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Special Marine Warning 153, NWS Mobile, AL

July 30, 2012

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special marine warning at Jul 30, 2012, 4:03 PM CDT. It was in force for 87 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 30, 2012, 4:03 PM CDT (21:03 UTC)
Expired: Jul 30, 2012, 5:30 PM CDT
In force: 87 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 30, 3:53 PM CDT, 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 30, 3:53 PM CDT, 10 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 30, 11:14 AM CDT, 4 hours 49 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1114 AM CDT MON JUL 30 2012

ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-311200-
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-
1114 AM CDT MON JUL 30 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION THIS
AFTERNOON...WITH THE BEST COVERAGE LIKELY TO BE OVER THE COASTAL
COUNTIES OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL
BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE WITH THE PRIMARY SEVERE THREATS BEING
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE.
THE OTHER STORM THREATS WILL BE TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS AND FREQUENT TO
NEAR CONTINUOUS LIGHTNING STRIKES. WHILE THE OVERALL THUNDERSTORM
THREAT WILL DIMINISH TONIGHT...A CHANCE FOR STORMS WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AS SMALL UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES
APPROACH THE REGION FROM THE NORTH.

A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL COUNTIES THROUGH 6 PM
DUE TO HEAT INDICES REACHING 105 TO 110 DEGREES. FURTHER INLAND...
HEAT INDICES WILL RANGE FROM 103 TO 107 DEGREES.

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FOR THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA
AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED MOSTLY DURING
THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK.
GUSTY STRAIGHT LINE WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND
PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE LIKELY WITH THE STRONGER STORMS.

DANGEROUS HEAT INDEX VALUES RANGING FROM 103 TO 107 DEGREES CAN BE
EXPECTED EACH AFTERNOON THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

GMZ630-650-655-670-675-311200-
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-
1114 AM CDT MON JUL 30 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH WINDS IN EXCESS 34 KNOTS WILL BE
POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL
BE MOVING SOUTHWARD TOWARDS THE COAST AND OFFSHORE MOSTLY THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH WINDS IN EXCESS 34 KNOTS WILL BE
POSSIBLE OVER THE MARINE AREA THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 30, 2:01 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
201 PM CDT MON JUL 30 2012

FLZ002-004-301945-
COASTAL ESCAMBIA FL-SANTA ROSA FL-
201 PM CDT MON JUL 30 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN SANTA ROSA AND
SOUTHEASTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...THROUGH 245 PM
CDT...

AT 158 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FERRY PASS...
OR 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FLORIDATOWN...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MIDWAY...             WOODLAWN BEACH...     TIGER POINT...
  PEA RIDGE...          MULAT...              FLORIDATOWN...
  ORIOLE BEACH...       GULF BREEZE...        BAGDAD...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 10 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 10 AND 28.

THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE WIND GUSTS UP TO 55 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.

&&

Local storm report, Jul 30, 3:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
300 PM CDT MON JUL 30 2012

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

0256 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 W HOLT                30.72N 86.83W
07/30/2012                   SANTA ROSA         FL   BROADCAST MEDIA

            TREES REPORTED DOWN NEAR ON INTERSTATE 10 NEAR MILE
            MARKER 40.

0210 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 W HOLT                30.72N 86.83W
07/30/2012                   SANTA ROSA         FL   BROADCAST MEDIA

            TREES REPORTED DOWN ALONG INTERSTATE 10 NEAR MILE MARKER
            40.

&&

JW

Local storm report, Jul 30, 3:04 PM CDT, 59 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 30, 3:06 PM CDT, 57 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
306 PM CDT MON JUL 30 2012

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

0230 PM     TSTM WND DMG     NICEVILLE               30.52N 86.48W
07/30/2012                   OKALOOSA           FL   BROADCAST MEDIA

            TREE DOWN IN FRONT YARD OF RESIDENCE

&&

JFB

Local storm report, Jul 30, 3:14 PM CDT, 49 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
314 PM CDT MON JUL 30 2012

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

0245 PM     TSTM WND DMG     DESTIN                  30.39N 86.48W
07/30/2012                   OKALOOSA           FL   PUBLIC

            TREES REPORTED DOWN IN DESTIN

&&

JFB

Local storm report, Jul 30, 3:55 PM CDT, 8 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 30, 10:28 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	MOB		5 hr
Jul 30, 12:52 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		68 min
Jul 30, 1:25 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		65 min
Jul 30, 2:02 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		88 min
Jul 30, 2:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Mobile, Washington	17 min
Jul 30, 2:28 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		92 min
Jul 30, 2:34 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		86 min
Jul 30, 2:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin	56 min
Jul 30, 3:03 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		87 min
Jul 30, 3:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin	56 min
Jul 30, 3:30 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		90 min
Jul 30, 3:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin	67 min
Jul 30, 4:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Mobile	61 min
Jul 30, 4:53 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		97 min
Jul 30, 5:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Covington	64 min
Jul 30, 5:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Escambia	54 min
Jul 30, 6:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Covington	47 min
Jul 30, 1:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Okaloosa, Santa Rosa	41 min
Jul 30, 2:12 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa	2 hr
Jul 30, 2:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Okaloosa, Santa Rosa	46 min
Jul 30, 2:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Escambia	49 min
Jul 30, 3:15 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Okaloosa	2 hr

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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.