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Fire Weather Watch 2, NWS Mobile, AL

February 25, 201410 counties in Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this fire weather watch at Feb 25, 2014, 2:58 PM CST for 10 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Feb 27, 2014, 11:00 AM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 25, 2014, 2:58 PM CST (20:58 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 27, 2014, 11:00 AM CST
Expired
Feb 26, 2014, 12:21 PM CST
In force
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL

Counties Butler County, AL, Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Washington County, AL, Wilcox County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this fire weather watch 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 fire weather watch went out at Feb 25, 11:30 AM CST, 3 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 25, 11:30 AM CST, 3 hours 28 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 25, 6:14 AM CST, 8 hours 44 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
614 AM CST TUE FEB 25 2014

ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-261215-
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-
614 AM CST TUE FEB 25 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS WITH A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL
BECOME BETTER DEVELOPED LATE THIS EVENING AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
THE MAIN CONCERN WITH THIS PATTERN THROUGH TONIGHT WILL BE PERIODS OF
HEAVY RAIN BEGINNING OVER WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA SHORTLY
AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...SPREADING EASTWARD OVER REMAINING AREAS
WEDNESDAY MORNING. SOME MINOR OR LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE
THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING ESPECIALLY WHERE POOR DRAINAGE OCCURS
OFTEN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN MOSTLY EARLY WEDNESDAY MAY BRING SOME
LOCALIZED FLOODING IN AREAS WHERE POOR DRAINAGE OCCURS OFTEN.

A STRONG COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE ON WEDNESDAY BRINGS THE NEXT PERIOD OF
COLDER AIR TO THE GULF COAST. LOW TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO DIP
BELOW FREEZING BOTH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY MORNINGS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

GMZ630>635-650-655-670-675-261215-
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-
614 AM CST TUE FEB 25 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

HEAVY RAIN WITH PATCHY AREAS OF FOG CAN BE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT AND
EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING POSSIBLY RESTRICTING VISIBILITIES TO LESS
THAN ONE MILE AT TIMES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

A STRONG NORTHERLY WIND FLOW WILL DEVELOP EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING AND
CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING LEADING TO HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS
FOR SMALL CRAFT WEDNESDAY THROUGH MIDDAY THURSDAY.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 25, 3:30 PM CSTSmall Craft AdvisoryMOB44 hr

Nearby

Fire Weather Watches in Alabama, 2014Every fire weather watch in 2014

Sources

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