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Special Marine Warning 79, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this special marine warning at Jun 11, 2011, 8:49 PM CDT. It was in force for 56 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
- Jun 11, 2011, 8:49 PM CDT (01:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 2011, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 56 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 Jun 11, 6:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 6:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE TO AVIATION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 630 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2011 .AVIATION...(00Z ISSUANCE)...GENERALLY VFR CIGS/VISBYS THROUGH THE FORECAST. EXCEPTION IS AFTERNOON SHRA/TSRA FORMING AND MOVING IN A GENERALLY WEST OR SOUTHWEST DIRECTION...CAUSING LOCAL DROPS IN CIGS/VISBYS. COVERAGE IS EXPECTED TO BE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED IN COVERAGE...THOUGH ANY STRONG OUTFLOWS WILL LIKELY CAUSE AN INCREASE IN COVERAGE ON THE COUNTY SCALE. DAILY GULF BREEZE MOVING INLAND WILL CAUSE A SWITCH IN NEAR GROUND WINDS DURING THE AFTERNOON NEAR THE COAST. /16 && .SHORT TERM [TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT]...NAM AND GFS SOUNDINGS INDICATE LINGERING AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING THUNDERSTORMS COULD BRING STRONG GUSTY WIND AS OUTFLOW GUSTS FROM 35-45 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. CANNOT RULE OUT A FEW BECOMING BRIEFLY SEVERE WITH DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND/OR SMALL HAIL. TODAY'S 12Z MOS TEMPERATURE GUIDANCE APPEARS TO HAVE GOTTEN NEAR ZERO BIAS ON DAYTIME HIGHS AND GIVEN LITTLE CHG IN THE ENVIRONMENT TODAY...WILL LEAN TO MOS FOR THE MOMENT. POPS LOOK RATHER LOW FOR THE MESOSCALE SITUATION SO WE RAISED THEM BY ABOUT 20 TO 30 PERCENT FOR THE SEABREEZE AND THAT HELPS MATCH NEIGHBORS AS WELL. /77 .LONG TERM [TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY]...NO CHANGES. AN UPPER TROUGH SITUATED FROM THE SOUTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO TO THE WESTERN ATLANTIC WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST THROUGH MIDWEEK. AN UPPER HIGH BUILDING OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL PUSH INTO THE NORTHEAST GULF AND A STRONG UPPER LOW MOVES OFF NOVA SCOTIA INTO THE GRAND BANKS. IT SHOWS A SMALL PROPENSITY TO DRAG A FRONT THROUGH THIS AREA ACCOMPANIED BY A WEAK SURFACE HIGH IN THE NORTH CENTRAL GULF. ANOTHER COLD FRONT APPROACHING THE FORECAST AREA FROM THE NORTH OVERNIGHT FRIDAY MOVES INTO THE FORECAST AREA ON SUNDAY AND THEN STALLS. /77 WILL KEEP ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST THROUGH ALL FORECAST PERIODS...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. PRECIPITABLE WATER OVER THE AREA REMAINING BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2.0 INCHES THROUGH THE PERIOD SUGGEST THAT SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BRING PERIODS OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ESPECIALLY SINCE STORM MOTION IS EXPECTED TO BE LESS THEN 15 MPH. NO CHANGES TO TEMPERATURES WE HAVE. HIGHS CONTINUE ABOVE NORMAL...REACHING THE MID 90S INLAND AREAS AND LOWER 90S COASTAL SECTIONS. LOW TEMPERATURES EACH NIGHT WILL FALL INTO THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S INLAND AREAS AND THE MID 70S COASTAL SECTIONS. && .MARINE...WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NORTHERN GULF INTO THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK...WHILE A WEAK TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE PERSISTS JUST INLAND OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES. THIS WILL RESULT IN A CONTINUED LIGHT WIND FLOW OVER THE MARINE AREA INTO THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK...WITH A SOUTHWESTERLY DIRECTION BEING THE PRIMARY DIRECTION. LITTLE CHANGE IN SEAS EXPECTED. 12/DS && .FIRE WEATHER...HIGHS IN THE LOW TO MID 90S AND DEEP MIXING...WITH MIXING HEIGHT EXCEEDING 10000 FEET AND DISPERSION EXCEEDING 120...WILL BRING DRY AIR ALOFT MIXING DOWN TO THE SURFACE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SUNDAY AFTERNOON RH WILL THEREFORE BE IN THE UPPER 30S AWAY FROM THE COAST BUT HIGHER NEAR SHORE DUE TO DEVELOPING CONVECTION ALONG THE AFTERNOON SEA BREEZE. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE MORNING BECOMING SCATTERED IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MOBILE 69 94 73 95 / 30 30 10 30 PENSACOLA 72 93 78 95 / 20 30 10 30 DESTIN 79 91 78 90 / 20 30 10 30 EVERGREEN 66 97 69 98 / 30 40 10 30 WAYNESBORO 65 97 68 97 / 30 30 10 05 CAMDEN 65 97 69 98 / 30 20 10 10 CRESTVIEW 68 96 70 98 / 20 40 10 30 && .MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE. GM...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 11, 4:43 PM CDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 443 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2011 ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-GMZ630-650-655-670-675-MSZ067-075-076-078- 079-122145- 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- 443 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 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...THROUGH TONIGHT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY OVER SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND THE INTERIOR NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE SOUTHWESTWARD TO BE LOCATED MAINLY OVER SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI DURING THE EVENING HOURS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL WEAKEN DURING THE LATE EVENING HOURS AND DISSIPATE BY AROUND MIDNIGHT. GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH AND SMALL HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. HOWEVER...A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING ALSO A THREAT IN AND NEAR STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY A SMALL CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH DAY THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG...PRODUCING BRIEF STRONG WINDS GUSTS AND SMALL HAIL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF SKYWARN SEVERE STORM SPOTTER NETWORKS IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE REQUIRED.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 11, 7:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
703 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0445 PM TSTM WND DMG LENOX 31.34N 87.19W
06/11/2011 CONECUH AL EMERGENCY MNGR
THUNDERSTORMS WIND GUST TORE SOME METAL SHEATHING OFF OF
A BARN. ALSO BLEW A TREE LIMB ONTO A TRANSFORMER...
SPARKING A FIRE. DID NOT KNOCK OUT POWER. REPORTED BY
CONECUH CO EMA.
&&
SAMSpecial weather statement, Jun 11, 7:22 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 722 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2011 ALZ061-120100- UPPER MOBILE AL- 722 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2011 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL MOBILE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...THROUGH 800 PM CDT... AT 719 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CHICKASAW...OR NEAR I65 AND AL 158...AND MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... SARALAND AROUND 735 PM CDT... OAK GROVE AROUND 750 PM CDT... SATSUMA AROUND 755 PM CDT... CREOLA AROUND 800 PM CDT... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 6 AND 21. 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. &&
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 7:59 PM CDT, 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 759 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2011 ALZ061-MSZ079-120145- UPPER MOBILE AL-GEORGE MS- 759 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2011 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN GEORGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...CENTRAL MOBILE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... THROUGH 845 PM CDT... AT 756 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES WEST OF CHICKASAW...OR NEAR LOTT AND COLEMAN D...AND MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... BIG CREEK LAKE...BIG CREEK LAKE DAM AROUND 815 PM CDT... TANNER WILLIAMS AROUND 825 PM CDT... WILMER...WARLEY AROUND 830 PM CDT... MOFFET AROUND 845 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. SMALL HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. &&
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 8:01 PM CDT, 48 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Washington | 31 min |
| Jun 11, 7:56 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Washington | 2 hr |
| Jun 11, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Washington | 12 min |
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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.