Alert archive / Alabama / Gale Warnings in 2017
Gale Warning 1, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this gale warning at Jan 6, 2017, 1:59 PM CST. It took effect at Jan 6, 2017, 9:00 PM CST. It was in force for 27 hr. 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 6, 2017, 1:59 PM CST (19:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 6, 2017, 9:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 8, 2017, 12:00 AM CST
- In force
- 27 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
The text
As transmitted.
898 WHUS74 KMOB 061959 MWWMOB URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 159 PM CST FRI JAN 6 2017 ...STRONG OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE MARINE AREA THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... ...FREQUENT GALE FORCE GUSTS EXPECTED OVER THE ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA GULF WATERS AS WELL AS MOBILE BAY AND MISSISSIPPI SOUND TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... .ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION THROUGH THE WEEKEND IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE. A VERY STRONG OFFSHORE FLOW AND MUCH HIGHER SEAS WILL DEVELOP IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT. GMZ631-632-650-655-670-675-070600- /O.EXT.KMOB.SC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-170107T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.GL.W.0001.170107T0300Z-170108T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.SC.Y.0003.170108T0600Z-170108T1500Z/ SOUTHERN MOBILE BAY-MISSISSIPPI SOUND- 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- 159 PM CST FRI JAN 6 2017 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST SATURDAY NIGHT... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT TO 9 AM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST SATURDAY NIGHT. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT TO 9 AM CST SUNDAY. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS INCREASING TO 25 TO 30 KNOTS THIS EVENING WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 35 TO 40 KNOTS. NORTH WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS WITH OCCASIONAL HIGHER GUSTS LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * WAVES/SEAS...BAYS AND SOUNDS BECOMING VERY ROUGH. SEAS BUILDING TO 6 TO 10 FEET NEAR SHORE TO NEAR 12 FEET WELL OFFSHORE BY SATURDAY MORNING PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS AND/OR SEAS OF 7 FEET OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ GMZ630-633>635-070600- /O.EXT.KMOB.SC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-170108T1500Z/ NORTHERN MOBILE BAY-PERDIDO BAY-PENSACOLA BAY SYSTEM- CHOCTAWHATCHEE BAY- 159 PM CST FRI JAN 6 2017 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST SUNDAY... * WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS AROUND 30 KNOTS. * WAVES/SEAS...BAYS AND SOUNDS ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS AND/OR SEAS OF 7 FEET OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$
4 follow-up statements
375 WHUS74 KMOB 070329 MWWMOB URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 929 PM CST FRI JAN 6 2017 ...STRONG OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE MARINE AREA THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... ...FREQUENT GALE FORCE GUSTS EXPECTED OVER THE ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA GULF WATERS AS WELL AS MOBILE BAY AND MISSISSIPPI SOUND TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... .ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION THROUGH THE WEEKEND IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE. A VERY STRONG OFFSHORE FLOW AND MUCH HIGHER SEAS WILL DEVELOP IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT. GMZ631-632-650-655-670-675-071200- /O.EXP.KMOB.SC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-170107T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.GL.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170108T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.SC.Y.0003.170108T0600Z-170108T1500Z/ SOUTHERN MOBILE BAY-MISSISSIPPI SOUND- 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- 929 PM CST FRI JAN 6 2017 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST SATURDAY NIGHT... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT TO 9 AM CST SUNDAY... * WINDS...NORTH WINDS 25 TO 30 KNOTS WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 35 TO 40 KNOTS. NORTH WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS WITH OCCASIONAL HIGHER GUSTS LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * WAVES/SEAS...BAYS AND SOUNDS BECOMING VERY ROUGH. SEAS BUILDING TO 6 TO 10 FEET NEAR SHORE TO NEAR 12 FEET WELL OFFSHORE BY SATURDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS AND/OR SEAS OF 7 FEET OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ GMZ630-633>635-071200- /O.CON.KMOB.SC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-170108T1500Z/ NORTHERN MOBILE BAY-PERDIDO BAY-PENSACOLA BAY SYSTEM- CHOCTAWHATCHEE BAY- 929 PM CST FRI JAN 6 2017 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST SUNDAY... * WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS AROUND 30 KNOTS. * WAVES/SEAS...BAYS AND SOUNDS ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS AND/OR SEAS OF 7 FEET OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$
