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Small Craft Advisory 50, NWS Mobile, AL

December 8, 2010

NWS Mobile, AL issued this small craft advisory at Dec 8, 2010, 3:49 PM CST. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 8, 2010, 3:49 PM CST (21:49 UTC)
Expired
Dec 9, 2010, 3:52 AM CST
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 Dec 8, 3:45 PM CST, 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 8, 3:45 PM CST, 4 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 8, 6:00 AM CST, 9 hours 49 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
600 AM CST WED DEC 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-
600 AM CST WED DEC 8 2010

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. IN THE
WAKE OF THIS SYSTEM...ANOTHER COLD AIRMASS WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION
WITH LOWS TONIGHT FALLING INTO THE LOW TO MID 20S.

SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION ACROSS THE MARINE AREA THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT DUE TO MODERATE NORTHERLY WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

A STRONG COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION LATE
SATURDAY AND EARLY SUNDAY. ONSHORE WINDS OVER THE MARINE AREA WILL
INCREASE AHEAD OF THE FRONT...WITH OFFSHORE WINDS BECOMING EVEN
STRONGER IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES WILL
LIKELY BE NEEDED SUNDAY...POSSIBLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON AS THE COLD
FRONT APPROACHES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS NOT
EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 8, 12:21 PM CST, 3 hours 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1221 PM CST WED DEC 08 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0930 AM     NON-TSTM WND GST FRISCO CITY             31.43N 87.40W
11/30/2010  U0 MPH           MONROE             AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            GUSTY SURFACE WINDS BEHIND A COLD FRONT DAMAGED A ROOF ON
            A HOME. THE DAMAGE TO THE ROOF OCCURRED APPROX 930 TO
            1000 AM LOCAL TIME. WIND GUSTS BEHIND THIS PARTICULAR
            COLD FRONT HAD A HISTORY OF GUSTINESS BETWEEN 40 AND 50
            MPH FOR ABOUT AN HOUR BEFORE SUBSIDING.

&&

KC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 8, 1:56 PM CSTRed Flag WarningMOBButler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more27 hr
Dec 8, 3:46 PM CSTHard Freeze WarningMOBButler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more17 hr
Dec 8, 6:18 AM CSTFire Weather WatchMOB8 hr
Dec 8, 6:18 AM CSTRed Flag WarningMOB8 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.