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Special Marine Warning 9, NWS Mobile, AL

January 21, 2016

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special marine warning at Jan 21, 2016, 4:02 PM CST. It was in force for 88 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 21, 2016, 4:02 PM CST (22:02 UTC)
Expired: Jan 21, 2016, 5:30 PM CST
In force: 88 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 21, 11:30 AM CST, 4 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 21, 11:30 AM CST, 4 hours 32 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 21, 3:49 PM CST, 13 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
349 PM CST THU JAN 21 2016

ALZ051>060-261>266-FLZ201>206-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-222200-
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-
349 PM CST THU JAN 21 2016

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE ACROSS THE REGION
TODAY AND TONIGHT AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. ISOLATED SEVERE
STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AS EARLY AS LATE THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY
ACROSS INTERIOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST
ALABAMA. THE SEVERE WEATHER RISK WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE REGION THIS
EVENING INTO LATE TONIGHT AS THE FRONT APPROACHES. AN ORGANIZED LINE
OF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION ALONG THE
FRONT LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...WHILE A FEW SEVERE
STORM CELLS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE AHEAD OF THE FRONT. A FEW
TORNADOES...DAMAGING WINDS...AND LARGE HAIL WILL ALL BE POSSIBLE.
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED MINOR FLOODING.

THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE BEACHES OF SOUTHWEST
ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE TODAY AND TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE ALONG AREA BEACHES
FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT GROUPS AND STORM SPOTTERS SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER
CONDITIONS TODAY AND TONIGHT AND BE PREPARED FOR ACTIVATION.

GMZ630>635-650-655-670-675-222200-
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-
349 PM CST THU JAN 21 2016

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

INCREASING SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS AND BUILDING SEAS WILL RESULT IN
HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WIND
GUSTS TO GALE FORCE WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS LOWER MOBILE BAY...THE
MISSISSIPPI SOUND AND THE OFFSHORE GULF WATERS LATE TONIGHT.

A FEW SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING AND LATE TONIGHT AS AN
ORGANIZED LINE OF STORMS AND DISCRETE STORM CELLS MOVE ACROSS THE
MARINE AREA ALONG AND AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. HIGH
WINDS...LOCALLY HIGHER WAVES...A FEW WATERSPOUTS AND LARGE HAIL WILL
BE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT WILL CONTINUE FRIDAY THROUGH
SATURDAY. WIND GUSTS TO GALE FORCE ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE OFFSHORE
WATERS...INCLUDING LOWER MOBILE BAY AND THE MISSISSIPPI SOUND FRIDAY
THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 21, 4:03 AM CST	Gale Watch	MOB		12 hr
Jan 21, 4:03 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	MOB		66 hr
Jan 21, 5:55 AM CST	Rip Current Statement	MOB	Baldwin, Mobile	24 hr
Jan 21, 8:49 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		86 min
Jan 21, 3:47 PM CST	Gale Warning	MOB		41 hr

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.