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Special Marine Warning 52, NWS Mobile, AL

February 23, 2016

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special marine warning at Feb 23, 2016, 9:57 PM CST. It was in force for 63 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: Feb 23, 2016, 9:57 PM CST (03:57 UTC)
Expired: Feb 23, 2016, 11:00 PM CST
In force: 63 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

What forecasters said that day

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NWS Mobile, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special marine warning went out at Feb 23, 8:35 PM CST, 1 hour 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 23, 8:35 PM CST, 1 hour 22 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 23, 6:26 AM CST, 15 hours 31 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
626 AM CST TUE FEB 23 2016

ALZ051>060-261>266-FLZ201>206-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-241230-
CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-
ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-MOBILE INLAND-BALDWIN INLAND-MOBILE CENTRAL-
BALDWIN CENTRAL-MOBILE COASTAL-BALDWIN COASTAL-ESCAMBIA INLAND-
ESCAMBIA COASTAL-SANTA ROSA INLAND-SANTA ROSA COASTAL-
OKALOOSA INLAND-OKALOOSA COASTAL-WAYNE-PERRY-GREENE-STONE-GEORGE-
626 AM CST TUE FEB 23 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
ACROSS THE REGION TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
TORNADOES...SOME POTENTIALLY STRONG AND LONG TRACKED...ARE THE MAIN
THREAT. HOWEVER...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OF 60 TO 80 MPH AND HAIL UP TO
GOLFBALL SIZE ARE ALSO SIGNIFICANT THREATS.

TIMING...WE COULD START SEEING DISCRETE SUPER CELLS OVER SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA MID THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON AND BY
EVENING ACTIVITY WILL SHIFT INTO SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND THE
WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. TIMING ON THE SQUALL LINE IS A BIT MORE
CHALLENGING AS THE SYSTEM IS STILL ORGANIZING BUT AVAILABLE DATA
SUGGESTS IT WILL PUSH THROUGH OUR MS COUNTIES LATE AFTERNOON TO
EARLY EVENING AND THROUGH THE MOBILE AREA AROUND 6 TO 9 PM AND
THROUGH OUR SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WESTERN FLORIDA COUNTIES
AROUND MIDNIGHT.

GUSTY SURFACE WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE
THROUGH THE NIGHT WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 TO 35 MPH.

HIGH SURF AND A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND
TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

GUSTY SURFACE WINDS...HIGH SURF AND A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
ACTIVATION OF SKYWARN SEVERE STORM SPOTTER NETWORKS WILL LIKELY BE
NECESSARY TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.

GMZ630>635-650-655-670-675-241230-
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-
626 AM CST TUE FEB 23 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY AND GALE WARNING PRODUCTS HAVE BEEN ISSUED
FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE SEE THOSE PRODUCTS FOR MORE
INFORMATION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY AND GALE WARNING PRODUCTS HAVE BEEN ISSUED
FOR THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT PERIODS. PLEASE SEE THOSE PRODUCTS FOR
MORE INFORMATION.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 23, 9:30 PM CST, 27 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 23, 9:35 PM CST, 22 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 23, 9:41 PM CST, 16 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 23, 9:48 PM CST, 9 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 23, 9:56 PM CST, 1 minute before

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Special weather statement, Feb 23, 9:56 PM CST, 1 minute before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 23, 6:01 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		59 min
Feb 23, 6:06 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Clarke, Washington	3 hr
Feb 23, 6:06 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		54 min
Feb 23, 6:10 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Clarke, Washington	50 min
Feb 23, 6:29 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Washington	11 min
Feb 23, 6:31 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Clarke, Mobile, Monroe, Washington, Wilcox	44 min
Feb 23, 6:35 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Washington	25 min
Feb 23, 6:58 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		62 min
Feb 23, 7:00 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		30 min
Feb 23, 7:13 PM CST	Tornado Warning Considerable damage threat	MOB	Baldwin	62 min
Feb 23, 7:14 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Clarke, Monroe, Washington, Wilcox	46 min
Feb 23, 7:17 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Monroe, Washington	43 min
Feb 23, 7:25 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Clarke, Wilcox	3 hr
Feb 23, 7:27 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		48 min
Feb 23, 7:28 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Baldwin	2 hr
Feb 23, 7:34 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Mobile	116 min
Feb 23, 8:01 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Wilcox	21 min
Feb 23, 8:09 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Monroe, Washington	39 min
Feb 23, 8:15 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		15 min
Feb 23, 8:28 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		32 min
Feb 23, 8:30 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Baldwin	2 hr
Feb 23, 8:59 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		61 min
Feb 23, 9:08 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Covington	22 min
Feb 23, 9:56 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Monroe	34 min
Feb 24, 12:44 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Choctaw	76 min
Feb 24, 3:59 AM CST	Gale Warning	MOB		17 hr
Feb 24, 1:02 PM CST	River Flood Warning	MOB	Dallas, Monroe, Wilcox	4 days
Feb 24, 1:02 PM CST	River Flood Warning	MOB	Clarke, Monroe, Wilcox	8 days
Feb 23, 7:23 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Okaloosa, Santa Rosa	67 min
Feb 23, 8:05 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Okaloosa, Santa Rosa	25 min
Feb 23, 8:12 PM CST	Tornado Warning Considerable damage threat	MOB	Escambia, Santa Rosa	33 min
Feb 23, 8:31 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Okaloosa	29 min
Feb 23, 8:39 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Okaloosa	36 min
Feb 23, 8:43 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Okaloosa, Santa Rosa	32 min
Feb 23, 9:09 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Okaloosa	21 min
Feb 23, 9:29 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Okaloosa, Santa Rosa	46 min
Feb 23, 9:32 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Okaloosa	3 hr
Feb 23, 10:19 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Okaloosa	41 min
Feb 24, 2:39 AM CST	River Flood Warning	MOB	Okaloosa	4 days
Feb 23, 6:36 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	George, Greene, Perry, Stone	39 min
Feb 24, 8:25 AM CST	River Flood Warning	MOB	George, Greene, Jackson	5 days
Feb 24, 12:04 PM CST	River Flood Warning	MOB	George, Greene, Perry	4 days

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Sources

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