Alert archive / Alabama / Flash Flood Watches in 2008
Flash Flood Watch 5, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood watch at Aug 21, 2008, 3:57 PM CDT for 10 counties in Alabama; 5 counties in Mississippi. It took effect at Aug 22, 2008, 1:35 PM CDT. It was in force for 4 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 21, 2008, 3:57 PM CDT (20:57 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 22, 2008, 1:35 PM CDT
- Expired
- Aug 26, 2008, 9:11 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 days
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Butler County, AL, Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Washington County, AL, Wilcox County, AL, George County, MS, Greene County, MS, Perry County, MS, Stone County, MS, Wayne County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 215 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 378 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -79 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 782 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS64 KMOB 212057 FFAMOB URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 357 PM CDT THU AUG 21 2008 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE FOR EXPECTED HEAVY RAINS SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY... .TROPICAL STORM FAY IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE MOVING SLOWLY WESTWARD THROUGH SUNDAY. THE LATEST FORECAST TRACK FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS FAY PASSING ALONG OR JUST OFF THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AS A TROPICAL DEPRESSION ON SATURDAY...MOVING INTO SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA EARLY ON SUNDAY. ON THIS FORECAST TRACK...A PRIMARY HAZARD WOULD BE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. ALZ056>060-FLZ001>006-220500- /O.NEW.KMOB.FF.A.0005.080823T1800Z-080825T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-INLAND ESCAMBIA- COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EVERGREEN...GREENVILLE...LUVERNE... BRANTLEY...ATMORE...BREWTON...EAST BREWTON...ANDALUSIA...OPP... CENTURY...FLOMATON...MOLINO...PENSACOLA...FERRY PASS...BRENT... WEST PENSACOLA...BELLVIEW...ENSLEY...MYRTLE GROVE...JAY...PACE... MILTON...GULF BREEZE...CRESTVIEW...WRIGHT...FORT WALTON BEACH... NICEVILLE...DESTIN...SEMINOLE...EGLIN AFB...VALPARAISO 357 PM CDT THU AUG 21 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...BUTLER...CONECUH...COVINGTON...CRENSHAW AND ESCAMBIA. IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...COASTAL ESCAMBIA...COASTAL OKALOOSA...COASTAL SANTA ROSA...INLAND ESCAMBIA...INLAND OKALOOSA AND INLAND SANTA ROSA. * FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING * ON THE LATEST FORECAST TRACK OF FAY...EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. SOME AREAS COULD SEE RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM 10 TO 15 INCHES WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE AS FAY MOVES SLOWLY WEST ALONG THE COAST. * RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE COULD RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING IMPACTS STARTING SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND LINGERING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY...WITH WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF RIVERS AND STREAMS POSSIBLE WELL INTO NEXT WEEK. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT RAPID FLOODING OF STREAMS...CREEKS AND OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CHECK PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...KEEP INFORMED...AND BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. $$
17 follow-up statements
000 WGUS64 KMOB 220427 FFAMOB FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1127 PM CDT THU AUG 21 2008 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE FOR HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY... .TROPICAL STORM FAY TO CONTINUE DRIFTING WEST THROUGH SUNDAY. THE THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EXPECTS THAT FAY WILL PASS ALONG OR JUST OFF THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AS A TROPICAL STORM ON SATURDAY... MOVING INTO SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA EARLY SUNDAY. THIS TRACK WOULD BRING EXCESSIVE RAINFALL SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY OVER SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. ALZ056>060-FLZ001>006-221230- /O.CON.KMOB.FF.A.0005.080823T1800Z-080825T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-INLAND ESCAMBIA- COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EVERGREEN...GREENVILLE...LUVERNE... BRANTLEY...ATMORE...BREWTON...EAST BREWTON...ANDALUSIA...OPP... CENTURY...FLOMATON...MOLINO...PENSACOLA...FERRY PASS...BRENT... WEST PENSACOLA...BELLVIEW...ENSLEY...MYRTLE GROVE...JAY...PACE... MILTON...GULF BREEZE...CRESTVIEW...WRIGHT...FORT WALTON BEACH... NICEVILLE...DESTIN...SEMINOLE...EGLIN AFB...VALPARAISO 1127 PM CDT THU AUG 21 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CONTINUED THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR * PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA... BUTLER...CONECUH...COVINGTON...CRENSHAW AND