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Special Marine Warning 231, NWS Mobile, AL

December 25, 2012

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special marine warning at Dec 25, 2012, 8:03 PM CST. 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
Dec 25, 2012, 8:03 PM CST (02:03 UTC)
Expired
Dec 25, 2012, 9:30 PM CST
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 Dec 25, 5:57 PM CST, 2 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 25, 5:57 PM CST, 2 hours 6 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 25, 2:00 PM CST, 6 hours 3 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
200 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-261200-
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-
200 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM FOR ALL INTERIOR COUNTIES OF
SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA COUNTIES WEST OF INTERSTATE 65.
STRONG...LONG TRACKED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE. THIS IS A PARTICULARLY
DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION.

THREAT FOR SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER BEGINNING TO TAKE SHAPE FOR
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
BEGIN TO REDEVELOP ACROSS PARTS OF OUR AREA THIS AFTERNOON IN
RESPONSE TO A STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TO OUR WEST. AS
THESE ISOLATED SHOWERS AND STORMS DEVELOP...THEY ARE EXPECTED TO
MOVE RAPIDLY TO THE NORTHEAST. ALTHOUGH COVERAGE OF STORMS THIS
AFTERNOON IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE WIDESPREAD...ANY STORMS THAT DO
DEVELOP WILL INTENSIFY RAPIDLY...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND WEST OF THE
I-65 CORRIDOR. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR THESE STORMS TO PRODUCE
STRONG...LONG TRACKED TORNADOES.

AS THE DAY PROGRESSES...A SQUALL LINE THAT IS OVER CENTRAL LOUISIANA
EARLY THIS AFTERNOON IS EXPECTED TO SURGE RAPIDLY EASTWARD... MOVING
INTO SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS
EVENING...THEN RAPIDLY EAST ACROSS SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN
FLORIDA PANHANDLE MID EVENING HOURS...THEN MOVING EAST OF THE REGION
SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER CONCERN ALONG THE
SQUALL LINE WILL BE DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS OF 60 TO 80 MPH AND
LARGE HAIL...BUT AN ISOLATED TORNADO WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE.
BRIEF...TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WILL ALSO LIKELY...BUT DUE TO THE SPEED
OF THE SYSTEM...FLOODING SHOULD BE KEPT TO A MINIMUM. CONVECTIVE
CELLS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN THE UNSTABLE WARM SECTOR OF THE
STORM OUT IN ADVANCE OF THE SQUALL LINE...WITH THE CONTINUED THREAT
OF STRONG...LONG TRACKED TORNADOES. THE TIMING FOR THE HIGHEST
POTENTIAL OF DANGEROUS...LONG TRACKED TORNADOES IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA APPEARS TO BE LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH MID
EVENING TODAY.

STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER
SITUATION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
AS ANOTHER SYSTEM PUSHES EASTWARD ACROSS THE GULF OF MEXICO. WHILE
THIS SYSTEM WILL NOT BE NEARLY AS POTENT...PRECIPITATION CHANCES
WILL INCREASE TOWARD THE FIRST HALF OF THE WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF SKYWARN SEVERE STORM SPOTTER THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT.

GMZ630>635-650-655-670-675-261200-
NORTHERN MOBILE BAY-SOUTHERN MOBILE BAY-MISSISSIPPI SOUND-
PERDIDO BAY-PENSACOLA BAY SYSTEM-CHOCTAWHATCHEE 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-
200 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BECOME PROGRESSIVELY STRONGER OVER THE MARINE
AREA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...CREATING HAZARDOUS
CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT. THESE WINDS COULD RESULT IN TIDES OF 1
TO 2 FEET ABOVE PREDICTED LEVELS LATER IN THE DAY CLOSER TO THE TIME
OF HIGH TIDE.

A LINE OF US STRONG TO SEVERE MARINE STORMS IS FORECAST TO CROSS THE
MARINE AREA THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS WITH A CONTINUED RISK OF SOME
OF THESE STORMS PRODUCING TORNADOES OVER WATER. OUT AHEAD OF THIS
LINE...MORE ISOLATED INDIVIDUAL STORMS COULD ALSO PRODUCE TORNADOES
OVER WATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL SHIFT EAST OF DESTIN BY OR
SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT.

WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE STRONG LINE OF STORMS...STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY
WINDS WILL BECOME MORE WESTERLY...AND BE CAPABLE OF CAPSIZING SMALLER
MARINE CRAFT. EVEN STRONGER NORTHWESTERLY WINDS...POSSIBLE
APPROACHING GALE FORCE...CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THE PREDAWN HOURS
WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE EARLY
WEDNESDAY TIME FRAME FOR POSSIBLE GALE CONDITIONS.

THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO END DURING THE PREDAWN
HOURS WEDNESDAY AS THE STRONG COLD FRONT CLEARS THE AREA...BUT
HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT DUE TO STRONG WINDS IS EXPECTED
TO CONTINUE UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
AS ANOTHER SYSTEM PUSHES EASTWARD ACROSS THE GULF OF MEXICO. WHILE
THIS SYSTEM WILL NOT BE NEARLY AS POTENT...PRECIPITATION CHANCES
WILL INCREASE TOWARD THE FIRST HALF OF THE WEEKEND.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 25, 5:15 PM CST, 2 hours 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
515 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

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

0453 PM     TORNADO          RIDERWOOD               32.13N 88.33W
12/25/2012                   CHOCTAW            AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TYLER OF EOC RELAYED REPORT BY CITIZEN FROM RIDERWOOD.

&&

DALYB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 25, 6:08 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBClarke, Monroe, Wilcox67 min
Dec 25, 6:20 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB85 min
Dec 25, 6:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke, Monroe, Wilcox55 min
Dec 25, 6:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile, Washington46 min
Dec 25, 6:38 PM CSTCoastal Flood AdvisoryMOB5 hr
Dec 25, 6:59 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBClarke, Monroe45 min
Dec 25, 7:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Monroe, Washington60 min
Dec 25, 7:00 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBWilcox30 min
Dec 25, 7:19 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile41 min
Dec 25, 7:21 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBMobile39 min
Dec 25, 7:34 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBWilcox26 min
Dec 25, 7:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke, Conecuh, Monroe, Wilcox53 min
Dec 25, 7:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe46 min
Dec 25, 8:11 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin, Escambia49 min
Dec 25, 8:36 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBButler, Conecuh39 min
Dec 25, 8:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh, Escambia, Monroe46 min
Dec 25, 8:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin47 min
Dec 25, 9:08 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB82 min
Dec 25, 9:09 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBButler, Crenshaw51 min
Dec 25, 9:23 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB97 min
Dec 25, 9:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh, Covington, Escambia46 min
Dec 25, 9:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw70 min
Dec 25, 9:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Covington, Escambia45 min
Dec 25, 10:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington, Crenshaw60 min
Dec 25, 10:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington, Escambia46 min
Dec 25, 10:33 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB117 min
Dec 25, 10:40 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBCovington35 min
Dec 25, 11:14 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington26 min
Dec 26, 5:43 AM CSTWind AdvisoryMOBButler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more9 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.