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Special Marine Warning 2, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this special marine warning at Jan 4, 2015, 12:52 AM CST. It was in force for 68 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
- Jan 4, 2015, 12:52 AM CST (06:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 4, 2015, 2:00 AM CST
- In force
- 68 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 Jan 4, 12:05 AM CST, 47 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 4, 12:05 AM CST, 47 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 3, 4:39 AM CST, 20 hours 13 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 439 AM CST SAT JAN 3 2015 ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-041200- 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- 439 AM CST SAT JAN 3 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE FROM WEST TO EAST THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND WEST OF A CAMDEN...MONROEVILLE...BAY MINETTE...TO MOBILE LINE. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND AN ISOLATED TORNADO. THE MOST LIKELY TIME FRAME FOR STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE FROM 2 PM TO 10 PM. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS LIKELY WHICH WILL RESULT IN SOME MINOR FLOODING ISSUES IN URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. ISOLATED INSTANCES OF FLASH FLOODING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE...PRIMARILY OVER INLAND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND FAR INLAND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AN ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA MID TO LATE WEEK. A HARD FREEZE IS POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION THURSDAY AND FRIDAY MORNINGS. THERE IS ALSO THE POTENTIAL FOR SINGLE DIGIT WIND CHILLS EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... GMZ630>635-650-655-670-675-041200- 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- 439 AM CST SAT JAN 3 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION THROUGH TONIGHT AS A MODERATE TO STRONG ONSHORE FLOW PERSISTS. SEAS OF 4 TO 6 FEET CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE GULF WATERS. A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE MARINE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEKEND AS A MODERATE TO STRONG OFFSHORE FLOW DEVELOPS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND PERSISTS THROUGH AT LEAST MONDAY MORNING IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. A SMALL CRAFT MAY BECOME NECESSARY. EVEN STRONGER OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH GUSTS TO GALE FORCE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY OVER THE OPEN GULF WATERS.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jan 4, 12:42 AM CST, 10 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 3, 8:23 PM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | 9 hr | |
| Jan 4, 1:18 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 42 min |
| Jan 4, 1:23 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia | 52 min |
| Jan 4, 1:30 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 45 min | |
| Jan 4, 2:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Covington, Escambia | 41 min |
| Jan 4, 2:05 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 55 min | |
| Jan 4, 2:14 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Covington | 46 min |
| Jan 4, 2:45 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington, Crenshaw | 45 min |
| Jan 4, 3:15 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 90 min | |
| Jan 4, 3:20 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 26 min |
| Jan 4, 4:38 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 97 min | |
| Jan 4, 5:57 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 63 min | |
| Jan 4, 3:53 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Escambia | 67 min |
| Jan 3, 9:13 PM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Wayne | 10 days |
| Jan 4, 1:25 PM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry | 9 days |
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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.