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Excessive Heat Warning 2, NWS Mobile, AL

August 3, 201110 counties in Alabama; 5 counties in Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this excessive heat warning at Aug 3, 2011, 2:53 PM CDT for 10 counties in Alabama; 5 counties in Mississippi. It took effect at Aug 4, 2011, 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, 2011, 2:53 PM CDT (19:53 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 4, 2011, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired
Aug 4, 2011, 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, Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Escambia 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), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:56 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 215 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2011-08-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2097 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2011-08-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 4 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2097 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1116 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-12 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

320 
WWUS74 KMOB 031953
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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
253 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2011

...AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON OVER
INTERIOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...ALL OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE
WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE...

...AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON
OVER INTERIOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...ALL OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND
THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE...

...AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FRIDAY AFTERNOON OVER
INTERIOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...ALL OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE
WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE...

.HIGH TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY AFTERNOON WILL
INCREASE TO BETWEEN 96 AND 101 DEGREES OVER INLAND AREAS AND 90 TO 95
DEGREES ALONG THE COAST. THE TEMPERATURE COMBINED WITH VERY HUMID
CONDITIONS WILL BRING VERY HIGH HEAT INDICES. THE HIGHEST HEAT
INDICES ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN 110 AND 115 DEGREES THIS
AFTERNOON AND 115 TO 117 THURSDAY. RELIEF FROM THE HEAT MAY COME
FROM ISOLATED SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS.

ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-040400-
/O.UPG.KMOB.EH.A.0001.110804T1700Z-110804T2300Z/
/O.NEW.KMOB.EH.W.0002.110804T1700Z-110804T2300Z/
/O.NEW.KMOB.EH.A.0002.110805T1700Z-110805T2300Z/
/O.CON.KMOB.EH.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110803T2300Z/
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-WAYNE-PERRY-
GREENE-STONE-GEORGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUTLER...LISMAN...SILAS...CHATOM...
MILLRY...JACKSON...THOMASVILLE...GROVE HILL...CAMDEN...
PINE HILL...HOMEWOOD...MONROEVILLE...EVERGREEN...GREENVILLE...
LUVERNE...BRANTLEY...ATMORE...BREWTON...EAST BREWTON...
ANDALUSIA...OPP...MOBILE...PRICHARD...SARALAND...BAY MINETTE...
TILLMANS CORNER...THEODORE...DAPHNE...FAIRHOPE...FOLEY...
SPANISH FORT...CENTURY...FLOMATON...MOLINO...FERRY PASS...BRENT...
WEST PENSACOLA...BELLVIEW...ENSLEY...MYRTLE GROVE...JAY...PACE...
MILTON...CRESTVIEW...WRIGHT...NICEVILLE...SEMINOLE...EGLIN AFB...
WAYNESBORO...RICHTON...BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE...
MCLAIN...WIGGINS...LUCEDALE
253 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM CDT
THURSDAY...
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IN EFFECT FRIDAY AFTERNOON...

* EVENT...HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY AND THURSDAY AFTERNOON ARE
  EXPECTED TO CLIMB TO BETWEEN 96 AND 101 DEGREES INLAND AREAS...AND
  90 TO 95 DEGREES ALONG THE COAST. THE HOT TEMPERATURES...COMBINED
  WITH DEWPOINTS RANGING FROM 75 TO 81 DEGREES...WILL RESULT IN
  OPPRESSIVE HEAT INDICES.

* TIMING: HOTTEST HEAT INDICES WILL OCCUR BETWEEN NOON AND 6 PM
  EACH DAY.

* IMPACTS: THE RISK OF HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES WILL BE GREATLY
  ENHANCED. RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO MAKE PREPARATIONS FOR OPPRESSIVE
  HEAT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR WHERE THE HEAT INDEX RISES
TO OR ABOVE 110 DEGREES. HEAT INDEX VALUES THIS HIGH CAN CAUSE EVEN
THE MOST PHYSICALLY FIT TO SUCCUMB TO HEAT EXHAUSTION OR EVEN
WORSE...DEADLY HEAT STROKE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-
CONDITIONED ROOM AND STAY OUT OF THE SUN.

&&

$$
6 follow-up statements
710 
WWUS74 KMOB 032015
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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
315 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2011

...AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON
OVER INTERIOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...ALL OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE...

...AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON
OVER INTERIOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...ALL OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE...

...AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FRIDAY AFTERNOON OVER
INTERIOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...ALL OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE
WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE...

.HIGH TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY AFTERNOON WILL
INCREASE TO BETWEEN 96 AND 101 DEGREES OVER INLAND AREAS AND
90 TO 95 DEGREES ALONG THE COAST. THE TEMPERATURE COMBINED WITH
VERY HUMID CONDITIONS WILL BRING VERY HIGH HEAT INDICES. THE
HIGHEST HEAT INDICES ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN 110 AND
115 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON AND 115 TO 117 THURSDAY. RELIEF FROM
THE HEAT MAY COME FROM ISOLATED SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS.

ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-040415-
/O.CON.KMOB.EH.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110803T2300Z/
/O.CON.KMOB.EH.W.0002.110804T1700Z-110804T2300Z/
/O.CON.KMOB.EH.A.0002.110805T1700Z-110805T2300Z/
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-WAYNE-PERRY-
GREENE-STONE-GEORGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUTLER...LISMAN...SILAS...CHATOM...
MILLRY...JACKSON...THOMASVILLE...GROVE HILL...CAMDEN...
PINE HILL...HOMEWOOD...MONROEVILLE...EVERGREEN...GREENVILLE...
LUVERNE...BRANTLEY...ATMORE...BREWTON...EAST BREWTON...
ANDALUSIA...OPP...MOBILE...PRICHARD...SARALAND...BAY MINETTE...
TILLMANS CORNER...THEODORE...DAPHNE...FAIRHOPE...FOLEY...
SPANISH FORT...CENTURY...FLOMATON...MOLINO...FERRY PASS...BRENT...
WEST PENSACOLA...BELLVIEW...ENSLEY...MYRTLE GROVE...JAY...PACE...
MILTON...CRESTVIEW...WRIGHT...NICEVILLE...SEMINOLE...EGLIN AFB...
WAYNESBORO...RICHTON...BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE...
MCLAIN...WIGGINS...LUCEDALE
315 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM CDT
THURSDAY...
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FRIDAY AFTERNOON...

* EVENT...HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY AND THURSDAY AFTERNOON ARE 
  EXPECTED TO CLIMB TO BETWEEN 96 AND 101 DEGREES INLAND AREAS...
   AND 90 TO 95 DEGREES ALONG THE COAST. THE HOT TEMPERATURES... 
  COMBINED WITH DEWPOINTS RANGING FROM 75 TO 81 DEGREES...WILL 
  RESULT IN OPPRESSIVE HEAT INDICES. 

* TIMING: HOTTEST HEAT INDICES WILL OCCUR BETWEEN NOON AND 6 PM 
  EACH DAY. 

* IMPACTS: THE RISK OF HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES WILL BE GREATLY 
  ENHANCED. RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO MAKE PREPARATIONS FOR 
  OPPRESSIVE HEAT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR WHERE THE HEAT INDEX
RISES TO OR ABOVE 110 DEGREES. HEAT INDEX VALUES THIS HIGH CAN
CAUSE EVEN THE MOST PHYSICALLY FIT TO SUCCUMB TO HEAT EXHAUSTION
OR EVEN WORSE...DEADLY HEAT STROKE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY
IN AN AIR- CONDITIONED ROOM AND STAY OUT OF THE SUN.

&&

$$
706 
WWUS74 KMOB 032035
NPWMOB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
335 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2011

...AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON
OVER INTERIOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...ALL OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE...

...AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON
OVER INTERIOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...ALL OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE...

...AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FRIDAY AFTERNOON OVER
INTERIOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...ALL OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE
WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE...

.HIGH TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY AFTERNOON WILL
INCREASE TO BETWEEN 96 AND 101 DEGREES OVER INLAND AREAS AND
90 TO 95 DEGREES ALONG THE COAST. THE TEMPERATURE COMBINED WITH
VERY HUMID CONDITIONS WILL BRING VERY HIGH HEAT INDICES. THE
HIGHEST HEAT INDICES ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN 110 AND
115 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON AND 115 TO 117 THURSDAY. RELIEF FROM
THE HEAT MAY COME FROM ISOLATED SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS.

ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-040445-
/O.CON.KMOB.EH.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110803T2300Z/
/O.CON.KMOB.EH.W.0002.110804T1700Z-110804T2300Z/
/O.CON.KMOB.EH.A.0002.110805T1700Z-110805T2300Z/
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-WAYNE-PERRY-
GREENE-STONE-GEORGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUTLER...LISMAN...SILAS...CHATOM...
MILLRY...JACKSON...THOMASVILLE...GROVE HILL...CAMDEN...
PINE HILL...HOMEWOOD...MONROEVILLE...EVERGREEN...GREENVILLE...
LUVERNE...BRANTLEY...ATMORE...BREWTON...EAST BREWTON...
ANDALUSIA...OPP...MOBILE...PRICHARD...SARALAND...BAY MINETTE...
TILLMANS CORNER...THEODORE...DAPHNE...FAIRHOPE...FOLEY...
SPANISH FORT...CENTURY...FLOMATON...MOLINO...FERRY PASS...BRENT...
WEST PENSACOLA...BELLVIEW...ENSLEY...MYRTLE GROVE...JAY...PACE...
MILTON...CRESTVIEW...WRIGHT...NICEVILLE...SEMINOLE...EGLIN AFB...
WAYNESBORO...RICHTON...BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE...
MCLAIN...WIGGINS...LUCEDALE
335 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM CDT
THURSDAY...
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FRIDAY AFTERNOON...

* EVENT...HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY AND THURSDAY AFTERNOON ARE 
  EXPECTED TO CLIMB TO BETWEEN 96 AND 101 DEGREES INLAND AREAS...
   AND 90 TO 95 DEGREES ALONG THE COAST. THE HOT TEMPERATURES... 
  COMBINED WITH DEWPOINTS RANGING FROM 75 TO 81 DEGREES...WILL 
  RESULT IN OPPRESSIVE HEAT INDICES. 

* TIMING...HOTTEST HEAT INDICES WILL OCCUR BETWEEN NOON AND 6 PM
  EACH DAY.

* IMPACTS...THE RISK OF HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES WILL BE GREATLY
  ENHANCED. RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO MAKE PREPARATIONS FOR OPPRESSIVE
  HEAT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR WHERE THE HEAT INDEX
RISES TO OR ABOVE 110 DEGREES. HEAT INDEX VALUES THIS HIGH CAN
CAUSE EVEN THE MOST PHYSICALLY FIT TO SUCCUMB TO HEAT EXHAUSTION
OR EVEN WORSE...DEADLY HEAT STROKE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY
IN AN AIR- CONDITIONED ROOM AND STAY OUT OF THE SUN.

&&

$$
333 
WWUS74 KMOB 032314
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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
614 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2011

...AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON
OVER INTERIOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...ALL OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND
THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE...

...AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FRIDAY AFTERNOON OVER
INTERIOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...ALL OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE
WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE...

.HIGH TEMPERATURES THURSDAY AFTERNOON WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 96 
AND 101 DEGREES OVER INLAND AREAS AND 90 TO 95 DEGREES ALONG THE 
COAST. THE TEMPERATURE COMBINED WITH VERY HUMID CONDITIONS WILL BRING
DANGEROUS HEAT INDICES. ANY RELIEF FROM THE HEAT WILL ONLY COME FROM 
ISOLATED SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS.

ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-040445-
/O.EXP.KMOB.EH.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110803T2300Z/
/O.CON.KMOB.EH.W.0002.110804T1700Z-110804T2300Z/
/O.CON.KMOB.EH.A.0002.110805T1700Z-110805T2300Z/
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-WAYNE-PERRY-
GREENE-STONE-GEORGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUTLER...LISMAN...SILAS...CHATOM...
MILLRY...JACKSON...THOMASVILLE...GROVE HILL...CAMDEN... PINE
HILL...HOMEWOOD...MONROEVILLE...EVERGREEN...GREENVILLE...
LUVERNE...BRANTLEY...ATMORE...BREWTON...EAST BREWTON...
ANDALUSIA...OPP...MOBILE...PRICHARD...SARALAND...BAY MINETTE...
TILLMANS CORNER...THEODORE...DAPHNE...FAIRHOPE...FOLEY... SPANISH
FORT...CENTURY...FLOMATON...MOLINO...FERRY PASS...BRENT... WEST
PENSACOLA...BELLVIEW...ENSLEY...MYRTLE GROVE...JAY...PACE...
MILTON...CRESTVIEW...WRIGHT...NICEVILLE...SEMINOLE...EGLIN AFB...
WAYNESBORO...RICHTON...BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE...
MCLAIN...WIGGINS...LUCEDALE
614 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM CDT
THURSDAY...
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR TODAY...

