Alert archive / Alabama / Gale Watches in 2020
Gale Watch 1, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this gale watch at Feb 5, 2020, 4:35 AM CST. It took effect at Feb 6, 2020, 3:00 PM CST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 5, 2020, 4:35 AM CST (10:35 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 6, 2020, 3:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 5, 2020, 3:06 PM CST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this gale watch 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 gale watch went out at Feb 4, 11:58 PM CST, 4 hours 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 4, 11:58 PM CST, 4 hours 37 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 4, 4:00 PM CST, 12 hours 35 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED National Weather Service Mobile AL 400 PM CST Tue Feb 4 2020 ALZ051>060-261>266-FLZ201>206-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-052200- 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- 400 PM CST Tue Feb 4 2020 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of south central Alabama...southwest Alabama...northwest Florida and southeast Mississippi. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov/mob (see Fast Access Product Section) for more information about the following hazards. High Rip Current Risk. Areas of dense fog will be possible tonight, especially along the coast. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov/mob (see Fast Access Product Section) for more information about the following hazards. High Rip Current Risk. Flash Flood Watch. Heavy rainfall is likely Wednesday and Thursday, with several rounds of training showers and thunderstorms expected to bring rainfall amounts of 2 to 4 inches area-wide, with local amounts of 6 inches or more possible. Severe storms with damaging winds are also expected, along with the potential for tornadoes, mainly from late Wednesday afternoon through Thursday morning. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather activation may be required Wednesday afternoon through Thursday afternoon. GMZ630>636-650-655-670-675-052200- Northern Mobile Bay-Southern Mobile Bay-Mississippi Sound- Perdido Bay-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- 400 PM CST Tue Feb 4 2020 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of the coastal waters of Alabama and northwest Florida. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov/mob (see Fast Access Product Section) for more information about the following hazards. Dense Fog Advisory. Areas of dense fog are expected tonight in the nearshore waters, bays and sounds. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov/mob (see Fast Access Product Section) for more information about the following hazards. Dense Fog Advisory. Small Craft Advisory. Patchy, dense fog is possible over the nearshore waters, bays and sounds Wednesday afternoon through Thursday. Hazardous wind and wave conditions for small craft will be possible over coastal waters of Alabama and Northwest Florida Wednesday through early Friday. Strong storms will be possible late Wednesday afternoon through Thursday morning.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 4, 9:52 PM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 41 days |
| Feb 4, 9:52 PM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 42 days |
| Feb 4, 9:52 PM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Covington, Escambia | 47 hr |
| Feb 5, 5:19 AM CST | High Surf Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 49 hr |
| Feb 5, 9:53 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 82 min | |
| Feb 5, 10:29 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 61 min | |
| Feb 5, 10:57 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 93 min | |
| Feb 5, 11:15 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 38 min | |
| Feb 5, 11:59 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 64 min | |
| Feb 5, 12:21 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Washington | 39 min |
| Feb 5, 12:47 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin | 3 hr |
| Feb 5, 12:51 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 39 min |
| Feb 5, 1:22 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Escambia | 3 hr |
| Feb 5, 1:29 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 3 hr |
| Feb 5, 3:06 PM CST | Gale Warning | MOB | 42 hr | |
| Feb 5, 3:19 PM CST | Wind Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia and 2 more | 19 hr |
| Feb 5, 3:23 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 52 min |
| Feb 5, 4:37 PM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | 14 hr | |
| Feb 5, 5:14 PM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 60 hr |
| Feb 5, 5:14 PM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Dallas, Monroe, Wilcox | 25 days |
| Feb 5, 5:14 PM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe, Wilcox | 40 days |
| Feb 5, 5:14 PM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Covington, Escambia | 5 days |
| Feb 5, 5:55 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw | 35 min |
| Feb 4, 9:52 PM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 4 days |
| Feb 4, 9:52 PM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 21 days |
| Feb 5, 1:27 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Okaloosa | 48 min |
| Feb 5, 5:14 PM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Wayne | 25 days |
Nearby
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.