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Small Craft Advisory 22, NWS Mobile, AL

April 8, 2010

NWS Mobile, AL issued this small craft advisory at Apr 8, 2010, 10:09 PM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 8, 2010, 10:09 PM CDT (03:09 UTC)
Expired
Apr 9, 2010, 10:37 AM CDT
In force
12 hr
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 Apr 8, 6:50 PM CDT, 3 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 8, 6:50 PM CDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 8, 7:09 AM CDT, 15 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
709 AM CDT THU APR 8 2010

ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-GMZ630-650-655-670-675-MSZ067-075-076-078-
079-091200-
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-
709 AM CDT THU APR 8 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...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A COLD FRONT WILL ADVANCE EASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND
SOUTHWEST ALABAMA THIS MORNING THEN MOVE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL
ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE LATE THIS MORNING INTO
THE MID AFTERNOON HOURS.  NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
ACCOMPANY THE PASSAGE OF THE FRONT.  WHILE WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER
IS NOT EXPECTED...A FEW SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY OVER
THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA.
THE MAIN THREAT FROM THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE ISOLATED DAMAGING
WIND GUSTS. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL THAT COULD RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING OF POOR
DRAINAGE AND URBAN AREAS.

MODERATE TO STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS OVER THE MARINE AREA WILL SWITCH
TO A MODERATE TO STRONG NORTHERLY WIND OVER THE MARINE AREA TONIGHT
IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT.  THE MODERATE TO STRONG WINDS MAY
CREATE HAZARDOUS BOATING CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT AND WILL ALSO
CREATE A MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES TODAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

MODERATE TO STRONG WINDS OVER THE MARINE AREA MAY CREATE HAZARDOUS
BOATING CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT FRIDAY MORNING THEN AGAIN MONDAY
NIGHT FOR THE PORTION OF THE MARINE AREA FROM 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE.

THERE IS AN INCREASED RISK OF WILDFIRES FRIDAY AFTERNOON OVER THE
NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE.  NO OTHER FORMS OF HAZARDOUS WEATHER
ARE EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY
THROUGH THE MID AFTERNOON HOURS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 9, 1:58 PM CDTRed Flag WarningMOBButler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia29 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.