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Small Craft Advisory 26, NWS Mobile, AL

March 23, 2022

NWS Mobile, AL issued this small craft advisory at Mar 23, 2022, 9:51 AM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

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The facts

Issued
Mar 23, 2022, 9:51 AM CDT (14:51 UTC)
Expired
Mar 23, 2022, 3:43 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this small craft advisory 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 small craft advisory went out at Mar 23, 7:27 AM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 23, 7:27 AM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 23, 7:38 AM CDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
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Local storm report, Mar 23, 9:30 AM CDT, 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
930 AM CDT WED MAR 23 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0305 AM     MARINE TSTM WIND 2 ESE OCEAN CITY        30.44N 86.59W
03/23/2022  E43 MPH          GMZ635             FL   MESONET

            WEATHER TEMPEST STATION VISTA CIR RECORDED
            WIND GUST OF 35 KNOTS AT 305AM AND 39KTS AT
            330AM.

&&

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Local storm report, Mar 23, 9:31 AM CDT, 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
931 AM CDT WED MAR 23 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0315 AM     MARINE TSTM WIND 2 SSW EGLIN AFB         30.43N 86.56W
03/23/2022  E54 MPH          GMZ635             FL   MESONET

            WEATHER TEMPEST STATION LORRAINE NORTH SHORE
            RECORDED WIND GUST OF 47KT.

&&

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Local storm report, Mar 23, 9:33 AM CDT, 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
933 AM CDT WED MAR 23 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0117 AM     MARINE TSTM WIND 5 E ORIOLE BEACH        30.38N 87.01W
03/23/2022  E48 MPH          GMZ634             FL   MESONET

            SANTA ROSA SOUND STATION RECORDED WIND GUST
            OF 42KTS.

0145 AM     MARINE TSTM WIND 3 E ORANGE BEACH        30.28N 87.53W
03/23/2022  E43 MPH          GMZ633             AL   MESONET

            WEATHERFLOW TEMPEST ORANGE BEACH STATION
            RECORDED WIND GUST OF 38KT.

0916 PM     WATER SPOUT      4 NE FORT MORGAN        30.27N 87.97W
03/22/2022                   GMZ631             AL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            WATERSPOUT REPORTED OVER SOUTHERN MOBILE
            BAY.

0331 AM     MARINE TSTM WIND 3 SE FORT WALTON BEACH  30.39N 86.59W
03/23/2022  E40 MPH          GMZ655             FL   MESONET

            OKALOOSA ISLAND FISHING PIER WEATHER STATION
            RECORDED A WIND GUST OF 35KTS.

1100 PM     MARINE TSTM WIND 15 SSE ROMAR BEACH      30.07N 87.56W
03/22/2022  E39 MPH          GMZ650             AL   BUOY

            ORANGE BAY BUOY RECORDED WIND GUST OF 34KTS.

1220 AM     MARINE TSTM WIND 14 SSE ROMAR BEACH      30.07N 87.56W
03/23/2022  E50 MPH          GMZ650             AL   BUOY

            ORANGE BAY BUOY RECORD A WIND GUST OF 44KTS.

0305 AM     MARINE TSTM WIND 2 ESE OCEAN CITY        30.44N 86.59W
03/23/2022  E43 MPH          GMZ635             FL   MESONET

            WEATHER TEMPEST STATION VISTA CIR RECORDED
            WIND GUST OF 35 KNOTS AT 305AM AND 39KTS AT
            330AM.

0315 AM     MARINE TSTM WIND 2 SSW EGLIN AFB         30.43N 86.56W
03/23/2022  E54 MPH          GMZ635             FL   MESONET

            WEATHER TEMPEST STATION LORRAINE NORTH SHORE
            RECORDED WIND GUST OF 47KT.

0255 AM     FUNNEL CLOUD     1 SW WRIGHT             30.43N 86.65W
03/23/2022                   OKALOOSA           FL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTER REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NORTH OF HWY
            98 MOVING TOWARD WRIGHT, FL.

0336 AM     FLASH FLOOD      2 W HURLBURT FIELD      30.41N 86.73W
03/23/2022                   OKALOOSA           FL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            ONE OF THE WESTBOUND LANES OF HIGHWAY 98 AT
            RANGER ROAD WAS FLOODED DURING EXCESSIVE
            RAINFALL.

0349 AM     MARINE TSTM WIND 5 ESE DESTIN            30.39N 86.41W
03/23/2022  E41 MPH          OKALOOSA           FL   MESONET

            CRYSTAL BEACH HURRICANE STATION RECORDED
            WIND GUST OF 36KT.

