Alert archive / Alabama / Gale Watches in 2015
Gale Watch 1, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this gale watch at Jan 6, 2015, 3:58 AM CST. It took effect at Jan 7, 2015, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 6, 2015, 3:58 AM CST (09:58 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 7, 2015, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 7, 2015, 3:20 AM CST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this gale 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 gale watch went out at Jan 5, 10:25 PM CST, 5 hours 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 5, 10:25 PM CST, 5 hours 33 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 5, 4:41 AM CST, 23 hours 17 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 441 AM CST MON JAN 5 2015 ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-061200- 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- 441 AM CST MON JAN 5 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY ALONG THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY AN ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA MID TO LATE WEEK. A HARD FREEZE IS LIKELY ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION THURSDAY MORNING...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE IMMEDIATE COAST. LOWS ARE FORECAST TO DROP INTO THE 15 TO 20 DEGREE RANGE NORTH OF INTERSTATE 10 WITH LOWS OF 20 TO 25 DEGREES FURTHER SOUTH TOWARD THE COAST. IN ADDITION...WIND CHILL READINGS AS LOW AS 5 TO 10 DEGREES ARE LIKELY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA...INCLUDING DURING THE TIME OF THE MORNING COMMUTE. ANOTHER HARD FREEZE IS POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF SKYWARN SEVERE STORM SPOTTER NETWORKS IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY. GMZ630>635-650-655-670-675-061200- 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- 441 AM CST MON JAN 5 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS MORNING DUE TO STRONG OFFSHORE WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A VERY STRONG OFFSHORE FLOW AND QUICKLY BUILDING SEAS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE MARINE AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 30 KNOTS ARE LIKELY AND THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR FREQUENT GUSTS TO GALE FORCE ACROSS MOBILE BAY AND THE OPEN GULF WATERS. SEAS ARE FORECAST TO BUILD TO 5 TO 8 FEET WITH 20 NM OF THE COAST AND 8 TO 11 FEET FROM 20 TO 60 NM OUT.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 6, 4:22 AM CST | Hard Freeze Watch | MOB | Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more | 23 hr |
| Jan 6, 1:34 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | MOB | Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more | 25 hr |
| Jan 6, 3:02 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 27 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.