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Special Marine Warning 239, NWS Mobile, AL

December 28, 2012

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special marine warning at Dec 28, 2012, 9:18 PM CST. It was in force for 57 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 28, 2012, 9:18 PM CST (03:18 UTC)
Expired: Dec 28, 2012, 10:15 PM CST
In force: 57 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 28, 5:50 PM CST, 3 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 28, 5:50 PM CST, 3 hours 28 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 28, 4:59 AM CST, 16 hours 19 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
459 AM CST FRI DEC 28 2012

ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-291200-
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-
459 AM CST FRI DEC 28 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A SURFACE LOW WILL TRACK ACROSS THE NORTH CENTRAL GULF COAST THIS
EVENING...PULLING A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE REGION BY LATE TONIGHT.
SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION AHEAD
OF THE FRONT LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. SEVERE WEATHER
IS NOT EXPECTED ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION DUE TO THE LACK OF
INSTABILITY TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS.
HOWEVER...JUST ENOUGH INSTABILITY MAY DEVELOP RIGHT ALONG THE COAST
TO CREATE A SMALL RISK FOR AN ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORM SOUTH
OF THE INTERSTATE 10 CORRIDOR. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT
EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

GMZ630>635-650-655-670-675-291200-
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-
459 AM CST FRI DEC 28 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

MODERATE TO STRONG ONSHORE WINDS WILL DEVELOP THROUGH THIS EVENING AS
A COLD FRONT APPROACHES. WINDS WILL SWITCH TO THE NORTHWEST LATE
TONIGHT AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. THESE MODERATE TO
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE COASTAL WATERS LATE
THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME
STRONG...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND WATERSPOUTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

STRONG OFFSHORE WINDS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL
CRAFT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 28, 7:22 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		38 min
Dec 28, 7:56 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		49 min
Dec 28, 8:32 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		58 min
Dec 28, 8:43 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		47 min
Dec 28, 9:25 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		95 min
Dec 28, 9:27 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		33 min
Dec 28, 9:58 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		17 min
Dec 28, 10:14 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		46 min
Dec 28, 10:44 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		31 min
Dec 28, 10:56 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		49 min
Dec 28, 11:14 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		61 min
Dec 29, 4:25 AM CST	Freeze Warning	MOB	Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more	28 hr
Dec 29, 10:17 AM CST	River Flood Warning	MOB	George, Greene, Perry	6 days

Nearby

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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.