There is alot of good info to be had from the local NWS offices and the Storm Prediction Center long before an actual Warning is issued. But only God Himself was privy to exactly how those storms would evolve across Mobile Bay in the space of three hours.
(full disclosure, I use such info for...
(reposted from the wrong comment thread after getting my head out of my ass...)
My first experience with what I learned to call a "Green Sky Monster" like this was on Pensacola Bay in May 1972. On a Hobie 14. Alone. Turtled. Always have felt kinda lucky to be alive since.
Paraphrasing an old...