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Marine Weather Statement 1, NWS Mobile, AL

March 28, 2014

NWS Mobile, AL issued this marine weather statement at Mar 28, 2014, 8:57 PM CDT. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 28, 2014, 8:57 PM CDT (01:57 UTC)
Expired
Mar 29, 2014, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this marine weather statement 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 marine weather statement went out at Mar 28, 3:58 PM CDT, 4 hours 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 28, 3:58 PM CDT, 4 hours 59 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 28, 7:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
745 PM CDT FRI MAR 28 2014

ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-292030-
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-
745 PM CDT FRI MAR 28 2014

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

.DAY ONE...THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON

RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS HIGH TONIGHT. THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP
CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES SATURDAY.

BETWEEN 2.5 TO 3.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER A LARGE PORTION OF
THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF ALABAMA AND THE WESTERNMOST FLORIDA
PANHANDLE EARLY FRIDAY...AS WELL AS THE HIGHWAY 84 CORRIDOR WEST OF
I-65. ISOLATED LOCATIONS RECEIVED AS MUCH AS 5.5 INCHES. STANDING
WATER WILL BE SLOW TO RECEDE THROUGHOUT THE EVENING HOURS. ANOTHER
ROUND OF RAINFALL IS FORECAST OVERNIGHT. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF
RAIN IS FORECAST...WITH ISOLATED TOTALS LOCATIONS 2 TO 4 INCHES.
ADDITIONAL AREAL FLOOD OR FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS MAY BE NEEDED WITH
THIS SECOND ROUND OF STORMS.

IN ADDITION...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM AND MOVE ACROSS THE
AREA OVERNIGHT. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THIS LINE ARE
POSSIBLE TONIGHT...MAINLY WEST OF I-65 BETWEEN MID EVENING AND 3 AM.
THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH. THE
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO SHIFT EAST OF I-65 BETWEEN
MIDNIGHT AND SUNRISE. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THREAT CANNOT BE RULED
OUT EAST OF I-65...BUT CHANCES ARE SLIGHTLY LOWER EAST OF I-65.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS END FROM THE WEST ON SATURDAY.

FREQUENT WIND GUSTS OF 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS WILL
LIKELY NOT BE REQUIRED.

GMZ630>635-650-655-670-675-292030-
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-
745 PM CDT FRI MAR 28 2014

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

.DAY ONE...THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON

SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE MARINE
AREA DUE TO MODERATE SOUTHEAST WINDS AND HIGH SEAS.

PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE MARINE AREA
THROUGH OVERNIGHT. SOME STRONG STORMS ARE POSSIBLE AND WILL BE CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HIGH SEAS.
LARGE HAIL IS POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT...MAINLY WEST OF PENSACOLA PASS
AND FURTHER OFFSHORE BEFORE 3 AM...AND SHIFTING EASTWARD THEREAFTER.
SHOWERS AND STORMS END FROM THE WEST EARLY SATURDAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY

A MODERATE TO STRONG OFFSHORE FLOW DEVELOPS SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY
SUNDAY IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION
DURING THESE TIMES.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 28, 4:04 PM CDT, 4 hours 53 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 29, 2:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh, Monroe24 min
Mar 29, 2:50 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBBaldwin, Mobile115 min
Mar 29, 3:25 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB95 min
Mar 29, 3:54 AM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMOB30 hr
Mar 29, 4:46 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB89 min
Mar 29, 2:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBOkaloosa, Santa Rosa41 min
Mar 29, 12:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGreene, Perry, Wayne47 min

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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.