Special Marine Warning
NWS Mobile AL ยท US
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Details
Special Marine Warning Issued September 20 At 6:52PM CDT Until September 20 At 7:45PM CDT By NWS Mobile AL
- Event
- Special Marine Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Immediate
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
Overview
SMWMOB The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a * Special Marine Warning for... North Mobile Bay... South Mobile Bay... * Until 745 PM CDT. * At 651 PM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Fairhope Pier, or near Mouth Of Mobile River, moving southwest at 15 knots.
Hazard
Wind gusts 34 knots or greater and small hail.
Source
Radar.
Impacts
Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and suddenly higher waves.
Locations impacted
Gaillard Island, Pinto Island, Dog River Bridge, East Fowl River Bridge, Fairhope Pier, Middle Bay Light, Mouth Of Mobile River, Battleship Park, Alabama Port, and Point Clear.
Affected areas
- North Mobile Bay
- South Mobile Bay
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Mobile AL
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~12s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M30KR20SWZH2MJNPW2MPQRQW
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.820b48df18086d3374286eed2120f7619d1032e0.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Mobile AL
- AWIPS ID
- CAPMOB
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.9796
- WMO heading
- XOUS54
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 54
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | SMW |
| NationalWeatherService | MAW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | SMWMOB |
| WMOidentifier | WHUS54 KMOB 202352 |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-20T23:51:00-00:00...storm...050DEG...17KT...30.62,-87.91 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KMOB.MA.W.0209.260920T2352Z-260921T0045Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-20T19:45:00-05:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- North Mobile Bay
- South Mobile Bay
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 077630 |
| SAME | 077631 |
| UGC | GMZ630 |
| UGC | GMZ631 |
- Polygons
- 30.7,-87.86 30.67,-87.89 30.54,-87.86 30.49,-87.89 30.29,-88.13 30.34,-88.15 30.33,-88.16 30.38,-88.17 30.37,-88.16 30.55,-88.12 30.61,-88.15 30.67,-88.08 30.75,-87.9 30.7,-87.86