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Small Craft Advisory 30, NWS Mobile, AL

July 3, 2010

NWS Mobile, AL issued this small craft advisory at Jul 3, 2010, 3:53 AM CDT. It took effect at Jul 3, 2010, 4:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 31 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 3, 2010, 3:53 AM CDT (08:53 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 3, 2010, 4:00 AM CDT
Expired
Jul 4, 2010, 10:33 AM CDT
In force
31 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 Jul 2, 6:40 PM CDT, 9 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 6:40 PM CDT, 9 hours 13 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 2, 5:30 AM CDT, 22 hours 23 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
530 AM CDT FRI JUL 2 2010

ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-GMZ630-650-655-670-675-MSZ067-075-076-078-
079-031200-
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-
530 AM CDT FRI JUL 2 2010

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM
NEW AUGUSTA MISSISSIPPI TO ANDALUSIA ALABAMA IN THE LATE MORNING AND
AFTERNOON HOURS.  WHILE NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED...SOME
STORMS WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS TO NEAR 40
MPH...AND VERY HEAVY RAINS.  THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE GENERALLY
FROM THE NORTH TO THE SOUTH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

A WEAK AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE WESTWARD JUST SOUTH OF THE
GULF COAST SATURDAY.  THIS WILL PRODUCE EASTERLY WINDS FROM 15 TO 20
KNOTS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS...AND SMALL CRAFT OPERATORS OVER THE
GULF COASTAL WATERS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION DURING THIS TIME. THE
INCREASED EASTERLY WINDS WILL ALSO RESULT IN AN INCREASED RISK FOR
DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS IN THE SURF ZONE AT AREA BEACHES THIS
WEEKEND.  OTHERWISE...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN IN THE
FORECAST FOR MAINLY THE COASTAL COUNTIES AND OFFSHORE THROUGH
THURSDAY.   LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS AND LIGHTNING WILL
REMAIN A THREAT IN ANY THUNDERSTORMS.  NO SEVERE WEATHER IS
FORECAST.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR SEVERE
STORMS IS NOT EXPECTED.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 9:57 PM CDTMarine Weather StatementMOB3 hr

Nearby

Small Craft Advisories in Alabama, 2010Every small craft advisory 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.