ESCAMBIA. IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...COASTAL ESCAMBIA...COASTAL OKALOOSA... COASTAL SANTA ROSA...INLAND ESCAMBIA...INLAND OKALOOSA AND INLAND SANTA ROSA. * FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING * ON THE LATEST FORECAST TRACK OF FAY...EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. SOME AREAS COULD SEE RAINFALL OF 10 TO 15 INCHES WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE AS FAY MOVES SLOWLY WEST ALONG THE COAST. * RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE COULD RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING STARTING SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND LINGERING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY...WITH WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF RIVERS AND STREAMS POSSIBLE WELL INTO NEXT WEEK. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT RAPID FLOODING OF STREAMS...CREEKS AND OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THOSE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CHECK PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...KEEP INFORMED...AND BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. LEAVE AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. $$
000 WGUS64 KMOB 221157 FFAMOB FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 657 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2008 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE FOR HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY... .TROPICAL STORM FAY WAS MOVING WESTERLY ACROSS NORTHERN FLORIDA AT SUNRISE FRIDAY. FAY IS EXPECTED TO MAINTAIN MINIMAL TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH AS SHE SKIRTS THE PANHANDLE COAST...WEAKENING TO A DEPRESSION AS IT MOVES ACROSS SOUTHERN BALDWIN COUNTY AND INTO MOBILE COUNTY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THIS TRACK WOULD BRING EXCESSIVE RAINFALL SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY OVER SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. ALZ056>060-FLZ001>006-222000- /O.CON.KMOB.FF.A.0005.080823T1800Z-080825T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-INLAND ESCAMBIA- COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EVERGREEN...GREENVILLE...LUVERNE... BRANTLEY...ATMORE...BREWTON...EAST BREWTON...ANDALUSIA...OPP... CENTURY...FLOMATON...MOLINO...PENSACOLA...FERRY PASS...BRENT... WEST PENSACOLA...BELLVIEW...ENSLEY...MYRTLE GROVE...JAY...PACE... MILTON...GULF BREEZE...CRESTVIEW...WRIGHT...FORT WALTON BEACH... NICEVILLE...DESTIN...SEMINOLE...EGLIN AFB...VALPARAISO 657 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA... BUTLER...CONECUH...COVINGTON...CRENSHAW AND ESCAMBIA. IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...COASTAL ESCAMBIA...COASTAL OKALOOSA... COASTAL SANTA ROSA...INLAND ESCAMBIA...INLAND OKALOOSA AND INLAND SANTA ROSA. * FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING * BASED ON THE LATEST FORECAST TRACK OF FAY...EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED TO BEGIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. SOME AREAS COULD SEE RAINFALL TOTALS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE AS FAY MOVES SLOWLY WEST ALONG THE COAST. * RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING STARTING SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND LINGERING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY...WITH WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF RIVERS AND STREAMS POSSIBLE WELL INTO NEXT WEEK. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT RAPID FLOODING OF STREAMS...CREEKS AND OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THOSE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CHECK PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...KEEP INFORMED...AND BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. LEAVE AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. $$
000 WGUS64 KMOB 221835 FFAMOB URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 135 PM CDT FRI AUG 22 2008 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...INLAND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE FOR HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY... .TROPICAL STORM FAY WAS MOVING WESTERLY ACROSS NORTHERN FLORIDA AT SUNRISE FRIDAY. FAY IS EXPECTED TO MAINTAIN MINIMAL TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH AS SHE SKIRTS THE PANHANDLE COAST...WEAKENING TO A DEPRESSION AS IT MOVES ACROSS SOUTHERN BALDWIN COUNTY AND INTO MOBILE COUNTY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THIS TRACK WOULD BRING EXCESSIVE RAINFALL SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY OVER SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...INLAND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. ALZ051>055-061>064-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-230245- /O.EXA.KMOB.FF.A.0005.080823T1800Z-080825T0000Z/ /00000.0.OT.