Small Craft Advisory 15, NWS Mobile, AL

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WHUS74 KMOB 301520
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URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1020 AM CDT WED MAR 30 2011

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...


GMZ630-650-655-670-675-301630-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SC.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-110330T1800Z/
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-
1020 AM CDT WED MAR 30 2011

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS CANCELLED THE SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY. 



$$

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...AVIATION UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1235 AM CDT WED MAR 30 2011

.AVIATION...MOST OF THE RAIN HAS CLEARED THE AREA...HOWEVER IFR/MVFR
CIGS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. CIGS WILL IMPROVE THURSDAY
MORNING.

.UPDATE...THE HEAVIER RAINS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE REGION AND
SIGNIFICANT REDEVELOPMENT IS NOT EXPECTED. THEREFORE..THE FLASH
FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED EARLY. SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATES
WIDESPREAD LOW CLOUDS UPSTREAM AND MOST AREAS WILL REMAIN MOSTLY
CLOUDY TODAY. DUE TO THE CLOUDS AND COLD ADVECTION IN THE WAKE OF
THE LOW PASSING TO THE SOUTH OF THE AREA...HIGH TEMPS WERE KNOCKED
DOWN A FEW DEGREES FOR THIS AFTERNOON. THESE TEMPS MAY STILL BE TOO
HIGH BASED ON UPSTREAM OBS AND WILL BE MONITORED FOR ADDITIONAL
ADJUSTMENTS. ALL UPDATES HAVE BEEN SENT. 13/JC

&&

...PREVIOUS DISCUSSION ISSUED AT 500 AM CDT...

.SHORT TERM [TODAY AND TONIGHT]...QUASI-STATIONARY FRONT STRETCHING
FROM WEST TO EAST OVER COASTAL AREAS OF THE CWFA THIS MORNING WILL
BEGIN TO MOVE FURTHER ONSHORE LATER THIS MORNING AND EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON BEFORE SHIFTING SOUTHWARD AGAIN LATER IN THE DAY. AS THIS
FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVES FURTHER ONSHORE BETTER MOISTURE CONVERGENCE
ALONG THE FRONT WILL SHIFT FURTHER INLAND LEADING TO SOME TRAINING
OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH ABOUT MIDDAY. AS A RESULT A FLASH FLOOD
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE CWFA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.
RAINFALL TOTALS IN THE WATCH AREA MAY REACH 2 TO 4 INCHES COUNTY
WIDE BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.
AS FOR SEVERE WEATHER POSITIVELY TILTED LONG WAVE TROUGH WELL TO THE
WEST THIS MORNING WILL MOVE EAST AND DIG IN RESPONSE TO NEXT
SHORTWAVE DIVING SOUTHWARD OUT OF CANADA. ALOFT RRQ OF AN UPPER 120
KNOT JET NOSES SOUTHWARD OVER THE REGION LATER TODAY ENHANCING THE
LIFT TO SUPPORT MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOSTLY IN THE
AFTERNOON DURING MAX HEATING. LATEST MODEL SOUNDINGS BOTH NEAR THE
COAST AND OVER EXTREME NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE CWFA ALSO DEPICT
SUFFICIENT MOISTURE UP TO 850 MB...COMBINED WITH STEEPING LAPSE
RATES DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. WITH THE COLDER AIR MOVING ALOFT
WETBULB VALUES ALSO DROP TO BELOW 10K FT LATER THIS AFTERNOON. WITH
THIS BELIEVE WE COULD SEE SOME MORE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THIS
AFTERNOON MOSTLY SCATTERED IN COVERAGE WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING
GUSTY STRAIGHT LINE WINDS WITH SOME HAIL. FOR TONIGHT CONDITIONS
CONTINUE TO DRY SLOWLY IN THE LOWER AND MIDDLE LAYERS THOUGH
SUFFICIENT ENOUGH TO SUPPORT SCATTERED SHOWERS FOR MOST AREAS
THROUGH THE EARLY THU MORNING. AS FOR TEMPS WILL LEAN TOWARDS THE
COOLER MET GUIDANCE FOR HIGHS TODAY DUE TO CLOUDS AND RAIN...AND
LEAN TOWARDS THE WARMER GUIDANCE OVERNIGHT DUE TO EXTRA CLOUDS.
32/EE

[THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT]...NORTH-SOUTH AXIS OF UPPER
SHORTWAVE TROUGH OVER THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY EARLY THURSDAY
MORNING WILL BE SITUATED OVER THE FORECAST AREA (FA) MID DAY...AND
THEN EAST OF THE FA BY LATE AFTERNOON. THE COLD FRONT WILL BE WELL
SOUTH OF THE FA BY THURSDAY MORNING...WITH A COOL LIGHT TO MODERATE
NORTHWEST WIND FORECAST THROUGHOUT THE DAY. WILL START OFF THE DAY
CLOUDY WITH A FEW POST-FRONTAL SHOWERS LINGERING ALONG AND EAST OF
I-65 IN THE MORNING...WITH THE BEST CHANCE (LOW-END SCATTERED) EAST
OF A LINE FROM PENSACOLA TO CRESTVIEW. SKIES WILL CLEAR FROM WEST TO
EAST FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS WITH HIGH
TEMPERATURES ABOUT 4 TO 7 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL...OR IN THE MID 60S
TO LOWER 70S. UNDER MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES...THE LOW TEMPERATURES WILL
MANAGE TO LOWER INTO THE MID 40S TO LOWER 50S THURSDAY NIGHT.

WE WILL HAVE A PERIOD OF DRY WEATHER THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON AS THE
UPPER TROUGH MOVES OFF THE EASTERN SEABOARD...FOLLOWED BY INCREASING
CLOUDS AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS ACROSS OUR NORTHERN ZONES
FRIDAY NIGHT WITH THE ARRIVAL OF A WEAKER SECONDARY COLD FRONT. HIGH
TEMPERATURES ON FRIDAY WILL MODERATE INTO LOWER 80S INLAND AREAS...
WITH LOW/MID 70S ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST. LOW TEMPERATURES SHOULD
REACH INTO THE MID 50S TO LOWER 60S FRIDAY NIGHT. /22

&&

.LONG TERM [SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT]...DRY WEATHER EXPECTED
THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS HIGH SURFACE PRESSURE BUILDS ACROSS THE
SOUTHEAST STATES ON SATURDAY...AND EVENTUALLY MOVES OVER THE WESTERN
ATLANTIC ON SUNDAY. THIS WILL SET UP A RETURN FLOW OF LOW LEVEL GULF
MOISTURE EARLY NEXT WEEK AHEAD OF ANOTHER UPPER TROUGH AND SURFACE
COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. CLOUDS AND RAIN
CHANCES WILL INCREASE EARLY NEXT WEEK AS THE UPPER TROUGH AND
SURFACE COLD FRONT APPROACH THE AREA...WITH ISOLATED COVERAGE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FORECAST FOR MONDAY AND SCATTERED COVERAGE
FORECAST MAINLY FROM MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. WE WILL
THEN HAVE ANOTHER PERIOD OF DRY WEATHER FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH MID WEEK AS THE UPPER TROUGH MOVES EAST OF THE AREA AND
SURFACE HIGH SURFACE PRESSURE REBUILDS ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST REGION.
HIGH TEMPERATURES LOOK TO BE IN THE MID 70S TO LOWER 80S IN THE LONG
TERM...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MONDAY WITH HIGHS REACHING THE
MID/UPPER 80S INLAND AREAS AND UPPER 70S ALONG THE COAST. /22

&&

.MARINE...A STRONG SOUTHERLY WIND FLOW AT 20 TO 25 KNOTS WILL
CONTINUE OVER THE MARINE AREA THROUGH MIDDAY TODAY BECOMING WEST
THEN NORTHWEST AT 15 TO 20 KNOTS THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SEAS
WILL BUILD TO 5 TO 7 FEET OUT TO 60 NM THROUGH MIDDAY THEN DECREASE
TO 4 TO 6 FEET THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS AND
SEAS WILL BE HIGHER IN AND AROUND NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. A MODERATE TO STRONG WESTERLY FLOW WILL
REDEVELOP LATE THURSDAY THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE
BUILDS FROM THE NORTHWEST. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT
THROUGH MIDDAY TODAY. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. 32/EE

&&

.AVIATION [30/12Z ISSUANCE]...IFR/MVFR CONDITIONS THROUGH MIDDAY
WITH CEILINGS VARYING FROM 700 TO 1.5K FT THROUGH 18Z. FOR THIS
AFTERNOON MVFR TO VFR CONDITIONS WITH CEILINGS RANGING FROM 1K
THROUGH 3K FT...FOLLOWED BY IFR CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT WITH CEILINGS
RANGING FROM 700 TO 1K FT MOSTLY IN THE FORM OF STRATUS. WINDS WILL
CONTINUE FROM THE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST THIS MORNING BECOMING WEST THEN
NORTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AT 8 TO 12 KTS WITH HIGHER
GUSTS MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON. 32/EE

