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Gale Watch 1, NWS Mobile, AL

February 5, 2020

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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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 4, 9:52 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningMOBChoctaw, Clarke, Washington41 days
Feb 4, 9:52 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningMOBChoctaw, Clarke, Washington42 days
Feb 4, 9:52 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningMOBCovington, Escambia47 hr
Feb 5, 5:19 AM CSTHigh Surf AdvisoryMOBBaldwin, Mobile49 hr
Feb 5, 9:53 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB82 min
Feb 5, 10:29 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB61 min
Feb 5, 10:57 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB93 min
Feb 5, 11:15 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB38 min
Feb 5, 11:59 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB64 min
Feb 5, 12:21 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWashington39 min
Feb 5, 12:47 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBBaldwin3 hr
Feb 5, 12:51 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMobile39 min
Feb 5, 1:22 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBEscambia3 hr
Feb 5, 1:29 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningMOBBaldwin3 hr
Feb 5, 3:06 PM CSTGale WarningMOB42 hr
Feb 5, 3:19 PM CSTWind AdvisoryMOBBaldwin, Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia and 2 more19 hr
Feb 5, 3:23 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMobile52 min
Feb 5, 4:37 PM CSTMarine Dense Fog AdvisoryMOB14 hr
Feb 5, 5:14 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningMOBEscambia60 hr
Feb 5, 5:14 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningMOBDallas, Monroe, Wilcox25 days
Feb 5, 5:14 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningMOBClarke, Monroe, Wilcox40 days
Feb 5, 5:14 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningMOBCovington, Escambia5 days
Feb 5, 5:55 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBChoctaw35 min
Feb 4, 9:52 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningMOBOkaloosa, Santa Rosa4 days
Feb 4, 9:52 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningMOBOkaloosa21 days
Feb 5, 1:27 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBOkaloosa48 min
Feb 5, 5:14 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningMOBGeorge, Greene, Wayne25 days

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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.