0515 PM     TSTM WND DMG     LISMAN                  32.17N 88.28W
03/22/2022                   CHOCTAW            AL   PUBLIC

            REPORTS OF DOWNED POWER LINES AND TREES IN
            THE LISMAN AREA. PHOTOS WERE ALSO RELAYED
            VIA SOCIAL MEDIA OF DAMAGE TO A MANUFACTURED
            HOME. TIME ESTIMATED.

0626 PM     TSTM WND DMG     TOXEY                   31.91N 88.31W
03/22/2022                   CHOCTAW            AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            SEVERAL HOMES WERE REPORTED TO HAVE ROOF
            DAMAGE WITH LOTS OF TREES DOWN FROM LIKELY
            TORNADO IN THE TOXEY, AL AND RED SPRINGS
            ROAD AREA.

0935 PM     TSTM WND GST     5 E FORT MORGAN         30.23N 87.93W
03/22/2022  E63 MPH          BALDWIN            AL   MESONET

            WEATHERFLOW TEMPEST STATION OUR RD. RECORDED
            A WIND GUST OF ~63MPH AT 935PM AND 58 MPH AT
            940PM. VELOCITY ON RADAR MATCHES OBSERVATION
            TIME. A SEPARATE TEMPEST STATION EAST OF THE
            VELOCITY SIGNATURE RECORDED A 37KT GUST AT
            945PM.

1104 PM     TORNADO          2 SW SUMMERDALE         30.47N 87.72W
03/22/2022                   BALDWIN            AL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            PICTURES AND VIDEO OF TORNADO ON SOCIAL
            MEDIA OF TORNADO ON GROUND. RADAR CONFIRMED
            TDS BEGAN JUST WEST OF SUMMERDALE AND MOVED
            NORTH THROUGH ROBERTSDALE WHERE MINOR DAMAGE
            TO POWER LINES AND OUTBUILDINGS WAS
            REPORTED.

1114 PM     TORNADO          ROBERTSDALE             30.55N 87.71W
03/22/2022                   BALDWIN            AL   PUBLIC

            ROOF BLOWN OFF BUILDING AND STRUCTURAL
            DAMAGE TO OTHER BUILDINGS, TREE DAMAGE AND
            POWER OUTAGE.

1120 PM     MARINE TSTM WIND FORT MORGAN             30.23N 88.02W
03/22/2022  E40 MPH          BALDWIN            AL   MESONET

            FORT MORGAN WEATHER STATION RECORDED A WIND
            GUST OF 35KTS.

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Local storm report, Mar 23, 9:36 AM CDT, 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
936 AM CDT WED MAR 23 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0330 AM     MARINE TSTM WIND 3 SE FORT WALTON BEACH  30.39N 86.59W
03/23/2022  E40 MPH          GMZ655             FL   MESONET

            OKALOOSA ISLAND FISHING PIER RECORD WIND
            GUST OF 35KT.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 22, 7:05 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBClarke, Washington19 min
Mar 22, 7:09 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBClarke36 min
Mar 22, 7:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile, Washington49 min
Mar 22, 7:31 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin, Clarke, Monroe10 min
Mar 22, 8:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBChoctaw29 min
Mar 22, 9:03 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB87 min
Mar 22, 9:28 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin26 min
Mar 22, 10:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBChoctaw39 min
Mar 22, 10:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin49 min
Mar 22, 10:30 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB90 min
Mar 22, 10:31 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin44 min
Mar 22, 11:09 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedMOBBaldwin19 min
Mar 22, 11:22 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB83 min
Mar 22, 11:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile50 min
Mar 22, 11:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBBaldwin, Clarke, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe, Washington and 1 more65 min
Mar 22, 11:45 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBClarke, Monroe, Wilcox28 min
Mar 22, 11:53 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB97 min
Mar 23, 12:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin38 min
Mar 23, 12:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin28 min
Mar 23, 12:40 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB95 min
Mar 23, 12:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBClarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe, Wilcox45 min
Mar 23, 1:31 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia44 min
Mar 23, 1:55 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB65 min
Mar 23, 2:09 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBCovington51 min
Mar 23, 2:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington, Escambia51 min
Mar 23, 2:46 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB59 min
Mar 23, 2:55 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBCovington25 min
Mar 23, 3:34 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB56 min
Mar 23, 3:43 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB62 min
Mar 23, 4:29 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB91 min
Mar 23, 1:48 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBSanta Rosa42 min
Mar 23, 2:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBSanta Rosa45 min
Mar 23, 2:28 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBOkaloosa47 min
Mar 23, 3:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBOkaloosa12 min
Mar 23, 3:24 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBOkaloosa51 min
Mar 23, 3:25 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBOkaloosa6 hr
Mar 23, 3:05 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMOBGeorge, Greene, Jackson6 days

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