Alert archive / Alabama / Special Marine Warnings in 2011
Special Marine Warning 23, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this special marine warning at Mar 5, 2011, 3:59 PM CST. It was in force for 61 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
- Mar 5, 2011, 3:59 PM CST (21:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 5, 2011, 5:00 PM CST
- In force
- 61 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 Mar 5, 3:58 PM CST, 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 5, 3:58 PM CST, 1 minute before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 5, 5:12 AM CST, 10 hours 47 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 512 AM CST SAT MAR 5 2011 ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-GMZ630-650-655-670-675-MSZ067-075-076-078- 079-061200- 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- 512 AM CST SAT MAR 5 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF INTERIOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE...AND THE ADJACENT GULF COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF COAST TODAY IN ADVANCE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. THE RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER HAS INCREASED...ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND COASTAL SOUTHWEST ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING WHERE THE ATMOSPHERE IS FORECAST TO BECOME MORE UNSTABLE. THE FORMATION OF A SQUALL LINE IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY LIKELY AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT...WHICH WILL CARRY THE THREAT OF DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND THE SPIN UP OF SHORT LIVED TORNADOES. A GREATER TORNADO POTENTIAL MAY DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AHEAD OF THE MAIN SQUALL LINE IF THE ATMOSPHERE CAN BECOME UNSTABLE ENOUGH TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF ISOLATED SUPERCELLS. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING AS INSTABILITY DIMINISHES...BUT AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM THREAT WILL EXTEND INTO THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL COME TO AN END BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED TODAY...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY OVER URBAN AND LOW LYING AREAS. A STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WIND OF 20 TO 30 KNOTS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE COASTAL AND OFFSHORE WATERS TODAY AHEAD OF THE FRONT WITH SEAS OF 6 TO 10 FEET. A STRONG OFFSHORE FLOW DEVELOPS OVERNIGHT IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONTAL PASSAGE WITH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS CONTINUING UNTIL LATE SUNDAY MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ANOTHER STRONG COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE AREA LATE WEDNESDAY. THE POTENTIAL WILL EXIST FOR A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL MAY BE NEEDED LATER TODAY IN THE SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 5, 11:21 AM CST, 4 hours 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1121 AM CST SAT MAR 05 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1109 AM FUNNEL CLOUD NEELY 31.16N 88.75W
03/05/2011 GREENE MS TRAINED SPOTTER
REPORT FROM SPOTTER
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DONFThe office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 11:54 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Washington | 50 min |
| Mar 5, 1:16 PM CST | Flash Flood Watch | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Monroe, Washington, Wilcox | 6 hr |
| Mar 5, 1:39 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Choctaw, Washington | 2 hr |
| Mar 5, 3:23 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Washington | 3 hr |
| Mar 5, 3:27 PM CST | Marine Weather Statement | MOB | 3 hr | |
| Mar 5, 3:40 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 50 min | |
| Mar 5, 4:17 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 118 min |
| Mar 5, 4:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 58 min |
| Mar 5, 4:32 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 58 min | |
| Mar 5, 5:01 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 32 min | |
| Mar 5, 5:44 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 91 min | |
| Mar 5, 9:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George, Perry, Stone | 26 min |
| Mar 5, 9:26 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Stone | 2 hr |
| Mar 5, 10:04 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Greene, Perry | 41 min |
| Mar 5, 10:42 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Perry | 2 hr |
| Mar 5, 10:46 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Greene | 44 min |
| Mar 5, 11:26 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Greene | 2 hr |
| Mar 5, 11:58 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Greene | 2 hr |
| Mar 5, 12:50 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Greene, Perry | 3 hr |
| Mar 5, 2:50 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Stone | 4 hr |
| Mar 5, 3:48 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Greene, Perry | 3 hr |
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.