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Special Marine Warning 7, NWS Mobile, AL

February 10, 2012

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special marine warning at Feb 10, 2012, 6:22 PM CST. It was in force for 83 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 10, 2012, 6:22 PM CST (00:22 UTC)
Expired: Feb 10, 2012, 7:45 PM CST
In force: 83 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 10, 5:52 PM CST, 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 10, 5:52 PM CST, 30 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 10, 3:45 PM CST, 2 hours 37 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
345 PM CST FRI FEB 10 2012

ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-111200-
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-
345 PM CST FRI FEB 10 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

A VERY STRONG...ARCTIC SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM EXPANDS ACROSS THE
DEEP SOUTH OVER THE WEEKEND AND WILL BRING FREEZING TEMPERATURES TO
THE GULF COAST. TEMPERATURES PLUMMET INTO THE LOWER 20S NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 10 SATURDAY NIGHT AND IN THE LOWER TO MID 20S ON SUNDAY NIGHT.
WIND CHILLS FORECAST WELL INTO THE TEENS EARLY SUNDAY. FREEZING
TEMPERATURES THIS WEEKEND WILL BE DETRIMENTAL TO EARLY BLOOMS WE HAVE
BEEN SEEING ON MANY AREA FLOWERS. A HARD FREEZE WATCH IS IN EFFECT
NORTH OF INTERSTATE 10 WITH A FREEZE WATCH SOUTH OF THERE SUNDAY
MORNING.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER FORECAST MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

GMZ630-650-655-670-675-111200-
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-
345 PM CST FRI FEB 10 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A COLD FRONT SWINGS THROUGH THE COASTAL WATERS THIS
EVENING WITH A STRONG NORTHERLY FLOW FOLLOWING IN ITS WAKE BEGINNING
BY DAYBREAK SATURDAY MORNING. NORTHWEST TO NORTHERLY WINDS WILL
LIKELY BE GUSTING TO BETWEEN 20 AND 25 KNOTS BY DAYBREAK. A SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

A VERY STRONG RIDGE OF SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE EXPANDS INTO THE
SOUTHERN STATES OVER THE WEEKEND...RESULTING IN A STRONG OFFSHORE
FLOW AND HIGH SEAS WHICH CAN CAUSE PROBLEMS FOR THE SAFE NAVIGATION
OF SMALL MARINE CRAFT. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES TO CONTINUE INTO THE
WEEKEND.

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPS OVER LOUISIANA MONDAY AND TRACKS
EASTWARD ACROSS THE COAST EARLY TUESDAY. SEAS TREND HIGHER AS WINDS
INCREASE MONDAY AND TUESDAY. WINDS DECREASE AND SEAS SUBSIDE
WEDNESDAY AND THEN TREND HIGHER AGAIN BY THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 10, 7:47 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		27 min
Feb 11, 4:30 AM CST	Freeze Warning	MOB		27 hr
Feb 11, 4:30 AM CST	Hard Freeze Warning	MOB	Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more	27 hr
Feb 11, 4:30 AM CST	Wind Advisory	MOB	Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more	13 hr
Feb 11, 6:26 AM CST	Red Flag Warning	MOB	Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more	36 hr
Feb 11, 3:23 PM CST	Fire Weather Watch	MOB	Butler, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia and 2 more	16 hr

Nearby

Special Marine Warnings in Alabama, 2012 Every special marine warning in 2012

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.