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Fire Weather Watch 4, NWS Mobile, AL

March 24, 201410 counties in Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this fire weather watch at Mar 24, 2014, 3:11 PM CDT for 10 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Mar 26, 2014, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 24, 2014, 3:11 PM CDT (20:11 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 26, 2014, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired
Mar 25, 2014, 3:19 PM CDT
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 20:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 182 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2014-03-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2014-03-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -106 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1866 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-106 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Mar 24, 4:30 AM CDT, 10 hours 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 24, 4:30 AM CDT, 10 hours 41 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 24, 5:03 AM CDT, 10 hours 8 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
503 AM CDT MON MAR 24 2014

ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-251100-
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-
503 AM CDT MON MAR 24 2014

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...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THE LATEST FORECAST CONTINUES TO CALL FOR THE POTENTIAL OF FREEZING
TEMPERATURES OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA WEDNESDAY
MORNING. CONSIDERING THIS...ALONG WITH TEMPERATURES DOWN INTO THE
THIRTIES NORTH OF THE BEACHES...WIDESPREAD FROST IS POSSIBLE IN AREAS
WHERE WIND BECOMES LIGHT WEDNESDAY MORNING. THESE CONDITIONS WILL BE
DETRIMENTAL TO UNPROTECTED EARLY SPRING PLANTINGS OF TENDER GARDEN
VEGETABLES.

FOR THURSDAY...A STRENGTHENING SOUTHEAST FLOW AND ASSOCIATED ELEVATED
SURF OVER THE BEACHES...BRINGS A POTENTIAL INCREASE IN RIP CURRENT
ACTIVITY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

GMZ630>635-650-655-670-675-251100-
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-
503 AM CDT MON MAR 24 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONTINUES THROUGH MID MORNING DUE TO STRONG
NORTHEAST FLOW. WINDS DECREASE BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA LATE MORNING
INTO THE AFTERNOON AS THE AXIS OF A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH FORMS NEARBY
OVER THE CENTRAL GULF COAST.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

A STRONG RIDGE OF SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS EASTWARD OUT OF THE
PLAINS ON TUESDAY...RESULTING IN A STRENGTHENING OFFSHORE FLOW. SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORIES WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED FOR TUESDAY. ADVISORIES
POSSIBLY CONTINUING INTO TUESDAY NIGHT FOR THE OFFSHORE ZONES. SEAS
TRENDING HIGHER. A DECREASE IN NORTHEAST TO EASTERLY FLOW FORECAST IS
EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY ALONG WITH LOWER SEAS...AS THE HIGH SHIFTS
EAST ACROSS THE APPALACHIANS. BY THURSDAY...THE PRESSURE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN THE HIGH OFF THE EAST COAST AND A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
LIFTING NORTHEAST UP ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST RESULTS IN A STRENGTHENING
SOUTHEAST FLOW AND A RETURN TO HIGHER SEA STATES.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 24, 3:11 PM CDTRed Flag WarningMOBButler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more27 hr
Mar 24, 3:34 PM CDTFreeze WatchMOBButler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more12 hr
Mar 24, 4:13 PM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMOB39 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.