* EVENT...HIGH TEMPERATURES THURSDAY AFTERNOON ARE EXPECTED TO CLIMB
  TO BETWEEN 96 AND 101 DEGREES INLAND AREAS... AND 90 TO 95 DEGREES
  ALONG THE COAST. THE HOT TEMPERATURES... COMBINED WITH DEWPOINTS
  RANGING FROM 75 TO 81 DEGREES...WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS HEAT
  INDICES FROM 110 TO 115.

* TIMING...HOTTEST HEAT INDICES WILL OCCUR BETWEEN NOON AND 6 PM
  EACH DAY.

* IMPACTS...THE RISK OF HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES WILL BE GREATLY 
  ENHANCED. RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO MAKE PREPARATIONS FOR 
  OPPRESSIVE HEAT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR WHERE THE HEAT INDEX
RISES TO OR ABOVE 110 DEGREES. HEAT INDEX VALUES THIS HIGH CAN
CAUSE EVEN THE MOST PHYSICALLY FIT TO SUCCUMB TO HEAT EXHAUSTION
OR EVEN WORSE...DEADLY HEAT STROKE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY
IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM AND STAY OUT OF THE SUN.

&&

$$
902 
WWUS74 KMOB 040439
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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1139 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2011

...AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON
OVER INTERIOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...ALL OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE...

...AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FRIDAY AFTERNOON
OVER INTERIOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...ALL OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE...

.HIGH TEMPERATURES THURSDAY AFTERNOON WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN
96 AND 101 DEGREES OVER INLAND AREAS AND 90 TO 95 DEGREES ALONG
THE COAST. THE TEMPERATURE COMBINED WITH VERY HUMID CONDITIONS
WILL BRING DANGEROUS HEAT INDICES. ANY RELIEF FROM THE HEAT WILL
ONLY COME FROM ISOLATED SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS.

ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-041200-
/O.CON.KMOB.EH.W.0002.110804T1700Z-110804T2300Z/
/O.CON.KMOB.EH.A.0002.110805T1700Z-110805T2300Z/
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-WAYNE-PERRY-
GREENE-STONE-GEORGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUTLER...LISMAN...SILAS...CHATOM...
MILLRY...JACKSON...THOMASVILLE...GROVE HILL...CAMDEN...
PINE HILL...HOMEWOOD...MONROEVILLE...EVERGREEN...GREENVILLE...
LUVERNE...BRANTLEY...ATMORE...BREWTON...EAST BREWTON...
ANDALUSIA...OPP...MOBILE...PRICHARD...SARALAND...BAY MINETTE...
TILLMANS CORNER...THEODORE...DAPHNE...FAIRHOPE...FOLEY...
SPANISH FORT...CENTURY...FLOMATON...MOLINO...FERRY PASS...BRENT...
WEST PENSACOLA...BELLVIEW...ENSLEY...MYRTLE GROVE...JAY...PACE...
MILTON...CRESTVIEW...WRIGHT...NICEVILLE...SEMINOLE...EGLIN AFB...
WAYNESBORO...RICHTON...BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE...
MCLAIN...WIGGINS...LUCEDALE
1139 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM CDT
THURSDAY...
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FRIDAY AFTERNOON...

* EVENT...HIGH TEMPERATURES THURSDAY AFTERNOON ARE EXPECTED TO 
  CLIMB TO BETWEEN 96 AND 101 DEGREES INLAND AREAS... AND 90 TO 
  95 DEGREES ALONG THE COAST. THE HOT TEMPERATURES... COMBINED 
  WITH DEWPOINTS RANGING FROM 75 TO 81 DEGREES...WILL RESULT IN 
  DANGEROUS HEAT INDICES FROM 110 TO 115. 

