Alert archive / Alabama / Gale Warnings in 2011
Gale Warning 3, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this gale warning at Sep 4, 2011, 10:26 PM CDT. It was in force for 21 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
- Sep 4, 2011, 10:26 PM CDT (03:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 5, 2011, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 21 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
590 WHUS74 KMOB 050326 MWWMOB URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1026 PM CDT SUN SEP 4 2011 ...A GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 7 PM MONDAY FOR THE COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA OUT TO 60 NM INCLUDING ALL INLAND BAYS AND SOUNDS... .THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM LEE WILL MOVE ACROSS INLAND AREAS OF LOUISIANA...SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. A STRONG SOUTHERLY WIND FLOW AND HIGH SEAS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE MARINE AREA THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BECOME WEST THEN NORTHWEST AND GRADUALLY DECREASE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AS THE STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES TO MOVE OFF TO THE EAST NORTHEAST. GMZ630-650-655-670-675-051530- /O.NEW.KMOB.GL.W.0003.110905T0326Z-110906T0000Z/ 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- 1026 PM CDT SUN SEP 4 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT MONDAY. * WINDS: SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 35 KNOTS WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 45 KNOTS. * SEAS: SEAS UP TO 15 FEET OVER THE ADJACENT GULF WATERS OUT TO 60 NM CAN BE EXPECTED. BAYS AND INLAND WATERS WILL CONTINUE TO BE VERY ROUGH. 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
859 WHUS74 KMOB 050938 MWWMOB URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 438 AM CDT MON SEP 5 2011 ...A GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 7 PM MONDAY FOR THE COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA OUT TO 60 NM INCLUDING ALL INLAND BAYS AND SOUNDS... .THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM LEE WILL MOVE ACROSS INLAND AREAS OF LOUISIANA...SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA THROUGH THIS EVENING. A STRONG SOUTHERLY WIND FLOW AND HIGH SEAS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE MARINE AREA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BECOME WEST THEN NORTHWEST AND GRADUALLY DECREASE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AS THE STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES TO MOVE OFF TO THE EAST NORTHEAST. GMZ630-650-655-670-675-051745- /O.CON.KMOB.GL.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110906T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.SC.Y.0025.110906T0000Z-110906T1500Z/ 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- 438 AM CDT MON SEP 5 2011 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM CDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM CDT TUESDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTHERLY WINDS OF AROUND 30 KNOTS WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS TODAY...DECREASING OVERNIGHT TO AROUND 20 KNOTS BY SUNRISE TUESDAY. * SEAS: SEAS UP TO 15 FEET OVER THE ADJACENT GULF WATERS OUT TO 60 NM CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY...THEN BEGIN TO SETTLE TONIGHT TO AROUND 6 FEET BY SUNRISE TUESDAY. 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. && $$
371 WHUS74 KMOB 051645 MWWMOB URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1145 AM CDT MON SEP 5 2011 ...A GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 7 PM THIS EVENING FOR THE COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA OUT TO 60 NM INCLUDING ALL INLAND BAYS AND SOUNDS... .THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM LEE WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA THROUGH THIS EVENING. A STRONG SOUTHERLY WIND FLOW AND HIGH SEAS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE MARINE AREA THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. WINDS WILL BECOME WEST THEN NORTHWEST AND GRADUALLY DECREASE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AS THE STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES TO MOVE OFF TO THE EAST NORTHEAST. GMZ630-650-655-670-675-060000- /O.CON.KMOB.GL.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110906T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.SC.Y.0025.110906T0000Z-110906T1500Z/ 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- 1145 AM CDT MON SEP 5 2011 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM CDT TUESDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL THEN BE IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM CDT TUESDAY. * WINDS: SOUTHERLY WINDS OF AROUND 30 KNOTS WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON...BECOMING NORTHWEST LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND THEN DECREASING TO AROUND 20 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. * SEAS: SEAS UP TO 15 FEET OVER THE ADJACENT GULF WATERS OUT TO 60 NM CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY EVENING...THEN BEGIN TO SETTLE TO 5 TO 8 FEET BY LATE TONIGHT. 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. && $$
915 WHUS74 KMOB 052143 MWWMOB URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 443 PM CDT MON SEP 5 2011 ...A GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 7 PM THIS EVENING FOR THE COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA OUT TO 60 NM INCLUDING ALL INLAND BAYS AND SOUNDS... .THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM LEE WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND INTO WESTERN GEORGIA THROUGH TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT TRAILING THE SYSTEM WILL MOVE OVER THE COASTAL WATERS THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...WITH WINDS SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST AND THEN GRADUALLY DECREASING BY LATE TONIGHT. GMZ630-650-655-670-675-060545- /O.CON.KMOB.GL.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110906T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.SC.Y.0025.110906T0000Z-110906T1500Z/ 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- 443 PM CDT MON SEP 5 2011 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT TUESDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT TUESDAY. * WINDS: STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 45 KNOTS EARLY WILL BECOME NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 KNOTS BY LATE TONIGHT. * SEAS: SEAS AS HIGH AS 15 FEET OVER THE ADJACENT GULF WATERS OUT TO 60 NM...WILL BEGIN TO SETTLE TO 7 TO 11 FEET BY LATE TONIGHT. 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. && $$