&&

.FIRE...UNSETTLED WEATHER WILL OCCUR TODAY AND TONIGHT AS A SLOW
MOVING FRONTAL BOUNDARY SLIPS EASTWARD ACROSS THE GULF COAST. SOME
OF THE RAINS COULD BE LOCALLY HEAVY TODAY WITH THE HEAVIER AMOUNTS
FORECAST ACROSS SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE.
A PERIOD OF DRY WEATHER WILL THEN FOLLOW THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON AS
THE FRONT CONTINUES TO MOVE EAST OF THE AREA. FAIR DAYTIME
DISPERSION TODAY BECOMES GOOD ON THURSDAY. /22

&&

.MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...NONE.
FL...NONE.
MS...NONE.
GM...NONE.

&&

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1045 PM CDT TUE MAR 29 2011

ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-GMZ630-650-655-670-675-MSZ067-075-076-078-
079-302100-
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-
1045 PM CDT TUE MAR 29 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

TORNADO WATCH #76 IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR ALL SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
COUNTIES...AS WELL AS MOBILE AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES OF ALABAMA
UNTIL 5 AM. SITUATION REMAINS THE SAME AS EARLIER UPDATE WITH ALL
SEVERE CONVECTION REMAINING TO THE WEST OF THE AREA...GENERALLY
BECOMING MORE ISOLATED AND LESS INTENSE LATE THIS EVENING.
HOWEVER...AS LOW PRESSURE APPROACHES FROM THE WEST DURING THE LATE
NIGHT HOURS...AN INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE AIRMASS SHOULD ALLOW
FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT OF MORE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND STORMS LATE
TONIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE AS THEY SPREAD EAST
ACROSS THE AREA...PRIMARILY AFTER AROUND 3 AM. THE PRIMARY THREAT
WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WITH SOME OF THE STRONGER
THUNDERSTORMS...BUT THERE WILL ALSO BE AN ISOLATED TORNADO THREAT.

THERE IS ALSO A RISK OF HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPING LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY
WEDNESDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE
AREA...WITH RAIN CONTINUING INTO WEDNESDAY. 2 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE
OVER THE COASTAL ZONES WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES ELSEWHERE. A FLASH FLOOD
WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM WEDNESDAY UNTIL 7 PM WEDNESDAY FOR
SOUTHERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA.

MODERATE EASTERLY WINDS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS WILL BECOME
SOUTHEASTERLY AND SOUTHERLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS AROUND 4 TO 5 FEET
WITH CHOPPY TO ROUGH CONDITIONS IN THE BAYS. SMALL CRAFT OPERATORS
SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY WITH MODERATE TO
STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL
FOR SEVERE WEATHER MAY BE REQUIRED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MID WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1113 PM CDT TUE MAR 29 2011

ALZ051-300430-
CHOCTAW AL-
1113 PM CDT TUE MAR 29 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN CHOCTAW COUNTY IN
SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...THROUGH 1130 PM CDT...

AT 1112 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF BUTLER...OR NEAR DEAS...AND
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
OAKCHIA AROUND 1125 PM CDT...

THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH.
WINDS THIS STRONG COULD BLOW OFF TREE LIMBS AND ALSO BLOW AROUND
SMALL UNSECURED OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

&&

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1201 AM CDT WED MAR 30 2011

ALZ051-300545-
CHOCTAW AL-
1201 AM CDT WED MAR 30 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN CHOCTAW COUNTY IN
SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...THROUGH 1245 AM CDT...

AT 1159 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES WEST OF BUTLER...OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF
NEEDHAM...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
LISMAN...BUTLER AROUND 1220 AM CDT...
MT STERLING AROUND 1225 AM CDT...
DEAS...PENNINGTON AROUND 1240 AM CDT...

THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH.
WINDS THIS STRONG COULD BLOW OFF TREE LIMBS AND ALSO BLOW AROUND
SMALL UNSECURED OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

&&

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
142 AM CDT WED MAR 30 2011

ALZ051-053-MSZ067-300745-
CLARKE AL-CHOCTAW AL-WAYNE MS-
142 AM CDT WED MAR 30 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN
SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...NORTHWESTERN CLARKE AND SOUTHERN CHOCTAW
COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...THROUGH 245 AM CDT...

