Alert archive / Alabama / Special Marine Warnings in 2012
Special Marine Warning 15, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this special marine warning at Feb 24, 2012, 11:26 AM CST. It was in force for 19 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, 11:26 AM CST (17:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2012, 11:45 AM CST
- In force
- 19 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, 11:20 AM CST, 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 24, 11:20 AM CST, 6 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 24, 4:29 AM CST, 6 hours 57 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
Special weather statement, Feb 24, 8:27 AM CST, 2 hours 59 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 54 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
&&
JCLocal storm report, Feb 24, 9:24 AM CST, 2 hours 2 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.
&&
10Local storm report, Feb 24, 10:30 AM CST, 56 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.
&&
JCLocal storm report, Feb 24, 10:45 AM CST, 41 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 8:06 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Washington | 39 min |
| Feb 24, 8:51 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe, Washington | 39 min |
| Feb 24, 9:20 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke, Conecuh, Monroe | 40 min |
| Feb 24, 9:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Wilcox | 30 min |
| Feb 24, 9:35 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 25 min |
| Feb 24, 9:52 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Crenshaw, Monroe, Wilcox | 38 min |
| Feb 24, 10:13 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Butler, Crenshaw | 32 min |
| Feb 24, 10:35 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 40 min | |
| Feb 24, 11:15 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 60 min | |
| Feb 24, 12:17 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 58 min | |
| Feb 24, 2:08 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | MOB | Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more | 26 hr |
| Feb 24, 7:41 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Greene, Perry, Wayne | 49 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.