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Small Craft Advisory 3, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this small craft advisory at Jan 9, 2011, 10:24 AM CST. It took effect at Jan 10, 2011, 5:14 AM CST. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 9, 2011, 10:24 AM CST (16:24 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 10, 2011, 5:14 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 10, 2011, 9:07 AM CST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
530 WHUS74 KMOB 091624 MWWMOB URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1024 AM CST SUN JAN 9 2011 ...A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA OUT TO 60 NM INCLUDING MOBILE BAY THIS MORNING... ...A GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA OUT TO 60 NM INCLUDING MOBILE BAY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... ...A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA OUT TO 60 NM INCLUDING MOBILE BAY FROM 6 AM MONDAY THROUGH NOON... .EASTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO NEAR GALE FORCE LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT IN RESPONSE TO AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING EASTWARD ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF. HEAVY RAIN WITH A FEW ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO ONE MILE OR LESS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM TONIGHT. A MODERATE TO STRONG OFFSHORE FLOW WILL FOLLOW IN THE WAKE OF THIS SYSTEM THROUGH LATE IN THE WEEK. GMZ630-650-655-670-675-100600- /O.CON.KMOB.SC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110109T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.GL.W.0001.110109T1800Z-110110T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.SC.Y.0003.110110T1200Z-110110T1800Z/ 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- 1024 AM CST SUN JAN 9 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO NOON CST MONDAY... * WINDS: EASTERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 35 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KNOTS LATE MONDAY MORNING. * SEAS: SEAS WILL BUILD TO 7 TO 11 FEET OUT TO 20 NM AND 8 TO 12 FEET OUT TO 60 NM LATER TODAY AND 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
702 WHUS74 KMOB 100558 MWWMOB URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1158 PM CST SUN JAN 9 2011 ...A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA OUT TO 60 NM INCLUDING MOBILE BAY TONIGHT... ...A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA OUT TO 60 NM INCLUDING MOBILE BAY FROM 6 AM MONDAY THROUGH NOON... .EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS 25 TO 35 KNOTS WITH OCCASIONAL GUST OVER 40 KNOTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...DIMINISHING TOWARD MORNING AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM PASSES EAST ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS. SEAS AS HIGH AS 16 FEET WERE REPORTED BY A BUOY 60 MILES SOUTH OF DAUPHIN ISLAND EARLIER THIS EVENING. GMZ630-650-655-670-675-101400- /O.CON.KMOB.GL.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110110T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KMOB.SC.Y.0003.110110T1200Z-110110T1500Z/ 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- 1158 PM CST SUN JAN 9 2011 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 9 AM CST MONDAY... THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 9 AM CST MONDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY. * WINDS: EASTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS TONIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KNOTS LATE MONDAY MORNING. * SEAS: SEAS OF 12 TO 16 FEET WILL SUBSIDE LATE TONIGHT AS THE WINDS BECOME NORTHWEST. 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. && $$
610 WHUS74 KMOB 101114 MWWMOB URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 514 AM CST MON JAN 10 2011 ...A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA OUT TO 60 NM INCLUDING MOBILE BAY THROUGH 9 AM... .WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST AROUND 20 TO 25 KNOTS THIS MORNING IN THE WAKE OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING EAST OF THE AREA. WINDS AND SEAS WILL DECREASE LATE THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. GMZ630-650-655-670-675-101500- /O.CAN.KMOB.GL.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110110T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KMOB.SC.Y.0003.110110T1114Z-110110T1500Z/ 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- 514 AM CST MON JAN 10 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... ...GALE WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS CANCELLED THE GALE WARNING. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING. * WINDS: NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KNOTS DECREASING LATE THIS MORNING. * SEAS: SEAS OF 8 TO 11 FEET WILL SUBSIDE THIS MORNING AS WINDS BECOME NORTHWEST. 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. && $$
841 WHUS74 KMOB 101507 MWWMOB URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 907 AM CST MON JAN 10 2011 ...A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA OUT TO 60 NM DUE TO HAZARDOUS SEAS... ..LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE OFF TO THE EAST TODAY ALLOWING WINDS AND SEAS TO GRADUALLY DECREASE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. FOR THIS MORNING AND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON SEAS AT AROUND 10 FEET WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE TO BELOW 7 FEET BY AROUND 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON. GMZ650-655-670-675-102000- /O.CAN.KMOB.SC.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110110T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.SC.Y.0004.110110T1507Z-110110T2000Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS FROM 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 907 AM CST MON JAN 10 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS: NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 KNOTS DECREASING TO 10 TO 15 KNOTS BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * SEAS: SEAS AROUND 10 FEET WILL SUBSIDE TO BELOW 7 FEET BY 2 AM THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS... AND/OR SEAS 7 FEET OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED BOATERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. $$ GMZ630-101615- /O.CAN.KMOB.SC.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110110T1500Z/ MOBILE BAY- 907 AM CST MON JAN 10 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS CANCELLED FOR MOBILE BAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS CANCELED THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR MOBILE BAY. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD CONTINUE TO EXERCISE CAUTION THIS MORNING. NORTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 20 KNOTS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH TO 10 TO 15 KNOTS BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON THEN REBUILD TO AROUND 15 KNOTS BY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KNOTS DURING THE DAY ON TUESDAY. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 9, 6:36 AM CST | Ice Storm Warning | MOB | Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Crenshaw, Monroe, Wilcox | 17 hr |
| Jan 9, 6:36 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MOB | Butler, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Monroe and 2 more | 26 hr |
| Jan 9, 9:23 AM CST | Coastal Flood Advisory | MOB | 21 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.