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Special Marine Warning 131, NWS Mobile, AL

July 17, 2012

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special marine warning at Jul 17, 2012, 7:40 PM CDT. It was in force for 35 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: Jul 17, 2012, 7:40 PM CDT (00:40 UTC)
Expired: Jul 17, 2012, 8:15 PM CDT
In force: 35 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 Jul 17, 6:46 PM CDT, 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 17, 6:46 PM CDT, 54 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 17, 10:24 AM CDT, 9 hours 16 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1024 AM CDT TUE JUL 17 2012

ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-181200-
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-
1024 AM CDT TUE JUL 17 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.

.DAY ONE...REST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS
THE AREA TODAY WITH THE BEST COVERAGE GENERALLY EAST OF THE I-65
CORRIDOR.  ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS SUPPORT FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND
HEAVY DOWNPOURS ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS WITH THE STRONGER STORMS.
WHILE SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BE STRONG TO BRIEFLY
SEVERE...WIDESPREAD ORGANIZED SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

SCATTERED TO OCCASIONALLY NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
REMAIN IN THE FORECAST THROUGH THE WEEK AND UPCOMING WEEKEND. GUSTY
WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS CAN
BE EXPECTED WITH ANY OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF SKYWARN SEVERE STORM SPOTTER NETWORKS IS NOT EXPECTED
THROUGH MONDAY.

GMZ630-650-655-670-675-181200-
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-
1024 AM CDT TUE JUL 17 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL
WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...REST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED TO OCCASIONALLY NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE
POSSIBLE OVER THE MARINE AREA...WITH THE BEST COVERAGE MAINLY
OVERNIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG
WIND GUSTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND POTENTIALLY A FEW WATERSPOUTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE MARINE
AREA THROUGH THE WEEK AND INTO THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. SOME OF THE
STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS...FREQUENT
LIGHTNING...AND POTENTIALLY A FEW WATERSPOUTS.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 17, 6:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 17, 6:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 17, 6:52 PM CDT, 48 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 17, 7:07 PM CDT, 33 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 17, 7:14 PM CDT, 26 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 17, 7:27 PM CDT, 13 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 17, 7:04 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Baldwin, Mobile	116 min
Jul 17, 7:46 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Baldwin	119 min
Jul 17, 8:10 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		65 min
Jul 17, 8:14 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Mobile	2 hr
Jul 17, 8:24 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Butler, Conecuh, Covington	2 hr
Jul 18, 1:44 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		91 min
Jul 18, 2:00 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Baldwin	2 hr
Jul 18, 2:07 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		53 min
Jul 18, 2:20 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Choctaw	4 hr
Jul 18, 2:23 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Mobile	4 hr
Jul 18, 2:27 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		93 min
Jul 18, 3:15 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Choctaw	2 hr
Jul 18, 3:28 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Mobile	2 hr
Jul 18, 4:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Greene	43 min

Nearby

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