312 WHUS74 KMOB 060021 MWWMOB URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 721 PM CDT MON SEP 5 2011 ...A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT TUESDAY FOR THE COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA OUT TO 60 NM INCLUDING ALL INLAND BAYS AND SOUNDS... .THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM LEE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE OFF TO THE NORTHEAST OVERNIGHT FOLLOWED BY A TRAILING COLD FRONT MOVING SOUTHEAST OVER THE MARINE AREA BY EARLY THIS EVENING. A STRONG NORTHWESTERLY FLOW WILL FOLLOW IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. NORTHERLY WINDS AND SEAS WILL REBUILD OVERNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT MOSTLY FROM COLD AIR DRAINAGE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. GMZ630-650-655-670-675-061200- /O.EXP.KMOB.GL.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110906T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.SC.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-110906T1500Z/ 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- 721 PM CDT MON SEP 5 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT TUESDAY... ...GALE WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE GALE WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT TUESDAY. * WINDS: NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 KNOTS. * SEAS: SEAS DECREASING TO 7 TO 11 FEET OVERNIGHT. BAY AND INLAND WATERS ROUGH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 9:16 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 59 min | |
| Sep 4, 9:58 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | MOB | 21 hr | |
| Sep 4, 9:58 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | MOB | Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more | 24 hr |
| Sep 4, 10:24 PM CDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | MOB | 15 hr | |
| Sep 4, 10:24 PM CDT | Rip Current Statement | MOB | 21 hr | |
| Sep 4, 10:24 PM CDT | High Surf Advisory | MOB | 21 hr | |
| Sep 5, 1:10 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 50 min | |
| Sep 5, 1:44 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Washington | 50 min |
| Sep 5, 2:18 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Washington | 16 min |
| Sep 5, 2:24 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 15 hr |
| Sep 5, 3:08 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 112 min | |
| Sep 5, 3:36 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke, Mobile, Washington | 39 min |
| Sep 5, 3:56 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 2 hr | |
| Sep 5, 4:38 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 29 hr | |
| Sep 5, 4:55 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 65 min | |
| Sep 5, 5:24 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Washington | 51 min |
| Sep 5, 5:51 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 114 min | |
| Sep 5, 6:15 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 19 min |
| Sep 5, 6:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 50 min |
| Sep 5, 6:44 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 91 min | |
| Sep 5, 7:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 38 min |
| Sep 5, 7:42 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 2 hr | |
| Sep 5, 7:52 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 83 min | |
| Sep 5, 8:07 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 38 min | |
| Sep 5, 8:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile, Washington | 50 min |
| Sep 5, 8:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 65 min |
| Sep 5, 8:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe, Washington | 45 min |
| Sep 5, 9:19 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 41 min | |
| Sep 5, 9:41 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 2 hr | |
| Sep 5, 9:56 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia | 34 min |
| Sep 5, 9:59 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 2 hr | |
| Sep 5, 9:59 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington | 61 min |
| Sep 5, 10:11 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Monroe | 26 min |
| Sep 5, 10:23 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 14 hr |
| Sep 5, 10:35 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia | 40 min |
| Sep 5, 10:52 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe | 38 min |
| Sep 5, 10:58 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington | 62 min |
| Sep 5, 11:24 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Monroe, Wilcox | 36 min |
| Sep 5, 11:43 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 107 min | |
| Sep 5, 12:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington | 26 min |
| Sep 5, 12:54 PM CDT | Coastal Flood Warning | MOB | 6 hr | |
| Sep 4, 9:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 63 min |
| Sep 4, 11:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Santa Rosa | 67 min |
| Sep 5, 1:07 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 53 min |
| Sep 5, 5:11 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 64 min |
| Sep 5, 7:23 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 12 hr |
| Sep 5, 9:16 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 44 min |
| Sep 5, 10:39 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 111 min |
| Sep 5, 1:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 39 min |
| Sep 4, 7:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Perry, Stone | 28 min |
| Sep 4, 8:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Perry | 45 min |
| Sep 4, 8:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wayne | 62 min |
| Sep 5, 4:40 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | George, Greene | 50 min |
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