AT 139 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF WAYNESBORO...OR 10 MILES
WEST OF GILBERTOWN...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
GILBERTOWN AROUND 155 AM CDT...
TOXEY...NEEDHAM AROUND 200 AM CDT...
WIMBLY...CHAPPELL HILL AROUND 205 AM CDT...
HOLTAMVILLE AROUND 235 AM CDT...

THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH.
WINDS THIS STRONG COULD BLOW OFF TREE LIMBS AND ALSO BLOW AROUND
SMALL UNSECURED OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.

SMALL HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

THIS STORM MAY CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY AND A WARNING MAY SOON BE
NEEDED. PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR FURTHER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND MUCH OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

&&

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
222 AM CDT WED MAR 30 2011

ALZ051>055-300815-
WASHINGTON AL-MONROE AL-CLARKE AL-WILCOX AL-CHOCTAW AL-
222 AM CDT WED MAR 30 2011

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHERN WASHINGTON...
NORTHERN MONROE...NORTHERN CLARKE...SOUTHWESTERN WILCOX AND SOUTHERN
CHOCTAW COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...THROUGH 315 AM CDT...

AT 219 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF BUTLER TO 19 MILES NORTH OF CHATOM...AND MOVING EAST AT
35 MPH.

THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
COFFEEVILLE AROUND 230 AM CDT...
HOLTAMVILLE AROUND 235 AM CDT...
THOMASVILLE AROUND 255 AM CDT...
GROVE HILL AROUND 305 AM CDT...
PINE HILL...WHATELY...FULTON AROUND 310 AM CDT...
YELLOW BLUFF AROUND 315 AM CDT...

THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS ARE WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.
WINDS THIS STRONG COULD BLOW OFF TREE LIMBS AND ALSO BLOW AROUND
SMALL UNSECURED OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED.
HAIL UP TO AROUND THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH IN DIAMETER IS ALSO
POSSIBLE.

THESE STORMS MAY CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY AND A WARNING MAY SOON BE
NEEDED. PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR FURTHER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND MUCH OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

&&

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
328 AM CDT WED MAR 30 2011

MSZ067-075-076-078-079-300930-
GEORGE MS-STONE MS-PERRY MS-GREENE MS-WAYNE MS-
328 AM CDT WED MAR 30 2011

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT GEORGE...NORTHEASTERN
STONE...PERRY...GREENE AND WAYNE COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
THROUGH 430 AM CDT...

AT 324 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF WAYNESBORO TO 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF WIGGINS...AND MOVING
EAST AT 40 MPH.

THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
MCLAIN...WAYNESBORO AROUND 340 AM CDT...
ROBINSON JUNCTION...AVENT STATION AROUND 350 AM CDT...
BASIN...LEAKESVILLE AROUND 405 AM CDT...
LUCEDALE AROUND 410 AM CDT...

THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS ARE WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH.
WINDS THIS STRONG COULD BLOW OFF TREE LIMBS AND ALSO BLOW AROUND
SMALL UNSECURED OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED.

SMALL HAIL...UP TO AROUND THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH IN DIAMETER...IS A
ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS LINE OF STORMS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

&&

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
339 AM CDT WED MAR 30 2011

ALZ052-053-055>057-059-061-062-301000-
UPPER MOBILE AL-ESCAMBIA AL-WASHINGTON AL-CONECUH AL-MONROE AL-
BUTLER AL-CLARKE AL-UPPER BALDWIN AL-
339 AM CDT WED MAR 30 2011

...SEVERAL DISCRETE CLUSTERS OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EAST
ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN ESCAMBIA...WASHINGTON...CONECUH...MONROE...
BUTLER...SOUTHERN CLARKE...NORTHWESTERN BALDWIN AND NORTHERN MOBILE
COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA THROUGH 500 AM CDT...

AT 328 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL
DISCRETE CLUSTERS OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...GENERALLY MOVING EAST ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR CHATOM...TO JACKSON...TO NEAR MONROEVILLE.
THESE STORMS WILL MOVE EAST AT AROUND 40 MPH.

THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS ARE WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH.
WINDS THIS STRONG COULD BLOW OFF TREE LIMBS AND ALSO BLOW AROUND
SMALL UNSECURED OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED.

SMALL HAIL...UP TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH IN DIAMETER...IS ALSO
POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

THESE STORMS MAY CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY AND A WARNING MAY BE
NEEDED. PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR FURTHER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND MOST OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

&&