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Special Marine Warning 151, NWS Mobile, AL

October 3, 2014

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special marine warning at Oct 3, 2014, 9:14 AM CDT. It was in force for 91 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
Oct 3, 2014, 9:14 AM CDT (14:14 UTC)
Expired
Oct 3, 2014, 10:45 AM CDT
In force
91 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 Oct 3, 5:20 AM CDT, 3 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 3, 5:20 AM CDT, 3 hours 54 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 3, 5:52 AM CDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 3, 4:50 AM CDT, 4 hours 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
450 AM CDT FRI OCT 3 2014

ALZ054-031030-
WILCOX AL-
450 AM CDT FRI OCT 3 2014

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT WILCOX COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST
ALABAMA...THROUGH 530 AM CDT...

AT 447 AM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES WEST OF
CAMDEN...OR NEAR YELLOW BLUFF...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BOYKIN...             YELLOW BLUFF...       PINE HILL...
  CAMDEN...

THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE WIND GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH.
WINDS THIS STRONG COULD BLOW OFF TREE LIMBS AND ALSO BLOW AROUND
SMALL UNSECURED OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.

SMALL HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY
AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF
POSSIBLE. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS. AVOID USING WIRED
TELEPHONES DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO OUTSIDE PHONE LINES.

&&
Special weather statement, Oct 3, 8:46 AM CDT, 28 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 2, 7:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw57 min
Oct 3, 8:13 AM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMOB29 hr
Oct 3, 2:55 PM CDTRed Flag WarningMOBButler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more27 hr
Oct 3, 9:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBOkaloosa41 min

Nearby

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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.