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Excessive Heat Warning 5, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this excessive heat warning at Aug 3, 2010, 3:35 PM CDT for 8 counties in Alabama; 5 counties in Mississippi. It took effect at Aug 4, 2010, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 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 3, 2010, 3:35 PM CDT (20:35 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 4, 2010, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Aug 4, 2010, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
Counties Butler County, AL, Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Washington County, AL, Wilcox County, AL, George County, MS, Greene County, MS, Perry County, MS, Stone County, MS, Wayne County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:36 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.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this excessive heat 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 excessive heat warning went out at Aug 3, 12:30 PM CDT, 3 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 3, 12:30 PM CDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 3, 1:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 100 PM CDT TUE AUG 3 2010 ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-GMZ630-650-655-670-675-MSZ067-075-076-078- 079-041800- 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- 435 AM CDT TUE AUG 3 2010 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...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WAVE CONTINUES AT LEAST ONE MORE DAY... ...WET MICROBURST RISK THIS AFTERNOON IS HIGH... HEAT INDICES ARE CURRENTLY IN THE 109-114 DEGREE RANGE ACROSS MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...ALTHOUGH THUNDERSTORMS ARE PROVIDING SOME LOCALIZED RELIEF. NEVERTHELESS THE RISK OF HEAT RELATED ILLNESS IS ABOUT AS HIGH AS IT EVER GETS! HEAT KILLS. PLEASE TAKE ALL NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO AVOID HEAT STRESS...AND PERHAPS EVENTUAL HEAT STROKE. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON...DIMINISHING IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY AFTER SUNSET. ATMOSPHERIC INSTABILITY IS VERY HIGH TODAY AND WILL LIKELY RESULT IN FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND FROM WET MICROBURSTS. WINDS COULD GUST AS HIGH AS 60 MPH IN ASSOCIATION WITH STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL WILL ALSO LIKELY ACCOMPANY THESE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY MOVE OFF TO THE SOUTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH. AT THE FIRST SOUND OF THUNDER...GO IN DOORS AND TAKE SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED! .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH NEXT TUESDAY TOMORROW...WEST OF I-65...AN EXCESSIVE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOME COUNTIES AS MAXIMUM AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES MAY RISE TO GREATER THAN 110 DEGREES. OTHERWISE...MAXIMUM AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO MOVE CLOSER TO THEIR CLIMATIC NORMALS IN THE LOWER 90S BY LATE WEEK AS THE MASSIVE HIGH PRESSURE CAUSING THE EXCESSIVE HEAT DEVELOPS FURTHER WESTWARD. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF STRONG WIND GUSTS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAINFALL. THERE ARE SOME EARLY INDICATIONS THAT THE AFOREMENTIONED HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE THAT IS CURRENTLY BRINGING US THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WILL RE-STRENGTHEN ONCE AGAIN OVER THE WEEKEND WHILE IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND THEN BEGIN MOVING OUR WAY ONCE AGAIN AS A PROGRESSIVE UPPER AIR TROUGH MOVES OVER THE WEST COAST. IF THIS OCCURS...THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WOULD RETURN ONCE AGAIN BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE CONFIDENCE IS LOW AT THIS TIME..BUT THE POSSIBILITY REMAINS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. 12/SIRMON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 9:09 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 111 min | |
| Aug 3, 3:35 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia, Monroe | 26 hr |
| Aug 3, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 52 min |
| Aug 3, 6:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Washington | 40 min |
| Aug 3, 5:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Perry | 33 min |
| Aug 3, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Greene, Wayne | 43 min |
Nearby
Excessive Heat Warnings in Alabama, 2010Excessive Heat Warnings in Mississippi, 2010Every excessive heat warning in 2010
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.