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Special Marine Warning 101, NWS Mobile, AL

May 17, 2018

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special marine warning at May 17, 2018, 9:52 AM CDT. It was in force for 23 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
May 17, 2018, 9:52 AM CDT (14:52 UTC)
Expired
May 17, 2018, 10:15 AM CDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.0 in
Wind
34.0 mph

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 May 17, 6:48 AM CDT, 3 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 17, 6:48 AM CDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 17, 6:01 AM CDT, 3 hours 51 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Mobile AL
601 AM CDT Thu May 17 2018

ALZ051>060-261>266-FLZ201>206-GMZ633-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-
181115-
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-Perdido Bay-Wayne-Perry-Greene-
Stone-George-
601 AM CDT Thu May 17 2018

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of south central
Alabama...southwest Alabama...northwest Florida...southeast
Mississippi and the coastal waters of Alabama and northwest
Florida.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms are expected to
develop across the area again, especially during the afternoon and
evening hours. A few storms could become strong to marginally
severe this afternoon, capable of producing strong to locally
damaging wind gusts, hail, frequent cloud to ground lightning
strikes, and locally heavy rainfall.

There is a moderate risk of rip currents along the Alabama and
northwest Florida panhandle beaches today and tonight.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday

There is a moderate risk of rip currents along the Alabama and
northwest Florida Friday and Friday night.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Activation of SkyWarn Severe Storm Spotter networks is currently
not anticipated.

GMZ630>632-634>636-650-655-670-675-181115-
Northern Mobile Bay-Southern Mobile Bay-Mississippi Sound-
Pensacola Bay System-Western Choctawhatchee Bay-
Eastern Choctawhatchee Bay-
Coastal waters from Pensacola FL to Pascagoula MS out 20 NM-
Coastal waters from Okaloosa Walton County Line FL to Pensacola
FL out 20 NM-
Waters from Pensacola FL to Pascagoula MS from 20 to 60 NM-
Waters from Okaloosa Walton County Line FL to Pensacola FL from
20 to 60 NM-
601 AM CDT Thu May 17 2018

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of the coastal
waters of Alabama and northwest Florida.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms will be capable of
producing locally strong wind gusts and higher seas over the
marine area today.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday

Winds and seas will be locally higher near isolated to scattered
showers and thunderstorms. Otherwise, the probability for
widespread hazardous weather is low.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 17, 8:42 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB33 min
May 17, 9:34 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB26 min
May 17, 9:36 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB24 min
May 17, 9:53 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB37 min
May 17, 10:13 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB32 min
May 17, 11:26 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBChoctaw49 min
May 17, 11:34 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBChoctaw41 min
May 17, 12:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBChoctaw47 min
May 17, 12:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw48 min
May 17, 1:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile39 min
May 17, 1:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBClarke43 min
May 17, 2:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWashington41 min
May 17, 2:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWilcox39 min
May 17, 2:11 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB64 min
May 17, 2:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBBaldwin62 min
May 17, 2:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWashington23 min
May 17, 2:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile46 min
May 17, 2:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Washington35 min
May 17, 3:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Escambia45 min
May 17, 3:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia46 min
May 17, 3:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia47 min
May 17, 4:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBCovington53 min
May 17, 5:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWashington52 min
May 17, 6:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMobile45 min
May 17, 6:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile40 min
May 17, 6:42 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB93 min
May 17, 6:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile28 min
May 17, 4:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBSanta Rosa60 min
May 17, 4:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBOkaloosa66 min
May 17, 12:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBGeorge40 min
May 17, 12:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGeorge46 min
May 17, 2:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWayne29 min
May 17, 4:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWayne43 min
May 17, 5:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBGreene41 min
May 17, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGreene50 min

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.