTON...
     CRENSHAW...ESCAMBIA...LOWER BALDWIN...LOWER MOBILE...
     MONROE...UPPER BALDWIN...UPPER MOBILE...WASHINGTON...AND
     WILCOX.

FL...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 1 PM SATURDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
     COASTAL ESCAMBIA...COASTAL OKALOOSA...COASTAL SANTA ROSA...
     INLAND ESCAMBIA...INLAND OKALOOSA...AND INLAND SANTA ROSA.

MS...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 1 PM SATURDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
     GEORGE...GREENE...PERRY...STONE...AND WAYNE.

GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 1 PM SUNDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
     COASTAL WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL OUT 20 NM...
     COASTAL WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS OUT 20
     NM...MOBILE BAY...WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL FROM
     20 TO 60 NM...AND WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS
     FROM 20 TO 60 NM.

&&

13.JC
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 27, 3:45 PM CDT, 11 hours 9 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
345 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009

ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-GMZ630-650-655-670-675-MSZ067-075-076-078-
079-281200-
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-
345 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 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. PLEASE SEE THE ACCOMPANYING GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS
WEATHER OUTLOOK FOUND AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/HWO/INDEX.PHP.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND SATURDAY.

...ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAINFALL IS FORECAST TONIGHT AND EARLY
SATURDAY...

...FLASH FLOODING THREAT CONTINUES...

HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE REGION FROM THE SOUTH
AGAIN THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT HAVE
PERSISTED SOUTH OF THE COAST TODAY WILL MOVE INLAND THIS
EVENING...BECOMING MORE WIDESPREAD OVER THE REGION THROUGH THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE HEAVY RAINS WILL BECOME EVEN MORE NUMEROUS
TOWARD DAYBREAK AS A SQUALL LINE OF STRONG STORMS MOVES INTO
INTERIOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...THEN CONTINUES MOVING
EAST ACROSS SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE
SATURDAY MORNING. THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL MOVE EAST OF THE REGION
BY AROUND 1 PM SATURDAY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS TONIGHT AND
SATURDAY MORNING WILL AVERAGE 2 TO 4 INCHES AREAWIDE...WITH
LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE. THE HEAVY RAINS WILL
PERSIST OVER SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE
INTO THE MIDDLE PART OF THE DAY ON SATURDAY BEFORE MOVING EAST OF
THE REGION. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. SOME AREAS OF
SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED
SOME 10 TO 15 INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER THE PAST 24 TO 36 HOURS...AND
MANY SMALL STREAMS...CREEKS AND RIVER AT NEAR OR ABOVE BANKFULL.

IN ADDITION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE LATE
TONIGHT AND THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS ON SATURDAY. THE NEXT ROUND OF
SEVERE STORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES IS EXPECTED
LATE TONIGHT AND DURING THE MORNING SATURDAY...ESPECIALLY IN
ASSOCIATION WITH A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS. THIS SQUALL LINE WILL MOVE
ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI DURING THE PREDAWN HOURS OF
SATURDAY...THEN ACROSS SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA
PANHANDLE BETWEEN AROUND 6 AM AND NOON.

MODERATE TO STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL MAINTAIN HAZARDOUS
CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT. A CONTINUED HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP
CURRENTS WILL ALSO PREVAIL ALONG AREA BEACHES.

WITH A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE LATER ON SATURDAY...THE RISK OF SEVERE
WEATHER WILL END. HOWEVER...AREA RIVERS WILL MAINTAIN HIGHER STAGES
INTO THE FIRST OF NEXT WEEK DUE TO THE HEAVY RAINS THAT HAVE FALLEN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY.

A MODERATE TO OCCASIONAL STRONG ONSHORE FLOW AND HIGH SEAS OF 7 TO
10 FEET WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO NAVIGATION FOR SMALLER MARINE CRAFT ON
SATURDAY. A RISK FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE ALONG AREA
BEACHES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD REMAIN ON
ALERT FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION THROUGH SATURDAY FOR FLASH
FLOODING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES.

PLEASE SEE THE ACCOMPANYING GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
FOUND AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/HWO/INDEX.PHP.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 27, 10:21 PM CDT, 4 hours 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1021 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009

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

1005 PM     HAIL             ELSANOR                 30.55N 87.58W
03/27/2009  E1.75 INCH       BALDWIN            AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

DONF
Special weather statement, Mar 27, 10:40 PM CDT, 4 hours 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1040 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009

ALZ062-064-280430-
UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER BALDWIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BAY MINETTE...
1040 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT BALDWIN COUNTY...

AT 1036 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM BATTLES WHARF TO 2 MILES NORTH OF
FORT MORGAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND...
MONTROSE...DAPHNE...MALBIS...SPANISH FORT...TURKEY BRANCH...MAGNOLIA
SPRINGS...STAPLETON AND STEELWOOD THROUGH 1130 PM CDT.

THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS 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 THESE STORMS
HAVE PASSED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.
Special weather statement, Mar 28, 12:37 AM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1237 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009

ALZ062-064-FLZ001-002-280615-
INLAND ESCAMBIA-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-
1237 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009

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

AT 1232 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES SOUTH OF MAGNOLIA SPRINGS...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND...
FOLEY...MARLOW...SUMMERDALE...ROBERTSDALE...ELSANOR AND ROSINTON
THROUGH 115 AM CDT.

THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT
LIGHTNING...AND WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG COULD
BRING DOWN DEAD OR DISEASED TREES AND LARGE LIMBS RESULTING IN
SERIOUS INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE. LOCAL LOSS OF ELECTRICAL POWER MAY
RESULT FROM DOWNED POWER LINES. EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN
OUTDOORS DURING SUCH STRONG WINDS...OR SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR
BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.
Local storm report, Mar 28, 1:00 AM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
100 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009

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

1227 AM     HAIL             ALLENTOWN               30.76N 87.04W
03/28/2009  E0.88 INCH       SANTA ROSA         FL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            DIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL REPORTED AT HWY 89 AND HWY 182
            NEAR ALLENTOWN.

1228 AM     TSTM WND GST     5 N MILTON              30.69N 87.03W
03/28/2009  M53 MPH          SANTA ROSA         FL   OFFICIAL NWS OBS

            NAVAL AIR STATION WHITING FIELD ASOS REPORTED A 53 MPH
            WIND GUST.

&&

CACERES
Local storm report, Mar 28, 2:08 AM CDT, 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
208 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009

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

0140 AM     FLASH FLOOD      LUCEDALE                30.92N 88.59W
03/28/2009                   GEORGE             MS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            WIDESPREAD FLOODING ACROSS THE COUNTY

0145 AM     HAIL             FLORALA                 31.00N 86.33W
03/28/2009  E0.88 INCH       COVINGTON          AL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            NICKEL HAIL ON HIGHWAY 331 IN FLORALA

&&

DONF
Local storm report, Mar 28, 2:54 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
254 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009

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

0135 AM     HAIL             MOLINO                  30.72N 87.33W
03/28/2009  E0.25 INCH       ESCAMBIA           FL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            NUMEROUS REPORTS OF 0.25 TO 0.50 DIAMETER HAIL IN CENTRAL
            AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF ESCAMBIA COUNTY.

0135 AM     HAIL             MOLINO                  30.72N 87.33W
03/28/2009  E0.75 INCH       ESCAMBIA           FL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            HAIL REPORTED COVERING THE GROUND NEAR MOLINO. HAIL WAS
            REPORTED BETWEEN 0.25 AND 0.50 INCH DEEP ON THE GROUND.

0138 AM     HAIL             CANTONMENT              30.61N 87.34W
03/28/2009  U0.25 INCH       ESCAMBIA           FL   BROADCAST MEDIA

            WEAR-TV REPORTED THAT UNKNOWN HAIL SIZE WAS REPORTED NEAR
            CANTONEMENT ALONG WITH SOME POWER OUTAGES.

0138 AM     TSTM WND GST     5 N MILTON              30.69N 87.03W
03/28/2009  M58 MPH          SANTA ROSA         FL   OFFICIAL NWS OBS

            NAVAL AIR STATION WHITING FIELD ASOS REPORTED A 50 KNOT
            WIND GUST.

0225 AM     HAIL             ALLENTOWN               30.76N 87.04W
03/28/2009  M1.75 INCH       SANTA ROSA         FL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            GOLF HAIL REPORTED NEAR ALLENTOWN ON HWY 87.

&&

CACERES

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 27, 8:20 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB40 min
Mar 27, 8:55 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB50 min
Mar 27, 8:58 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB47 min
Mar 27, 9:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw, Mobile, Washington51 min
Mar 27, 10:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin43 min
Mar 27, 10:12 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB48 min
Mar 27, 10:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw44 min
Mar 27, 10:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw, Washington38 min
Mar 27, 10:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe44 min
Mar 27, 10:53 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB67 min
Mar 27, 10:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw20 min
Mar 27, 11:05 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBChoctaw, Clarke, Washington115 min
Mar 27, 11:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw, Washington47 min
Mar 27, 11:38 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBBaldwin112 min
Mar 27, 11:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw, Clarke, Washington28 min
Mar 28, 12:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw, Clarke, Washington50 min
Mar 28, 12:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin42 min
Mar 28, 1:01 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBChoctaw, Clarke, Mobile, Washington119 min
Mar 28, 1:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin41 min
Mar 28, 1:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington34 min
Mar 28, 1:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin47 min
Mar 28, 1:57 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBBaldwin3 hr
Mar 28, 1:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin16 min
Mar 28, 2:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington47 min
Mar 28, 2:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile55 min
Mar 28, 2:45 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB90 min
Mar 28, 2:50 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBMobile15 min
Mar 28, 2:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington, Escambia49 min
Mar 28, 3:01 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBMobile89 min
Mar 28, 3:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile65 min
Mar 28, 4:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw52 min
Mar 28, 4:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington, Escambia65 min
Mar 28, 4:29 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBBaldwin, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe3 hr
Mar 28, 4:57 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBCovington, Escambia49 min
Mar 28, 5:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington48 min
Mar 28, 5:31 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBCovington21 min
Mar 28, 5:42 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBCovington12 min
Mar 28, 6:11 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMOBBaldwin28 hr
Mar 28, 6:11 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMOBCovington, Escambia16 hr
Mar 28, 6:11 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMOBBaldwin7 days
Mar 28, 6:11 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMOBBaldwin64 hr
Mar 28, 6:11 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMOBEscambia13 days
Mar 28, 6:11 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMOBCovington, Escambia7 days
Mar 28, 6:41 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBCovington, Escambia6 hr
Mar 28, 7:15 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBBaldwin, Conecuh, Escambia6 hr
Mar 28, 8:48 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMOBCovington, Crenshaw, Escambia50 hr
Mar 28, 8:48 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMOBCovington, Escambia3 days
Mar 28, 8:52 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMOBCovington5 days
Mar 28, 10:26 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB109 min
Mar 28, 12:32 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningMOBBaldwin, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia, Monroe12 hr
Mar 28, 12:53 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningMOBBaldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Monroe, Washington12 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.