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-UPPER MOBILE- UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-WAYNE-PERRY-GREENE-STONE- GEORGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUTLER...LISMAN...SILAS...CHATOM... MILLRY...JACKSON...THOMASVILLE...GROVE HILL...CAMDEN... PINE HILL...HOMEWOOD...MONROEVILLE...PRICHARD...SARALAND... BAY MINETTE...TILLMANS CORNER...THEODORE...DAPHNE...FAIRHOPE... FOLEY...SPANISH FORT...WAYNESBORO...RICHTON...BEAUMONT... NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN...WIGGINS...LUCEDALE 135 PM CDT FRI AUG 22 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS EXPANDED THE * FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN ALABAMA... CHOCTAW...CLARKE...LOWER BALDWIN...LOWER MOBILE...MONROE... UPPER BALDWIN...UPPER MOBILE...WASHINGTON AND WILCOX. IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...GEORGE...GREENE...PERRY...STONE AND WAYNE. * FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING * BASED ON THE LATEST FORECAST TRACK OF FAY...EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED TO BEGIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...INLAND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. SOME AREAS COULD SEE RAINFALL TOTALS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE AS FAY MOVES SLOWLY WEST ALONG THE COAST. * RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING STARTING SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND LINGERING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY...WITH WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF RIVERS AND STREAMS POSSIBLE WELL INTO NEXT WEEK. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT RAPID FLOODING OF STREAMS...CREEKS AND OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THOSE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CHECK PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...KEEP INFORMED...AND BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. LEAVE AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. $$ ALZ056>060-FLZ001>006-230245- /O.CON.KMOB.FF.A.0005.080823T1800Z-080825T0000Z/ /00000.0.OT.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-INLAND ESCAMBIA- COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EVERGREEN...GREENVILLE...LUVERNE... BRANTLEY...ATMORE...BREWTON...EAST BREWTON...ANDALUSIA...OPP... CENTURY...FLOMATON...MOLINO...PENSACOLA...FERRY PASS...BRENT... WEST PENSACOLA...BELLVIEW...ENSLEY...MYRTLE GROVE...JAY...PACE... MILTON...GULF BREEZE...CRESTVIEW...WRIGHT...FORT WALTON BEACH... NICEVILLE...DESTIN...SEMINOLE...EGLIN AFB...VALPARAISO 135 PM CDT FRI AUG 22 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA... BUTLER...CONECUH...COVINGTON...CRENSHAW AND ESCAMBIA. IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...COASTAL ESCAMBIA...COASTAL OKALOOSA... COASTAL SANTA ROSA...INLAND ESCAMBIA...INLAND OKALOOSA AND INLAND SANTA ROSA. * FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING * BASED ON THE LATEST FORECAST TRACK OF FAY...EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED TO BEGIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...INLAND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. SOME AREAS COULD SEE RAINFALL TOTALS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE AS FAY MOVES SLOWLY WEST ALONG THE COAST. * RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING STARTING SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND LINGERING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY...WITH WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF RIVERS AND STREAMS POSSIBLE WELL INTO NEXT WEEK. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT RAPID FLOODING OF STREAMS...CREEKS AND OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THOSE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CHECK PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...KEEP INFORMED...AND BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. LEAVE AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. $$
000 WGUS64 KMOB 230247 FFAMOB FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 947 PM CDT FRI AUG 22 2008 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...INLAND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE FOR HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY... .TROPICAL STORM FAY WAS MOVING WEST OVER APALACHEE BAY OFF THE FLORIDA GULF COAST AS OF FRIDAY EVENING. FAY WILL MAINTAIN MINIMAL TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH WHILE MOVING OVER THE GULF ABOUT 20 TO 40 MILES OFF THE PANHANDLE COAST. FAY WILL WEAKEN TO A DEPRESSION WHILE MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN BALDWIN COUNTY AND INTO MOBILE COUNTY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THIS TRACK WOULD BRING EXCESSIVE RAINFALL SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY OVER SOUTH- CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...INLAND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-231100- /O.CON.KMOB.FF.A.0005.080823T1800Z-080825T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE- LOWER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-WAYNE-PERRY- GREENE-STONE-GEORGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUTLER...LISMAN...SILAS...CHATOM... MILLRY...JACKSON...THOMASVILLE...GROVE HILL...CAMDEN... PINE HILL...HOMEWOOD...MONROEVILLE...EVERGREEN...GREENVILLE... LUVERNE...BRANTLEY...ATMORE...BREWTON...EAST BREWTON... ANDALUSIA...OPP...PRICHARD...SARALAND...BAY