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Tropical Storm Warning 1, NWS Mobile, AL

August 16, 2009

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tropical storm warning at Aug 16, 2009, 5:39 AM CDT. It was in force for 23 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 16, 2009, 5:39 AM CDT (10:39 UTC)
Expired
Aug 17, 2009, 4:15 AM CDT
In force
23 hr
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tropical storm 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 tropical storm warning went out at Aug 15, 11:30 PM CDT, 6 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 15, 11:30 PM CDT, 6 hours 9 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 15, 9:28 AM CDT, 20 hours 11 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
928 AM CDT SAT AUG 15 2009

ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-GMZ630-650-655-670-675-MSZ067-075-076-078-
079-161430-
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-
928 AM CDT SAT AUG 15 2009

A TROPICAL WAVE OFF THE CENTRAL FLORIDA PANHANDLE WILL BRING
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE ALABAMA AND
NORTHWEST FLORIDA COASTAL WATERS THIS MORNING AFFECTING THE SHORELINE
AND INLAND THIS AFTERNOON. ALL SHOULD BE AWARE THAT WATERSPOUTS COULD
FORM ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE
THROUGH TODAY WITH HIGHER COVERAGE GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF
INTERSTATE 65. SOME OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS COULD CONTAIN BRIEF
STRONG WIND GUSTS FROM 35 TO 45 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND VERY
HEAVY RAIN. OVER THE WATER SEA CONDITIONS IN THE STRONG WIND WOULD BE
HIGHER AND STEEPER THAN NORMAL. THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL DECREASE
TONIGHT OVER LAND...BUT REMAIN MORE NUMEROUS OVER THE GULF.

RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...BUT THERE IS A MODERATE
RISK OF WET MICROBURSTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THE TROPICAL WAVE WILL MOVE WEST NORTHWEST OVER THE GULF SUNDAY
BRINGING A DEEP LAYER OF WATER VAPOR TO THE NORTHERN GULF COAST.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
WITH THE RISK OF BRIEF STRONG WIND GUSTS IN STORMS COMES LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINS. AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE COULD EXPERIENCE LOCALIZED FLOODING
PROBLEMS.

A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS EXPECTED ON SUNDAY.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN THE DAYTIME DECREASE AT NIGHT.

RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER NOT EXPECTED SUNDAY NOR THEREAFTER.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR SEVERE
WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 16, 5:39 AM CDTInland Tropical Storm WarningMOBButler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia23 hr
Aug 16, 6:14 AM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMOB17 hr
Aug 16, 1:19 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB86 min
Aug 16, 2:46 PM CDTMarine Weather StatementMOB4 hr
Aug 16, 5:39 AM CDTTropical Storm WarningMOB23 hr

Nearby

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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.