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Special Marine Warning 24, NWS Mobile, AL

March 5, 2011

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special marine warning at Mar 5, 2011, 4:32 PM CST. It was in force for 58 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, 4:32 PM CST (22:32 UTC)
Expired
Mar 5, 2011, 5:30 PM CST
In force
58 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, 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 5, 3:58 PM CST, 34 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 5, 5:12 AM CST, 11 hours 20 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, 5 hours 11 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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DONF

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 5, 11:54 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWashington50 min
Mar 5, 1:16 PM CSTFlash Flood WatchMOBChoctaw, Clarke, Monroe, Washington, Wilcox6 hr
Mar 5, 1:39 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBChoctaw, Washington2 hr
Mar 5, 3:23 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningMOBChoctaw, Washington3 hr
Mar 5, 3:27 PM CSTMarine Weather StatementMOB3 hr
Mar 5, 3:40 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB50 min
Mar 5, 3:59 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB61 min
Mar 5, 4:17 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBBaldwin, Mobile118 min
Mar 5, 4:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile58 min
Mar 5, 5:01 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB32 min
Mar 5, 5:44 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB91 min
Mar 5, 9:15 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGeorge, Perry, Stone26 min
Mar 5, 9:26 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBStone2 hr
Mar 5, 10:04 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBGreene, Perry41 min
Mar 5, 10:42 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningMOBPerry2 hr
Mar 5, 10:46 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBGreene44 min
Mar 5, 11:26 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBGreene2 hr
Mar 5, 11:58 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBGreene2 hr
Mar 5, 12:50 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningMOBGreene, Perry3 hr
Mar 5, 2:50 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningMOBStone4 hr
Mar 5, 3:48 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningMOBGreene, Perry3 hr

Nearby

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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.