MINETTE... TILLMANS CORNER...THEODORE...DAPHNE...FAIRHOPE...FOLEY... SPANISH FORT...CENTURY...FLOMATON...MOLINO...PENSACOLA... FERRY PASS...BRENT...WEST PENSACOLA...BELLVIEW...ENSLEY... MYRTLE GROVE...JAY...PACE...MILTON...GULF BREEZE...CRESTVIEW... WRIGHT...FORT WALTON BEACH...NICEVILLE...DESTIN...SEMINOLE... EGLIN AFB...VALPARAISO...WAYNESBORO...RICHTON...BEAUMONT... NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN...WIGGINS...LUCEDALE 947 PM CDT FRI AUG 22 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN ALABAMA... BUTLER...CHOCTAW...CLARKE...CONECUH...COVINGTON...CRENSHAW... ESCAMBIA...LOWER BALDWIN...LOWER MOBILE...MONROE...UPPER BALDWIN...UPPER MOBILE...WASHINGTON AND WILCOX. IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...COASTAL ESCAMBIA...COASTAL OKALOOSA...COASTAL SANTA ROSA...INLAND ESCAMBIA...INLAND OKALOOSA AND INLAND SANTA ROSA. IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...GEORGE...GREENE...PERRY... STONE AND WAYNE. * FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING * EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BEGIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ALABAMA...INLAND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. SOME AREAS COULD SEE RAINFALL TOTALS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE AS FAY MOVES WEST ALONG THE COAST. * RAINFALL OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL BRING SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING STARTING SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND LINGERING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY WITH WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF RIVERS AND STREAMS POSSIBLE WELL INTO NEXT WEEK. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT RAPID FLOODING OF STREAMS...CREEKS AND OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THOSE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CHECK PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...STAY INFORMED AND BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. LEAVE AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. $$
000 WGUS64 KMOB 231119 FFAMOB FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 619 AM CDT SAT AUG 23 2008 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...INLAND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO HEAVY RAIN FROM TROPICAL STORM FAY IMPACTING THE REGION THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... .TROPICAL STORM FAY WILL MOVE WEST OVER THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND COASTAL AREAS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA LATE TONIGHT AND ON SUNDAY. HEAVY RAINS FROM FAY WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA LATER TODAY AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI EARLY TONIGHT. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF FAY OVER THE WEEKEND EXCESSIVE RAINFALL TOTALS CAN BE EXPECTED. ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-231930- /O.CON.KMOB.FF.A.0005.080823T1800Z-080825T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE- LOWER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-WAYNE-PERRY- GREENE-STONE-GEORGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUTLER...LISMAN...SILAS...CHATOM... MILLRY...JACKSON...THOMASVILLE...GROVE HILL...CAMDEN... PINE HILL...HOMEWOOD...MONROEVILLE...EVERGREEN...GREENVILLE... LUVERNE...BRANTLEY...ATMORE...BREWTON...EAST BREWTON... ANDALUSIA...OPP...PRICHARD...SARALAND...BAY MINETTE... TILLMANS CORNER...THEODORE...DAPHNE...FAIRHOPE...FOLEY... SPANISH FORT...CENTURY...FLOMATON...MOLINO...PENSACOLA... FERRY PASS...BRENT...WEST PENSACOLA...BELLVIEW...ENSLEY... MYRTLE GROVE...JAY...PACE...MILTON...GULF BREEZE...CRESTVIEW... WRIGHT...FORT WALTON BEACH...NICEVILLE...DESTIN...SEMINOLE... EGLIN AFB...VALPARAISO...WAYNESBORO...RICHTON...BEAUMONT... NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN...WIGGINS...LUCEDALE 619 AM CDT SAT AUG 23 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN ALABAMA... BUTLER...CHOCTAW...CLARKE...CONECUH...COVINGTON...CRENSHAW... ESCAMBIA...LOWER BALDWIN...LOWER MOBILE...MONROE...UPPER BALDWIN...UPPER MOBILE...WASHINGTON AND WILCOX. IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...COASTAL ESCAMBIA...COASTAL OKALOOSA...COASTAL SANTA ROSA...INLAND ESCAMBIA...INLAND OKALOOSA AND INLAND SANTA ROSA. IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...GEORGE...GREENE...PERRY... STONE AND WAYNE. * FROM 6 AM CDT THIS MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING * EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT THE REGION LATER TODAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ALABAMA...INLAND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. SOME AREAS COULD SEE RAINFALL TOTALS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE AS FAY MOVES WEST ALONG THE COAST. * RAINFALL OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL BRING SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING STARTING LATE TODAY AND CONTINUING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING POSSIBLY LINGERING THROUGH MONDAY. WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF RIVERS AND STREAMS CAN BE EXPECTED WELL INTO NEXT WEEK. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT RAPID FLOODING OF STREAMS...CREEKS AND OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THOSE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CHECK PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...STAY INFORMED AND BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. LEAVE AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. $$