* TIMING...HOTTEST HEAT INDICES WILL OCCUR BETWEEN NOON AND 6 PM 
  EACH DAY. 

* IMPACTS...THE RISK OF HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES WILL BE GREATLY 
  ENHANCED. RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO MAKE PREPARATIONS FOR 
  OPPRESSIVE HEAT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR WHERE THE HEAT INDEX
RISES TO OR ABOVE 110 DEGREES. HEAT INDEX VALUES THIS HIGH CAN
CAUSE EVEN THE MOST PHYSICALLY FIT TO SUCCUMB TO HEAT EXHAUSTION
OR EVEN WORSE...DEADLY HEAT STROKE. DRINK PLENTY OF WATER...STAY IN AN
AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM AND STAY OUT OF THE SUN.

&&

$$
530 
WWUS74 KMOB 041058
NPWMOB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
558 AM CDT THU AUG 4 2011

...AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON
OVER INTERIOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...ALL OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND
THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE...

...AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON
OVER INTERIOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...ALL OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE...

.HIGH TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON WILL AGAIN RISE TO BETWEEN 95 AND
100 DEGREES OVER INLAND AREAS AND 90 TO 95 DEGREES ALONG THE COAST.
THESE VERY HOT TEMPERATURES...COMBINED WITH VERY HUMID CONDITIONS...
WILL BRING DANGEROUSLY HIGH HEAT INDICES OF 110 TO 115 DEGREES. ANY
RELIEF FROM THE HEAT WILL COME FROM SCATTERED SHOWERS OR
THUNDERSTORMS THAT ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF THE AREA
FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS.

ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-041900-
/O.CON.KMOB.EH.W.0002.110804T1700Z-110804T2300Z/
/O.CON.KMOB.EH.A.0002.110805T1700Z-110805T2300Z/
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-WAYNE-PERRY-
GREENE-STONE-GEORGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUTLER...LISMAN...SILAS...CHATOM...
MILLRY...JACKSON...THOMASVILLE...GROVE HILL...CAMDEN...
PINE HILL...HOMEWOOD...MONROEVILLE...EVERGREEN...GREENVILLE...
LUVERNE...BRANTLEY...ATMORE...BREWTON...EAST BREWTON...
ANDALUSIA...OPP...MOBILE...PRICHARD...SARALAND...BAY MINETTE...
TILLMANS CORNER...THEODORE...DAPHNE...FAIRHOPE...FOLEY...
SPANISH FORT...CENTURY...FLOMATON...MOLINO...FERRY PASS...BRENT...
WEST PENSACOLA...BELLVIEW...ENSLEY...MYRTLE GROVE...JAY...PACE...
MILTON...CRESTVIEW...WRIGHT...NICEVILLE...SEMINOLE...EGLIN AFB...
WAYNESBORO...RICHTON...BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE...
MCLAIN...WIGGINS...LUCEDALE
558 AM CDT THU AUG 4 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO
6 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FRIDAY AFTERNOON...

* EVENT...HIGH TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON ARE EXPECTED TO CLIMB TO
  BETWEEN 95 AND 100 DEGREES INLAND AREAS...AND 90 TO 95 DEGREES
  ALONG THE COAST. THESE VERY HOT TEMPERATURES...COMBINED WITH VERY
  HUMID CONDITIONS...WILL BRING DANGEROUSLY HIGH HEAT INDICES OF 110
  TO 115 DEGREES BOTH TODAY AND FRIDAY.

* TIMING...HOTTEST HEAT INDICES WILL OCCUR BETWEEN NOON AND 6 PM 
  EACH DAY. 

* IMPACTS...THE RISK OF HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES WILL BE GREATLY 
  ENHANCED. RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO MAKE PREPARATIONS FOR 
  OPPRESSIVE HEAT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR WHERE THE HEAT INDEX
RISES TO OR ABOVE 110 DEGREES. HEAT INDEX VALUES THIS HIGH CAN
CAUSE EVEN THE MOST PHYSICALLY FIT TO SUCCUMB TO HEAT EXHAUSTION
OR EVEN WORSE...DEADLY HEAT STROKE. DRINK PLENTY OF WATER...STAY
IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM AND STAY OUT OF THE SUN.

