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Small Craft Advisory 31, NWS Mobile, AL

August 17, 2009

NWS Mobile, AL issued this small craft advisory at Aug 17, 2009, 4:24 PM CDT. It was in force for 113 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 17, 2009, 4:24 PM CDT (21:24 UTC)
Expired: Aug 17, 2009, 6:17 PM CDT
In force: 113 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this small craft advisory 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 small craft advisory went out at Aug 17, 4:22 PM CDT, 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 17, 4:22 PM CDT, 2 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 17, 6:42 AM CDT, 9 hours 42 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED FOR CLAUDETTE DOWNGRADE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
642 AM CDT MON AUG 17 2009

ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-GMZ630-650-655-670-675-MSZ067-075-076-078-
079-181200-
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-
642 AM CDT MON AUG 17 2009

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL
DEPRESSION CLAUDETTE WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD NORTHWARD INTO THE
NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...THEN SPREAD
WESTWARD INTO SOUTHWEST ALABAMA.  LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS
WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND SOUTH
CENTRAL ALABAMA WHERE THE BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER THE SAME AREA.  WHILE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT IS NOT ANTICIPATED...THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT
LIGHTNING...IN ADDITION TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

SMALL CRAFT WILL NEED TO EXERCISE CAUTION OVER THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA
COASTAL WATERS DURING THE MORNING HOURS UNTIL THE SOUTHEASTERLY
WINDS SUBSIDE FURTHER.  THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS
ALONG AREA BEACHES TODAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA EACH AFTERNOON
THROUGH FRIDAY...THEN DEVELOP CLOSER TO THE COAST SATURDAY AND
SUNDAY.  WHILE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS NOT
ANTICIPATED...THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND
GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT MAY BE
NECESSARY MAINLY OVER THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND SOUTH
CENTRAL ALABAMA TODAY.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 16, 7:45 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	MOB	Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia	23 hr
Aug 17, 12:15 AM CDT	Hurricane Local Statement	MOB	Butler, Crenshaw, Monroe	4 hr
Aug 17, 4:15 AM CDT	Hurricane Local Statement	MOB	Conecuh, Covington, Escambia	3 hr
Aug 17, 9:57 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Baldwin	4 hr
Aug 17, 3:12 PM CDT	Coastal Flood Statement	MOB		3 hr
Aug 16, 8:46 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MOB	Okaloosa	24 hr
Aug 17, 6:17 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Okaloosa	5 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.