000 WGUS64 KMOB 231851 FFAMOB FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 151 PM CDT SAT AUG 23 2008 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...INLAND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO HEAVY RAIN FROM TROPICAL STORM FAY IMPACTING THE REGION THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... .TROPICAL STORM FAY WILL MOVE SLOWLY WEST OR WEST NORTHWEST OVER THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE TONIGHT...MOVING NEAR OR OVER THE COASTAL SECTIONS OF ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI ON SUNDAY. HEAVY RAINS IN SQUALLS FROM FAY WILL IMPACT THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA LATER TODAY AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI TONIGHT. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF FAY OVER THE WEEKEND... EXCESSIVE RAINFALL TOTALS CAN BE EXPECTED. ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-240300- /O.CON.KMOB.FF.A.0005.000000T0000Z-080825T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE- LOWER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-WAYNE-PERRY- GREENE-STONE-GEORGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUTLER...LISMAN...SILAS...CHATOM... MILLRY...JACKSON...THOMASVILLE...GROVE HILL...CAMDEN... PINE HILL...HOMEWOOD...MONROEVILLE...EVERGREEN...GREENVILLE... LUVERNE...BRANTLEY...ATMORE...BREWTON...EAST BREWTON... ANDALUSIA...OPP...PRICHARD...SARALAND...BAY MINETTE... TILLMANS CORNER...THEODORE...DAPHNE...FAIRHOPE...FOLEY... SPANISH FORT...CENTURY...FLOMATON...MOLINO...PENSACOLA... FERRY PASS...BRENT...WEST PENSACOLA...BELLVIEW...ENSLEY... MYRTLE GROVE...JAY...PACE...MILTON...GULF BREEZE...CRESTVIEW... WRIGHT...FORT WALTON BEACH...NICEVILLE...DESTIN...SEMINOLE... EGLIN AFB...VALPARAISO...WAYNESBORO...RICHTON...BEAUMONT... NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN...WIGGINS...LUCEDALE 151 PM CDT SAT AUG 23 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN ALABAMA... BUTLER...CHOCTAW...CLARKE...CONECUH...COVINGTON...CRENSHAW... ESCAMBIA...LOWER BALDWIN...LOWER MOBILE...MONROE...UPPER BALDWIN...UPPER MOBILE...WASHINGTON AND WILCOX. IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...COASTAL ESCAMBIA...COASTAL OKALOOSA...COASTAL SANTA ROSA...INLAND ESCAMBIA...INLAND OKALOOSA AND INLAND SANTA ROSA. IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...GEORGE...GREENE...PERRY... STONE AND WAYNE. * THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING * EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT THE REGION LATER TODAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ALABAMA...INLAND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. SOME AREAS COULD SEE RAINFALL TOTALS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS AROUND 15 INCHES POSSIBLE AS FAY MOVES WEST TO WEST NORTHWEST ALONG THE COAST. * RAINFALL OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL BRING SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING STARTING LATE TODAY AND CONTINUING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING POSSIBLY LINGERING THROUGH MONDAY. WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF RIVERS AND STREAMS CAN BE EXPECTED WELL INTO NEXT WEEK. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT RAPID FLOODING OF STREAMS...CREEKS AND OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THOSE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CHECK PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...STAY INFORMED AND BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. LEAVE AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. $$
000 WGUS64 KMOB 240435 FFAMOB URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1135 PM CDT SAT AUG 23 2008 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...INLAND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO HEAVY RAIN FROM TROPICAL STORM FAY IMPACTING THE REGION THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... .AT 10 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF T.D. FAY WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 30.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 87.1 WEST OR ABOUT 60 MILES...EAST- NORTHEAST OF MOBILE ALABAMA. THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...FAY WILL BE MOVING OVER SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI ON SUNDAY. FAY IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ACROSS THE REGION. ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-241245- /O.EXT.KMOB.FF.A.0005.000000T0000Z-080825T1300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE- LOWER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-WAYNE-PERRY- GREENE-STONE-GEORGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUTLER...LISMAN...SILAS...CHATOM... MILLRY...JACKSON...THOMASVILLE...GROVE HILL...CAMDEN... PINE HILL...HOMEWOOD...MONROEVILLE...EVERGREEN...GREENVILLE... LUVERNE...BRANTLEY...ATMORE...BREWTON...EAST BREWTON... ANDALUSIA...OPP...PRICHARD...SARALAND...BAY MINETTE... TILLMANS CORNER...THEODORE...DAPHNE...FAIRHOPE...FOLEY... SPANISH FORT...CENTURY...FLOMATON...MOLINO...PENSACOLA... FERRY PASS...BRENT...WEST PENSACOLA...BELLVIEW...ENSLEY... MYRTLE GROVE...JAY...PACE...MILTON...GULF BREEZE...CRESTVIEW... WRIGHT...FORT WALTON BEACH...NICEVILLE...DESTIN...SEMINOLE... EGLIN AFB...VALPARAISO...WAYNESBORO...RICHTON...BEAUMONT... NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN...WIGGINS...LUCEDALE 1135 PM CDT SAT AUG 23 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR * PORTIONS OF ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN ALABAMA... BUTLER...CHOCTAW...CLARKE...CONECUH...COVINGTON...CRENSHAW... ESCAMBIA...LOWER BALDWIN...LOWER MOBILE...MONROE...UPPER BALDWIN...UPPER MOBILE...WASHINGTON AND WILCOX. IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...COASTAL ESCAMBIA...COASTAL OKALOOSA...COASTAL SANTA ROSA...INLAND ESCAMBIA...INLAND OKALOOSA AND INLAND SANTA ROSA. IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...GEORGE...GREENE...PERRY... STONE AND WAYNE. * THROUGH MONDAY MORNING * HEAVY RAINS WILL ONSET FROM EAST TO WEST TONIGHT. DURING THE 30 HOUR PERIOD ENDING 1 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING...SOME 8 TO 12 INCHES OF RAIN COULD FALL ACROSS THE AREA...WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS AROUND 15 INCHES POSSIBLE IN PERSISTENT HEAVY RAIN BANDS ON THE EAST AND NORTHEAST SIDE OF FAY. THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON...THE AXIS OF THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL SHOULD BE ACROSS SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. HEAVY RAINS ARE FORECAST TO SHIFT WESTWARD ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI FROM LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY AS THE CENTER OF FAY MOVES WESTWARD. THE FORECAST RAINFALL AMOUNTS COULD RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING IN THE SHORT-TERM. IN THE LONGER TERM... WIDESPREAD MODERATE FLOODING OF RIVERS AND STREAMS IS POSSIBLE THROUGH LATE NEXT WEEK...ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE WHERE HEAVIER RAINS ARE CURRENTLY FORECAST AND ARE NO OCCURRING. BASED ON EXPECTED RAINFALL OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS...A FEW RIVERS IN SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE ARE FORECAST TO GO ABOVE FLOOD STAGE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. INLAND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI RIVERS ARE NOT FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. FOR THE MOST SPECIFIC TIME THAT FLOODING MAY BEGIN ON INDIVIDUAL RIVERS PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING NWS MOBILE ALABAMA WEB SITE: HTTP:WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOVMOB AND SELECT RIVERS AND LAKES AHPS. * RAINFALL OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL BRING SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING STARTING LATE TODAY AND CONTINUING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING POSSIBLY LINGERING THROUGH MONDAY. WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF RIVERS AND STREAMS CAN BE EXPECTED WELL INTO NEXT WEEK. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT RAPID FLOODING OF STREAMS...CREEKS AND OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THOSE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CHECK PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...STAY INFORMED AND BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. LEAVE AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. $$
000 WGUS64 KMOB 240852 FFAMOB FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 352 AM CDT SUN AUG 24 2008 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...INLAND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO HEAVY RAIN FROM TROPICAL STORM FAY IMPACTING THE REGION THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-241700- /O.CON.KMOB.FF.A.0005.000000T0000Z-080825T1300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE- LOWER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-WAYNE-PERRY- GREENE-STONE-GEORGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUTLER...LISMAN...SILAS...CHATOM... MILLRY...JACKSON...THOMASVILLE...GROVE HILL...CAMDEN... PINE HILL...HOMEWOOD...MONROEVILLE...EVERGREEN...GREENVILLE... LUVERNE...BRANTLEY...ATMORE...BREWTON...EAST BREWTON... ANDALUSIA...OPP...PRICHARD...SARALAND...BAY MINETTE... TILLMANS CORNER...THEODORE...DAPHNE...FAIRHOPE...FOLEY... SPANISH FORT...CENTURY...FLOMATON...MOLINO...PENSACOLA... FERRY PASS...BRENT...WEST PENSACOLA...BELLVIEW...ENSLEY... MYRTLE GROVE...JAY...PACE...MILTON...GULF BREEZE...CRESTVIEW... WRIGHT...FORT WALTON BEACH...NICEVILLE...DESTIN...SEMINOLE... EGLIN AFB...VALPARAISO...WAYNESBORO...RICHTON...BEAUMONT... NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN...WIGGINS...LUCEDALE 352 AM CDT SUN AUG 24 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN ALABAMA... BUTLER...CHOCTAW...CLARKE...CONECUH...COVINGTON...CRENSHAW... ESCAMBIA...LOWER BALDWIN...LOWER