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Special Marine Warning 211, NWS Mobile, AL

December 22, 2011

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special marine warning at Dec 22, 2011, 11:11 AM CST. It was in force for 49 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 22, 2011, 11:11 AM CST (17:11 UTC)
Expired
Dec 22, 2011, 12:00 PM CST
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special marine warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Mobile, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special marine warning went out at Dec 22, 7:40 AM CST, 3 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 22, 7:40 AM CST, 3 hours 31 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 22, 6:10 AM CST, 5 hours 1 minute before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
610 AM CST THU DEC 22 2011

ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-231200-
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-
610 AM CST THU DEC 22 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF INTERIOR
SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

DENSE SEA FOG THAT HAD SPREAD INLAND OVER PARTS OF COASTAL ALABAMA
AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA IS DISSIPATING THIS MORNING AS WINDS BEGIN TO
PICK UP IN ADVANCE OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. ANY LINGERING AREAS
OF DENSE FOG WILL DISSIPATE BY 9 AM.

A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE FORECAST AREA FROM THE WEST THIS
MORNING...THEN MOVE EAST OF THE REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN
OVER MUCH OF THE REGION BY AROUND 9AM THIS MORNING...THEN BECOME
MORE WIDESPREAD AND MORE ORGANIZED BETWEEN ABOUT NOON AND 6PM THIS
AFTERNOON. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ALL OF SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE
OUTLOOKED FOR A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE STORMS TODAY. IT APPEARS
THAT THE BEST CHANCES FOR ANY SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE OVER THE
WESTERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH MID
AFTERNOON. THIS IS WEST OF INTERSTATE 65...OR ROUGHLY FOR AREAS
NORTH OF A WIGGINS MISSISSIPPI TO GREENVILLE ALABAMA LINE. MODEL
DATA INDICATES THAT ATMOSPHERIC PARAMETERS WILL BE SUCH THAT THE
POTENTIAL FOR BOWING FEATURES WITH DAMAGING WINDS AS WELL AS THE
POTENTIAL FOR A BRIEF TORNADO WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY OVER
WESTERN AND NORTHWESTERN ZONES THROUGH EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON. BY
LATE AFTERNOON THE PRIMARY AREA OF STORMS WILL SHIFT EAST OF
INTERSTATE 65 WITH A DIMINISHED SEVERE THREAT...ALTHOUGH A FEW
STRONG TO LOCALLY SEVERE STORMS COULD STILL BE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF SKYWARN SEVERE STORM SPOTTER NETWORKS IS POSSIBLE
TODAY. STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD
MONITOR THE DEVELOPING WEATHER SYSTEM.

GMZ630-650-655-670-675-231200-
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-
610 AM CST THU DEC 22 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE ADJACENT GULF COASTAL
WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

DENSE SEA FOG WILL DISSIPATE OVER THE COASTAL WATERS THROUGH MID
MORNING.

A STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE MARINE AREA DURING THE
DAY TODAY IN ADVANCE OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. THIS INCREASE
WIND FLOW...ALONG WITH BUILDING SEAS...WILL CREATE POTENTIALLY
HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL BE
IN EFFECT FROM 9AM TO 8PM TODAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY

SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION THROUGH MUCH OF THE PERIOD AS
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN THE 15 TO 20 KNOT RANGE.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 22, 5:10 AM CSTSmall Craft AdvisoryMOB14 hr
Dec 22, 11:08 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBWashington52 min
Dec 22, 11:59 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBClarke22 min
Dec 22, 12:04 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB86 min
Dec 22, 12:37 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBMobile11 min
Dec 22, 12:57 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin21 min
Dec 22, 1:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh, Escambia32 min
Dec 22, 1:34 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBConecuh, Escambia26 min
Dec 22, 1:47 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler13 min
Dec 22, 2:56 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBCrenshaw19 min
Dec 22, 4:34 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB41 min
Dec 22, 10:33 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBGreene, Perry42 min

Nearby

Special Marine Warnings in Alabama, 2011Every special marine 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.