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Fire Weather Watch 10, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this fire weather watch at Mar 3, 2012, 2:21 PM CST for 10 counties in Alabama; 5 counties in Mississippi. It took effect at Mar 4, 2012, 11:00 AM CST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 3, 2012, 2:21 PM CST (20:21 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 4, 2012, 11:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Mar 4, 2012, 7:30 AM CST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
Counties Butler County, AL, Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Washington County, AL, Wilcox County, AL, George County, MS, Greene County, MS, Perry County, MS, Stone County, MS, Wayne County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this fire weather watch 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 fire weather watch went out at Mar 2, 5:32 PM CST, 20 hours 49 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 2, 5:32 PM CST, 20 hours 49 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 2, 4:19 PM CST, 22 hours 2 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 419 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-032230- 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- 419 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THIS EVENING. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AS A COLD FRONT ADVANCES ACROSS THE REGION. DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND A FEW TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT. STORMS WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THE SEVERE THREAT WILL END SATURDAY MORNING AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH. OTHERWISE...NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF SKYWARN SEVERE STORM SPOTTER NETWORKS WILL LIKELY BE REQUESTED THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. GMZ630-650-655-670-675-032230- 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- 419 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE MARINE AREA LATE TONIGHT...BRINGING AN INCREASING CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. INCREASE IN WIND AND SEAS ARE LIKELY IN THE VICINITY OF THESE STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT NOON SATURDAY THROUGH NOON SUNDAY FOR STRONG OFFSHORE WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT. SEAS AS HIGH AS 7 TO 9 FEET ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 7:47 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 26 min |
| Mar 3, 12:01 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 4 hr |
| Mar 3, 6:26 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 64 min | |
| Mar 3, 7:22 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 38 min | |
| Mar 3, 12:46 PM CST | Gale Warning | MOB | 20 hr | |
| Mar 3, 12:46 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 20 hr | |
| Mar 3, 9:15 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 3 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.