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Special Marine Warning 64, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this special marine warning at May 12, 2012, 10:09 PM CDT. It was in force for 96 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
- May 12, 2012, 10:09 PM CDT (03:09 UTC)
- Expired
- May 12, 2012, 11:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 96 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 May 12, 6:35 PM CDT, 3 hours 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 12, 6:35 PM CDT, 3 hours 34 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1210 PM CDT SAT MAY 12 2012 ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-131045- 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- 1210 PM CDT SAT MAY 12 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. THERE IS A SMALL RISK OF A FEW SEVERE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. LOCALIZED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS. HOWEVER...A WARM FRONT IS LOCATED ACROSS THE REGION AND THIS WILL RESULT IN A SMALL CHANCE OF A TORNADO. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF THE AREA WITH SOME AREAS RECEIVING AS MUCH AS 3 TO 5 INCHES. THIS COULD RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING ISSUES...ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AND URBAN AREAS. INCREASING SOUTHEAST WINDS ALONG THE BEACHES WILL INCREASE THE RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS THIS WEEKEND. THE UPDATED RIP CURRENT RISK IS HIGH FOR TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY WITH CONTINUED LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. OTHERWISE...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED DURING THE PERIOD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF SKYWARN SEVERE STORM SPOTTER NETWORKS IS NOT EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND. GMZ630-650-655-670-675-131045- 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- 1210 PM CDT SAT MAY 12 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 SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS AND BUILDING SEAS OVER THE MARINE AREA WILL BRING HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR OPERATORS OF SMALL CRAFT MAINLY TODAY AND TONIGHT. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA OUT 60 NM OUT FROM 8 AM CDT THROUGH 10 PM THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 12, 4:23 PM CDT, 5 hours 46 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 518 PM CDT SAT MAY 12 2012 ALZ054-055-057-058-122315- BUTLER AL-CRENSHAW AL-MONROE AL-WILCOX AL- 518 PM CDT SAT MAY 12 2012 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT BUTLER...CRENSHAW...NORTHEASTERN MONROE AND SOUTHEASTERN WILCOX COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... THROUGH 615 PM CDT... AT 518 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE MONITORING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE LOCATED FROM NEAR PINE APPLE...TO NEAR CHAPMAN...TO NEAR BRANTLEY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE... RUTLEDGE... PETREY... LUVERNE... GLENWOOD... DOZIER... BRANTLEY... GREENVILLE... I65 AND AL 185... I65 AND AL 106... I65 AND AL 10... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 113 AND 139. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH...PENNY SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. SEEK SAFE SHELTER INDOORS UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. &&
Local storm report, May 12, 8:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 7:50 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 85 min | |
| May 12, 8:47 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 88 min | |
| May 13, 6:15 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 69 min | |
| May 13, 6:44 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 46 min | |
| May 13, 7:21 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 39 min | |
| May 13, 7:43 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 92 min | |
| May 13, 9:40 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 95 min | |
| May 12, 7:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia | 16 min |
| May 12, 8:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia | 30 min |
| May 12, 9:05 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 115 min |
| May 13, 6:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 35 min |
| May 13, 7:14 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 33 min |
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