753 WHUS74 KMOB 071136 MWWMOB URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 536 AM CST SAT JAN 7 2017 ...STRONG OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE MARINE AREA THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... ...FREQUENT GALE FORCE GUSTS EXPECTED OVER THE ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA GULF WATERS AS WELL AS MOBILE BAY AND MISSISSIPPI SOUND THROUGH THIS EVENING... .ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION THROUGH THE WEEKEND IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE. A VERY STRONG OFFSHORE FLOW AND MUCH HIGHER SEAS WILL DEVELOP IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT. GMZ631-632-650-655-670-675-072000- /O.CON.KMOB.GL.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170108T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.SC.Y.0003.170108T0600Z-170108T1500Z/ SOUTHERN MOBILE BAY-MISSISSIPPI SOUND- 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- 536 AM CST SAT JAN 7 2017 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST SUNDAY... * WINDS...NORTH WINDS 25 TO 30 KNOTS WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 35 TO 40 KNOTS. NORTH WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS WITH OCCASIONAL HIGHER GUSTS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * WAVES/SEAS...BAYS AND SOUNDS VERY ROUGH. SEAS BUILDING TO 6 TO 10 FEET NEAR SHORE TO NEAR 12 FEET WELL OFFSHORE BY SATURDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS AND/OR SEAS OF 7 FEET OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ GMZ630-633>635-072000- /O.CON.KMOB.SC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-170108T1500Z/ NORTHERN MOBILE BAY-PERDIDO BAY-PENSACOLA BAY SYSTEM- CHOCTAWHATCHEE BAY- 536 AM CST SAT JAN 7 2017 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST SUNDAY... * WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS AROUND 30 KNOTS. * WAVES/SEAS...BAYS AND SOUNDS ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS AND/OR SEAS OF 7 FEET OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$
787 WHUS74 KMOB 071955 AAA MWWMOB URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 155 PM CST SAT JAN 7 2017 ...STRONG OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE MARINE AREA THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... ...FREQUENT GALE FORCE GUSTS EXPECTED OVER THE ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA GULF WATERS AS WELL AS MOBILE BAY AND MISSISSIPPI SOUND THROUGH THIS EVENING... .ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION THROUGH THE WEEKEND. A STRONG OFFSHORE FLOW AND HIGH SEAS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. GMZ631-632-650-655-670-675-080600- /O.CON.KMOB.GL.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170108T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.SC.Y.0003.170108T0600Z-170108T1500Z/ SOUTHERN MOBILE BAY-MISSISSIPPI SOUND- 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- 155 PM CST SAT JAN 7 2017 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST SUNDAY... * WINDS...NORTH WINDS 25 TO 30 KNOTS WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 35 TO 40 KNOTS THROUGH THIS EVENING. NORTH WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SLOWLY DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. * WAVES/SEAS...BAYS AND SOUNDS VERY ROUGH. SEAS 7 TO 10 FEET WELL OFFSHORE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS AND/OR SEAS OF 7 FEET OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ GMZ630-633>635-080600- /O.CON.KMOB.SC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-170108T1500Z/ NORTHERN MOBILE BAY-PERDIDO BAY-PENSACOLA BAY SYSTEM- CHOCTAWHATCHEE BAY- 155 PM CST SAT JAN 7 2017 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST SUNDAY... * WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS AROUND 30 KNOTS. * WAVES/SEAS...BAYS AND SOUNDS ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS AND/OR SEAS OF 7 FEET OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$
609 WHUS74 KMOB 080605 MWWMOB URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1205 AM CST SUN JAN 8 2017 ...STRONG OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE MARINE AREA THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... .ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION THROUGH THE WEEKEND. A STRONG OFFSHORE FLOW AND HIGH SEAS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. GMZ631-632-650-655-670-675-081500- /O.EXP.KMOB.GL.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170108T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.SC.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-170108T1500Z/ SOUTHERN MOBILE BAY-MISSISSIPPI SOUND- 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- 1205 AM CST SUN JAN 8 2017 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... ...GALE WARNING HAS EXPIRED... * WINDS...NORTH WINDS AROUND 25 KNOTS AND GUSTY. NORTH WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH LATE THIS MORNING. * WAVES/SEAS...BAYS AND SOUNDS VERY ROUGH. SEAS 7 TO 10 FEET WELL OFFSHORE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS AND/OR SEAS OF 7 FEET OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ GMZ630-633>635-081500- /O.CON.KMOB.SC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-170108T1500Z/ NORTHERN MOBILE BAY-PERDIDO BAY-PENSACOLA BAY SYSTEM- CHOCTAWHATCHEE BAY- 1205 AM CST SUN JAN 8 2017 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... * WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS AROUND 30 KNOTS. * WAVES/SEAS...BAYS AND SOUNDS ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS AND/OR SEAS OF 7 FEET OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 6, 3:55 AM CST | Hard Freeze Watch | MOB | Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington and 6 more | 23 hr |
| Jan 6, 10:08 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 47 hr |
| Jan 6, 11:03 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington, Wilcox | 12 hr |
| Jan 6, 1:59 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 46 hr | |
| Jan 6, 3:24 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington and 6 more | 18 hr |
| Jan 6, 10:00 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 4 days |
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