Alert archive / Alabama / Gale Warnings in 2011
Gale Warning 2, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this gale warning at Apr 4, 2011, 3:04 PM CDT. It took effect at Apr 4, 2011, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 14 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
- Apr 4, 2011, 3:04 PM CDT (20:04 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 4, 2011, 7:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 5, 2011, 9:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
476 WHUS74 KMOB 042004 AAA MWWMOB URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 304 PM CDT MON APR 4 2011 ...A GALE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM TONIGHT THROUGH 9 AM TUESDAY MORNING FOR THE COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA OUT TO 60 NM INCLUDING ALL INLAND BAYS AND SOUNDS... ...A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 7 PM TONIGHT FOR COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA OUT TO 60 NM INCLUDING ALL INLAND BAYS AND SOUNDS... ...A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH 2 PM TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA OUT TO 60 NM INCLUDING ALL INLAND BAYS AND SOUNDS... .SOUTHERLY WINDS AND SEAS WILL STEADILY INCREASE AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE NORTHWEST. A SOLID LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT LATER THIS EVENING. A STRONG NORTHERLY WIND FLOW WILL DEVELOP IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. GMZ630-650-655-670-675-050415- /O.EXT.KMOB.SC.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-110405T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.GL.W.0002.110405T0000Z-110405T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.SC.Y.0017.110405T1400Z-110405T1900Z/ 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- 304 PM CDT MON APR 4 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CDT TUESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 2 PM CDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CDT TUESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 2 PM CDT TUESDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 30 KNOTS THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING INCREASING TO 30 TO 40 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS AHEAD A COLD FRONT THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING...BECOMING NORTHWEST THEN NORTH AT 25 TO 35 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 45 KNOTS FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH 9 AM TUESDAY MORNING. * SEAS: SEAS WILL BUILD TO AROUND 8 FEET LATER THIS EVENING...THEN RANGE FROM 5 FEET NEAR SHORE AND 9 FEET WELL OFFSHORE WITH THE OFFSHORE FLOW LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS... AND/OR SEAS 7 FEET OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED BOATERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$
2 follow-up statements
288 WHUS74 KMOB 050340 MWWMOB URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1040 PM CDT MON APR 4 2011 ...A GALE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM TONIGHT THROUGH 9 AM TUESDAY MORNING FOR THE COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA OUT TO 60 NM INCLUDING ALL INLAND BAYS AND SOUNDS... ...A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH 2 PM TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA OUT TO 60 NM INCLUDING ALL INLAND BAYS AND SOUNDS... .SOUTHERLY WINDS AND SEAS WILL STEADILY INCREASE AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE NORTHWEST. A SOLID LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT LATER THIS EVENING. A STRONG NORTHERLY WIND FLOW WILL DEVELOP IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. GMZ630-650-655-670-675-051145- /O.CON.KMOB.GL.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110405T1400Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.SC.Y.0017.110405T1400Z-110405T1900Z/ 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- 1040 PM CDT MON APR 4 2011 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT TUESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 2 PM CDT TUESDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT TUESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 2 PM CDT TUESDAY. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 30 KNOTS THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING INCREASING TO 30 TO 35 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS AHEAD A COLD FRONT INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...THEN BECOMING NORTHWEST TO NORTH AT 25 TO 35 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 45 KNOTS THROUGH 9 AM TUESDAY MORNING. * SEAS: SEAS WILL RANGE FROM 5 FEET NEAR SHORE AND 9 FEET WELL OFFSHORE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS... AND/OR SEAS 7 FEET OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED BOATERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$
063 WHUS74 KMOB 050940 MWWMOB URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 440 AM CDT TUE APR 5 2011 ...A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 9 AM TODAY FOR THE COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA OUT TO 60 NM INCLUDING ALL INLAND BAYS AND SOUNDS... ...A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING THROUGH 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA OUT TO 60 NM INCLUDING ALL INLAND BAYS AND SOUNDS... .A STRONG NORTHERLY FLOW WITH WINDS GUSTING TO GALE FORCE WILL CONTINUE BEHIND A PASSING STRONG COLD FRONT THROUGH THE MID MORNING HOURS TODAY. THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH BY LATE MORNING AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE NORTHWEST. GMZ630-650-655-670-675-051500- /O.CON.KMOB.GL.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110405T1400Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.SC.Y.0017.110405T1400Z-110405T1900Z/ 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- 440 AM CDT TUE APR 5 2011 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 2 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 2 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS 25 GUSTING TO 35 KNOTS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH TO 15 KNOTS GUSTING TO 25 KNOTS BY EARLY AFTERNOON. * SEAS: SEAS RANGING FROM 3 FEET NEAR SHORE...TO 9 FEET WELL OFFSHORE WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE TO NEAR 5 FEET WELL OFFSHORE THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS... AND OR SEAS 7 FEET OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED BOATERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 4:37 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | MOB | Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more | 17 hr |
| Apr 4, 5:17 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 14 hr | |
| Apr 4, 5:50 AM CDT | High Surf Advisory | MOB | 18 hr | |
| Apr 4, 10:20 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 12 hr |
| Apr 4, 10:20 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 12 hr |
| Apr 4, 3:04 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 23 hr | |
| Apr 4, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Washington | 47 min |
| Apr 4, 3:16 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MOB | 14 hr |
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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.