&&

$$
914 
WWUS74 KMOB 041926
NPWMOB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
226 PM CDT THU AUG 4 2011

...AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON
OVER INTERIOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...ALL OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE...

...AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON
OVER INTERIOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...ALL OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND
THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE...

...AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON
OVER INTERIOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...ALL OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND
THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE...

.HOT TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON WILL CONTINUE UNTIL THIS EVENING.
ON FRIDAY THEY WILL RISE AGAIN TO BETWEEN 95 AND 100 DEGREES OVER
INLAND AREAS AND 90 TO 95 DEGREES ALONG THE COAST. THESE VERY HOT
TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH VERY HUMID CONDITIONS...WILL BRING
DANGEROUSLY HIGH HEAT INDICES OF 110 TO 115 DEGREES. ANY RELIEF FROM
THE HEAT WILL COME FROM SCATTERED SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS THAT MAY
DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF THE AREA FROM LATE FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A REPEAT IS EXPECTED SATURDAY AFTERNOON THUS
PROMPTING AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH.

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/O.UPG.KMOB.EH.A.0002.110805T1700Z-110805T2300Z/
/O.NEW.KMOB.EH.W.0003.110805T1700Z-110805T2300Z/
/O.NEW.KMOB.EH.A.0003.110806T1700Z-110806T2300Z/
/O.CON.KMOB.EH.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110804T2300Z/
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-WAYNE-PERRY-
GREENE-STONE-GEORGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUTLER...LISMAN...SILAS...CHATOM...
MILLRY...JACKSON...THOMASVILLE...GROVE HILL...CAMDEN...
PINE HILL...HOMEWOOD...MONROEVILLE...EVERGREEN...GREENVILLE...
LUVERNE...BRANTLEY...ATMORE...BREWTON...EAST BREWTON...
ANDALUSIA...OPP...MOBILE...PRICHARD...SARALAND...BAY MINETTE...
TILLMANS CORNER...THEODORE...DAPHNE...FAIRHOPE...FOLEY...
SPANISH FORT...CENTURY...FLOMATON...MOLINO...FERRY PASS...BRENT...
WEST PENSACOLA...BELLVIEW...ENSLEY...MYRTLE GROVE...JAY...PACE...
MILTON...CRESTVIEW...WRIGHT...NICEVILLE...SEMINOLE...EGLIN AFB...
WAYNESBORO...RICHTON...BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE...
MCLAIN...WIGGINS...LUCEDALE
226 PM CDT THU AUG 4 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM CDT
FRIDAY...
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IN EFFECT SATURDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED AN EXCESSIVE
HEAT WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM CDT FRIDAY.
AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS EXCESSIVE HEAT
WATCH IS IN EFFECT SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH
IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* EVENT...HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY AND FRIDAY AFTERNOON ARE EXPECTED
  TO CLIMB TO BETWEEN 96 AND 101 DEGREES INLAND AREAS...AND 90 TO 95
  DEGREES ALONG THE COAST. THE HOT TEMPERATURES...COMBINED WITH
  DEWPOINTS RANGING FROM 75 TO 81 DEGREES...WILL RESULT IN OPPRESSIVE
  HEAT INDICES. THERE IS SIGNIFICANT RISK OF A REPEAT ON SATURDAY.

* TIMING...HOTTEST HEAT INDICES WILL OCCUR BETWEEN NOON AND 6 PM 
  EACH DAY.

* IMPACTS...THE RISK OF HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES WILL BE GREATLY
  ELEVATED. RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO MAKE PREPARATIONS FOR OPPRESSIVE
  HEAT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR WHERE THE HEAT INDEX
RISES TO OR ABOVE 110 DEGREES. HEAT INDEX VALUES THIS HIGH CAN
CAUSE EVEN THE MOST PHYSICALLY FIT TO SUCCUMB TO HEAT EXHAUSTION
OR EVEN WORSE...DEADLY HEAT STROKE. DRINK PLENTY OF WATER...STAY
IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM AND STAY OUT OF THE SUN.

&&


$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 3, 2:53 PM CDTExcessive Heat WatchMOBButler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more24 hr

Nearby

Excessive Heat Warnings in Alabama, 2011Excessive Heat Warnings in Mississippi, 2011Excessive Heat Warnings in Florida, 2011Every excessive heat warning in 2011

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.