MOBILE...MONROE...UPPER BALDWIN...UPPER MOBILE...WASHINGTON AND WILCOX. IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...COASTAL ESCAMBIA...COASTAL OKALOOSA...COASTAL SANTA ROSA...INLAND ESCAMBIA...INLAND OKALOOSA AND INLAND SANTA ROSA. IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...GEORGE...GREENE...PERRY... STONE AND WAYNE. * THROUGH MONDAY MORNING * HEAVY RAINBANDS ON THE EAST SIDE OF FAY WILL CONTINUE MOVING ONSHORE JUST EAST OF DESTIN. THESE RAINBANDS WILL DEVELOP WESTWARD DURING THE DAY. THOSE COUNTIES EAST OF I-65 FROM CRENSHAW COUNTY ALABAMA SOUTHWARD TO DESTIN COULD COME UNDER AN AXIS OF HEAVIER RAINFALL BY LATE AFTERNOON. SOME TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN COULD FALL ALONG THIS AXIS. ALSO...MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL MAY BEGIN TO FILL IN LATER THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING AROUND T.D. FAYS REMNANT CENTER OF CIRCULATION AS IT SLOWLY CHURNS OVER PORTIONS OF INLAND SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI. AS FAYS REMNANTS DRIFT FURTHER WESTWARD TONIGHT...OUR REGION WILL REMAIN ON THE EAST SIDE WITHIN THE DEEP MOISTURE. UNTIL FAYS REMNANTS HAVE LEFT OUR AREA...THE POTENTIAL FOR A 12-24 HOUR HEAVY RAINFALL EPISODE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID-WEEK. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MONDAY. THE NEXT FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 1130 AM CDT THIS MORNING. $$
000 WGUS64 KMOB 241255 AAA FFAMOB FLOOD WATCH...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 755 AM CDT SUN AUG 24 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...INLAND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO HEAVY RAIN FROM TROPICAL DEPRESSION FAY IMPACTING THE REGION THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-242100- /O.CON.KMOB.FF.A.0005.000000T0000Z-080825T1300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE- LOWER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-WAYNE-PERRY- GREENE-STONE-GEORGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUTLER...LISMAN...SILAS...CHATOM... MILLRY...JACKSON...THOMASVILLE...GROVE HILL...CAMDEN... PINE HILL...HOMEWOOD...MONROEVILLE...EVERGREEN...GREENVILLE... LUVERNE...BRANTLEY...ATMORE...BREWTON...EAST BREWTON... ANDALUSIA...OPP...PRICHARD...SARALAND...BAY MINETTE... TILLMANS CORNER...THEODORE...DAPHNE...FAIRHOPE...FOLEY... SPANISH FORT...CENTURY...FLOMATON...MOLINO...PENSACOLA... FERRY PASS...BRENT...WEST PENSACOLA...BELLVIEW...ENSLEY... MYRTLE GROVE...JAY...PACE...MILTON...GULF BREEZE...CRESTVIEW... WRIGHT...FORT WALTON BEACH...NICEVILLE...DESTIN...SEMINOLE... EGLIN AFB...VALPARAISO...WAYNESBORO...RICHTON...BEAUMONT... NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN...WIGGINS...LUCEDALE 755 AM CDT SUN AUG 24 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN ALABAMA... BUTLER...CHOCTAW...CLARKE...CONECUH...COVINGTON...CRENSHAW... ESCAMBIA...LOWER BALDWIN...LOWER MOBILE...MONROE...UPPER BALDWIN...UPPER MOBILE...WASHINGTON AND WILCOX. IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...COASTAL ESCAMBIA...COASTAL OKALOOSA...COASTAL SANTA ROSA...INLAND ESCAMBIA...INLAND OKALOOSA AND INLAND SANTA ROSA. IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...GEORGE...GREENE...PERRY... STONE AND WAYNE. * THROUGH MONDAY MORNING * HEAVY RAINBANDS ON THE EAST SIDE OF FAY WILL CONTINUE MOVING ONSHORE JUST EAST OF DESTIN. THESE RAINBANDS WILL DEVELOP WESTWARD DURING THE DAY. THOSE COUNTIES EAST OF I-65 FROM CRENSHAW COUNTY ALABAMA SOUTHWARD TO DESTIN COULD COME UNDER AN AXIS OF HEAVIER RAINFALL BY LATE AFTERNOON. SOME TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN COULD FALL ALONG THIS AXIS. ALSO... MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL MAY BEGIN TO FILL IN LATER THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING AROUND T.D. FAYS REMNANT CENTER OF CIRCULATION AS IT SLOWLY CHURNS OVER PORTIONS OF INLAND SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI. AS FAYS REMNANTS DRIFT FURTHER WESTWARD TONIGHT...OUR REGION WILL REMAIN ON THE EAST SIDE WITHIN THE DEEP MOISTURE. UNTIL FAYS REMNANTS HAVE LEFT OUR AREA...THE POTENTIAL FOR A 12- 24 HOUR HEAVY RAINFALL EPISODE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID-WEEK. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MONDAY. THE NEXT FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 1130 AM CDT THIS MORNING. $$
000 WGUS64 KMOB 242106 FFAMOB URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 406 PM CDT SUN AUG 24 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...INLAND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO THE POTENTIAL OF HEAVY RAIN LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY... .THE BROAD CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION FAY HAS ESSENTIALLY STALLED ABOUT 75 MILES SOUTH OF JACKSON MISSISSIPPI LATE TODAY. TO THE EAST OF THAT BROAD CENTER...ABUNDANT DEEP MOISTURE IS MOVING NORTHWARD FROM THE CENTRAL GULF...