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Small Craft Advisory 52, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this small craft advisory at Dec 25, 2012, 4:41 AM CST. It took effect at Dec 25, 2012, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 25, 2012, 4:41 AM CST (10:41 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 25, 2012, 9:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 25, 2012, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
573 WHUS74 KMOB 251041 MWWMOB URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 441 AM CST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE ALABAMA AND WESTERN FLORIDA OPEN GULF WATERS TONIGHT THROUGH NOON WEDNESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR REMAINDER OF THE COASTAL WATERS... .A POWERFUL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE GULF COASTAL STATES TODAY AND BRING A STRONG COLD FRONT THROUGH THE MARINE AREA TONIGHT. AHEAD OF THE FRONT...STRONG TO SEVERE MARINE THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP...THEN END WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE FRONT. ONSHORE FLOW INCREASES THROUGH THE DAY THEN SHIFT TO A STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST FLOW IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT. WIND GUSTS LIKELY MOVING ABOVE GALE FORCE TONIGHT OVER THE OPEN GULF WATERS. HIGH AND DANGEROUS SEAS FORECAST. THE STRONG OFFSHORE FLOW GRADUALLY SUBSIDES WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE REGION. GMZ670-675-251900- /O.UPG.KMOB.SC.Y.0050.000000T0000Z-121227T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.GL.W.0007.121226T0000Z-121226T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.SC.Y.0052.121225T1500Z-121226T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.SC.Y.0053.121226T1800Z-121227T0000Z/ WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS FROM 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 441 AM CST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION...A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS TODAY...THEN SWITCHING TO THE WEST 25 TO 30 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO GALE FORCE TONIGHT. WINDS BECOME NORTHWEST 25 TO 30 KNOTS WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH GUSTS CONTINUING TO GALE FORCE. * SEAS: SEAS BUILDING TO AS HIGH AS 8 TO 11 FEET BY EARLY WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS... AND/OR SEAS 7 FEET OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED BOATERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ GMZ650-655-251900- /O.EXT.KMOB.SC.Y.0051.121225T1500Z-121226T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.GL.W.0007.121226T0000Z-121226T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.SC.Y.0054.121226T1800Z-121227T0000Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL OUT 20 NM- 441 AM CST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION...A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS TODAY...THEN SWITCHING TO THE WEST 25 TO 30 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO GALE FORCE TONIGHT. WINDS BECOME NORTHWEST 25 TO 30 KNOTS WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH GUSTS CONTINUING TO GALE FORCE. * SEAS: SEAS BUILDING TO AS HIGH AS 7 TO 10 FEET BY EARLY WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS... AND/OR SEAS 7 FEET OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED BOATERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ GMZ630>635-251900- /O.CON.KMOB.SC.Y.0050.121225T1800Z-121227T0000Z/ NORTHERN MOBILE BAY-SOUTHERN MOBILE BAY-MISSISSIPPI SOUND- PERDIDO BAY-PENSACOLA BAY SYSTEM-CHOCTAWHATCHEE BAY- 441 AM CST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS THROUGH THE DAY THEN SWITCHING TO THE WEST AROUND 25 KNOTS TONIGHT WITH HIGHER GUSTS. NORTHWEST FLOW BECOMES BETTER DEFINED BY MID TO LATE MORNING WEDNESDAY AT SPEEDS FROM 20 TO 25 KNOTS AND GUSTY. * SEAS: BECOMING ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS... AND/OR SEAS 7 FEET OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED BOATERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$
1 follow-up statement
846 WHUS74 KMOB 252023 MWWMOB URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 223 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE ALABAMA AND WESTERN FLORIDA OPEN GULF WATERS FROM 6 PM CST THIS EVENING THROUGH NOON WEDNESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONTINUES UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING AND THEN FROM NOON TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY FOR ALL OF THE MARINE AREA... .A POWERFUL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE GULF COASTAL STATES TODAY AND BRING A STRONG COLD FRONT THROUGH THE MARINE AREA TONIGHT. AHEAD OF THE FRONT...STRONG TO SEVERE MARINE THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP...THEN END WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE FRONT. ONSHORE FLOW INCREASES THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...THEN SHIFT TO A STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST FLOW IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT. FREQUENT WIND GUSTS LIKELY MOVING ABOVE GALE FORCE TONIGHT OVER MOST OF THE MARINE AREA. HIGH AND DANGEROUS SEAS FORECAST. THE STRONG OFFSHORE FLOW GRADUALLY SUBSIDES WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE REGION. GMZ650-655-260430- /O.CON.KMOB.SC.Y.0051.000000T0000Z-121226T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.GL.W.0007.121226T0000Z-121226T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.SC.Y.0054.121226T1800Z-121227T0000Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL OUT 20 NM- 223 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... A GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS TODAY...THEN SWITCHING TO THE WEST 25 TO 30 KNOTS WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO GALE FORCE TONIGHT. WINDS BECOME NORTHWEST 25 TO 30 KNOTS WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH GUSTS CONTINUING TO GALE FORCE. * SEAS: SEAS BUILDING TO AS HIGH AS 7 TO 10 FEET BY EARLY WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS... AND/OR SEAS 7 FEET OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED BOATERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ GMZ670-675-260430- /O.CON.KMOB.SC.Y.0052.000000T0000Z-121226T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.GL.W.0007.121226T0000Z-121226T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.SC.Y.0053.121226T1800Z-121227T0000Z/ WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS FROM 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 223 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS TODAY...THEN SWITCHING TO THE WEST 25 TO 30 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO GALE FORCE TONIGHT. WINDS BECOME NORTHWEST 25 TO 30 KNOTS WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH GUSTS CONTINUING TO GALE FORCE. * SEAS: SEAS BUILDING TO AS HIGH AS 8 TO 11 FEET BY EARLY WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS... AND/OR SEAS 7 FEET OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED BOATERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ GMZ630>635-260430- /O.CON.KMOB.SC.Y.0050.000000T0000Z-121227T0000Z/ NORTHERN MOBILE BAY-SOUTHERN MOBILE BAY-MISSISSIPPI SOUND- PERDIDO BAY-PENSACOLA BAY SYSTEM-CHOCTAWHATCHEE BAY- 223 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS THROUGH THE DAY THEN SWITCHING TO THE WEST AROUND 25 KNOTS TONIGHT WITH HIGHER GUSTS. NORTHWEST FLOW BECOMES BETTER DEFINED BY MID TO LATE MORNING WEDNESDAY AT SPEEDS FROM 20 TO 25 KNOTS AND GUSTY. * SEAS: BECOMING ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS... AND/OR SEAS 7 FEET OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED BOATERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 24, 9:38 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 20 hr | |
| Dec 25, 4:41 AM CST | Gale Warning | MOB | 31 hr | |
| Dec 25, 4:41 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 42 hr | |
| Dec 25, 4:41 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 42 hr | |
| Dec 25, 2:01 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 62 min | |
| Dec 25, 2:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke | 32 min |
| Dec 25, 2:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe | 65 min |
| Dec 25, 3:14 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 61 min | |
| Dec 25, 3:35 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington, Crenshaw | 55 min |
| Dec 25, 4:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe, Wilcox | 68 min |
| Dec 25, 4:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile | 33 min |
| Dec 25, 4:13 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 17 min | |
| Dec 25, 4:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke, Mobile, Washington | 10 min |
| Dec 25, 4:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 51 min |
| Dec 25, 4:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 66 min |
| Dec 25, 4:28 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 17 min |
| Dec 25, 4:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe | 51 min |
| Dec 25, 4:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Escambia | 49 min |
| Dec 25, 4:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 61 min |
| Dec 25, 4:47 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 43 min | |
| Dec 25, 4:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Mobile, Washington | 55 min |
| Dec 25, 4:52 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 53 min |
| Dec 25, 4:52 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 38 min |
| Dec 25, 5:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile, Washington | 45 min |
| Dec 25, 5:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 45 min |
| Dec 25, 5:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 52 min |
| Dec 25, 5:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington | 18 min |
| Dec 25, 5:16 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Monroe | 44 min |
| Dec 25, 5:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 58 min |
| Dec 25, 5:23 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Monroe, Wilcox | 23 min |
| Dec 25, 5:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Mobile, Washington | 62 min |
| Dec 25, 5:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Wilcox | 65 min |
| Dec 25, 5:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke, Wilcox | 46 min |
| Dec 25, 5:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 64 min |
| Dec 25, 3:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Perry, Stone | 56 min |
| Dec 25, 3:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Greene, Perry, Wayne | 56 min |
| Dec 25, 4:06 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Greene, Perry | 54 min |
| Dec 25, 4:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Stone | 48 min |
| Dec 25, 4:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Perry, Wayne | 61 min |
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Sources
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