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Special Marine Warning 16, NWS Mobile, AL

February 24, 2012

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special marine warning at Feb 24, 2012, 12:17 PM CST. It was in force for 58 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, 12:17 PM CST (18:17 UTC)
Expired: Feb 24, 2012, 1:15 PM CST
In force: 58 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, 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 24, 11:20 AM CST, 57 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 24, 4:29 AM CST, 7 hours 48 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, 9:24 AM CST, 2 hours 53 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, 1 hour 47 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, 1 hour 32 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 24, 11:19 AM CST, 58 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 24, 11:41 AM CST, 36 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Feb 24, 12:05 PM CST, 12 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
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, 11:26 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		19 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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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.