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Special Marine Warning 14, NWS Mobile, AL

February 24, 2012

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special marine warning at Feb 24, 2012, 11:15 AM CST. It was in force for 60 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
Feb 24, 2012, 11:15 AM CST (17:15 UTC)
Expired
Feb 24, 2012, 12:15 PM CST
In force
60 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 Feb 24, 10:08 AM CST, 1 hour 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 24, 10:08 AM CST, 1 hour 7 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1008 AM CST FRI FEB 24 2012

.UPDATE...FRONTAL BOUNDARY HAS MOVED SOUTHEAST TO A LINE FROM SOUTH
OF BUTLER ALABAMA TO LEAKESVILLE TO WIGGINS MISSISSIPPI. SEVERE
WEATHER THREAT HAS ENDED FROM CHOCTAW ALABAMA TO GREEN AND STONE
COUNTY IN MISSISSIPPI AND POINTS WEST. THIS UPDATE IS TO REMOVE
HEADLINES FROM ZONES FOR THESE COUNTIES. WW35 REMAINS IN EFFECT
THROUGH 3 P FOR REMAINDER OF AREA EXCEPT THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. /10

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
MOBILE      71  37  62  41 /  70  05  05  40
PENSACOLA   72  40  63  43 /  70  05  10  40
DESTIN      72  43  61  45 /  70  10  10  40
EVERGREEN   71  35  62  38 /  70  10  05  30
WAYNESBORO  70  34  62  36 /  70  05  05  20
CAMDEN      70  33  59  39 /  70  05  05  20
CRESTVIEW   73  37  64  36 /  70  10  10  40

&&

.MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...NONE.
FL...NONE.
MS...NONE.
GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 10 AM SATURDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: COASTAL WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL OUT 20
     NM...COASTAL WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS OUT
     20 NM...MOBILE BAY...WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL
     FROM 20 TO 60 NM...AND WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO
     PASCAGOULA MS FROM 20 TO 60 NM.

&&
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 24, 4:29 AM CST, 6 hours 46 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
429 AM CST FRI FEB 24 2012

ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-251200-
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-
429 AM CST FRI FEB 24 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

AS A FRONT MOVES OVER THE AREA SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BECOME
LIKELY. A FEW MAY BECOME STRONG...MAYBE SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS THE
PRIMARY THREAT. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE SOUTH OF THE COAST BY
EARLY AFTERNOON...THOUGH SKIES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN OVERCAST WILL
INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

A PASSING UPPER SYSTEM WILL BRING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS TO THE
AREA SUNDAY. NO SEVERE ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED.

A WEAK FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY...BRINGING
A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. NONE OF THESE ARE EXPECTED TO
BECOME SEVERE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF SKYWARN SEVERE STORM SPOTTER NETWORKS IS NOT
ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

GMZ630-650-655-670-675-251200-
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-
429 AM CST FRI FEB 24 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

MODERATE ONSHORE WINDS WILL BECOME STRONG OFFSHORE AS A STRONG FRONT
MOVES OVER AND SOUTH OF THE AREA TODAY. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL
CREATE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT THROUGH TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SETTLE SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT AS THEY
BECOME EASTERLY. WINDS WILL AGAIN BECOME MODERATE TO STRONG
SUNDAY...INCREASING THE HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT INTO MID WEEK.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 24, 8:11 AM CST, 3 hours 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
811 AM CST FRI FEB 24 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0800 AM     HAIL             NEW AUGUSTA             31.20N 89.04W
02/24/2012  E1.75 INCH       PERRY              MS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

10
Special weather statement, Feb 24, 8:27 AM CST, 2 hours 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
827 AM CST FRI FEB 24 2012

ALZ053-054-241515-
WILCOX AL-CLARKE AL-
827 AM CST FRI FEB 24 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN WILCOX AND NORTHERN
CLARKE COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...THROUGH 915 AM CST...

AT 826 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES WEST OF THOMASVILLE...OR 6 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF SHAWNEE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BOYKIN...             YELLOW BLUFF...       PINE HILL...
  CAMDEN...             THOMASVILLE...

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CST FRIDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

&&
Local storm report, Feb 24, 8:32 AM CST, 2 hours 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
832 AM CST FRI FEB 24 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0822 AM     HAIL             JONATHAN                31.22N 88.64W
02/24/2012  E0.88 INCH       GREENE             MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

JC
Local storm report, Feb 24, 9:24 AM CST, 1 hour 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
924 AM CST FRI FEB 24 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0915 AM     TSTM WND DMG     JACKSON                 31.51N 87.90W
02/24/2012                   CLARKE             AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            HARPER HEADSTART SCHOOL SUSTAINED ROOF DAMAGE.

&&

10
Local storm report, Feb 24, 10:30 AM CST, 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1030 AM CST FRI FEB 24 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0917 AM     TSTM WND DMG     1 NE JACKSON            31.52N 87.88W
02/24/2012                   CLARKE             AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREE DAMAGE REPORTED ON BRIDALWOOD PATH ROUGHLY A HALF
            MILE NORTHEAST OF WHERE HARPER HEAD START SCHOOL WAS
            DAMAGED.

&&

JC
Local storm report, Feb 24, 10:45 AM CST, 30 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 24, 8:06 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWashington39 min
Feb 24, 8:51 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke, Monroe, Washington39 min
Feb 24, 9:20 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBClarke, Conecuh, Monroe40 min
Feb 24, 9:30 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke, Wilcox30 min
Feb 24, 9:35 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBWilcox25 min
Feb 24, 9:52 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler, Conecuh, Crenshaw, Monroe, Wilcox38 min
Feb 24, 10:13 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBButler, Crenshaw32 min
Feb 24, 10:35 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB40 min
Feb 24, 11:26 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB19 min
Feb 24, 12:17 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB58 min
Feb 24, 2:08 PM CSTRed Flag WarningMOBButler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more26 hr
Feb 24, 7:41 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGreene, Perry, Wayne49 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.