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Special Marine Warning 33, NWS Mobile, AL

March 29, 2011

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special marine warning at Mar 29, 2011, 11:22 PM CDT. It was in force for 53 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 29, 2011, 11:22 PM CDT (04:22 UTC)
Expired
Mar 30, 2011, 12:15 AM CDT
In force
53 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 29, 10:35 PM CDT, 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 29, 10:35 PM CDT, 47 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 29, 10:45 PM CDT, 37 minutes before
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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 29, 11:13 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
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.

&&

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 30, 12:06 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB39 min
Mar 30, 12:45 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB90 min
Mar 30, 1:59 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB2 hr
Mar 30, 2:56 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB109 min
Mar 30, 3:59 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB46 min
Mar 30, 4:31 AM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMOB6 hr
Mar 30, 4:47 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB43 min
Mar 30, 5:29 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB91 min
Mar 30, 7:11 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB64 min
Mar 30, 7:14 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB31 min
Mar 30, 8:13 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB47 min
Mar 30, 8:59 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB61 min
Mar 30, 2:38 PM CDTFire Weather WatchMOB24 hr
Mar 30, 2:46 PM CDTFire Weather WatchMOB15 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.