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL BANDS OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS TO FORM EAST OF FAY LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY. MUCH OF THE LATEST FORECAST GUIDANCE SUGGESTS HIGHER COVERAGES OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE...SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI ON MONDAY...WITH SOME 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN POSSIBLE FOR MOST LOCATIONS THROUGH LATE MONDAY. LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE WHERE BANDS OF PERSISTENT HEAVY RAINS SET UP. EXACTLY WHERE THOSE BANDS OF HEAVIER RAIN WILL SET UP IS FAIRLY DIFFICULT TO FORECAST AT THIS TIME. FOR THESE REASONS...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH MONDAY. ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-250500- /O.EXT.KMOB.FF.A.0005.000000T0000Z-080826T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE- LOWER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-WAYNE-PERRY- GREENE-STONE-GEORGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUTLER...LISMAN...SILAS...CHATOM... MILLRY...JACKSON...THOMASVILLE...GROVE HILL...CAMDEN... PINE HILL...HOMEWOOD...MONROEVILLE...EVERGREEN...GREENVILLE... LUVERNE...BRANTLEY...ATMORE...BREWTON...EAST BREWTON... ANDALUSIA...OPP...PRICHARD...SARALAND...BAY MINETTE... TILLMANS CORNER...THEODORE...DAPHNE...FAIRHOPE...FOLEY... SPANISH FORT...CENTURY...FLOMATON...MOLINO...PENSACOLA... FERRY PASS...BRENT...WEST PENSACOLA...BELLVIEW...ENSLEY... MYRTLE GROVE...JAY...PACE...MILTON...GULF BREEZE...CRESTVIEW... WRIGHT...FORT WALTON BEACH...NICEVILLE...DESTIN...SEMINOLE... EGLIN AFB...VALPARAISO...WAYNESBORO...RICHTON...BEAUMONT... NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN...WIGGINS...LUCEDALE 406 PM CDT SUN AUG 24 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR * PORTIONS OF ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN ALABAMA... BUTLER...CHOCTAW...CLARKE...CONECUH...COVINGTON...CRENSHAW... ESCAMBIA...LOWER BALDWIN...LOWER MOBILE...MONROE...UPPER BALDWIN...UPPER MOBILE...WASHINGTON AND WILCOX. IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...COASTAL ESCAMBIA...COASTAL OKALOOSA...COASTAL SANTA ROSA...INLAND ESCAMBIA...INLAND OKALOOSA AND INLAND SANTA ROSA. IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...GEORGE...GREENE...PERRY... STONE AND WAYNE. * THROUGH MONDAY EVENING * THE BROAD CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION FAY HAS ESSENTIALLY STALLED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. FAY WILL REMAIN STALLED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI THROUGH LATE MONDAY...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN FORMING UP LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY...AFFECTING THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE...SOUTH ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI LATE TONIGHT AND DURING THE DAY ON MONDAY. MANY LOCATIONS COULD SEE 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL THROUGH LATE MONDAY...WITH LOCALIZED AREAS POTENTIALLY SEEING SOME 5 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN WHERE THE BANDS OF PERSISTENT HEAVIER RAINS SET UP. * SHOULD THE LOCALIZED HEAVIER RAIN BANDS MATERIALIZE LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY...THE TENDENCY FOR STORMS TO REPEATEDLY MOVE OVER THE SAME AREA COULD RESULT IN PROLONGED HEAVY RAINFALL AND A POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING. THE NEXT FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MOBILE BY 11 PM THIS EVENING. $$ GARMON
000 WGUS64 KMOB 250455 FFAMOB FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1155 PM CDT SUN AUG 24 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...INLAND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO THE POTENTIAL OF HEAVY RAIN LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY... .THE BROAD CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION FAY REMAINS ADRIFT ABOUT 85 MILES SOUTH OF JACKSON MISSISSIPPI LATE THIS EVENING. TO THE EAST OF THAT BROAD CENTER...MOISTURE IS BEING DRAWN NORTHWARD FROM THE GULF CAUSING ADDITIONAL BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO FORM EAST OF FAY LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY. RADAR DATA AND MODELS INDICATE MORE WIDESPREAD COVERAGE OF RAIN OVER SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...THE WEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE...AND PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI ON MONDAY. 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE FOR MANY LOCATIONS THROUGH LATE MONDAY. LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES IS POSSIBLE IN SMALLER AREAS WHERE CONVERGING WINDS FORM BANDS OF PERSISTENT HEAVY RAIN. AT THE MOMENT IT IS DIFFICULT TO CONFIDENTLY FORECAST EXACTLY WHERE THIS WILL OCCUR. THEREFORE THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH MONDAY. ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-251300- /O.CON.KMOB.FF.A.0005.000000T0000Z-080826T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE- LOWER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-WAYNE-PERRY- GREENE-STONE-GEORGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUTLER...LISMAN...SILAS...CHATOM... MILLRY...JACKSON...THOMASVILLE...GROVE HILL...CAMDEN... PINE HILL...HOMEWOOD...MONROEVILLE...EVERGREEN...GREENVILLE... LUVERNE...BRANTLEY...ATMORE...BREWTON...EAST BREWTON... ANDALUSIA...OPP...PRICHARD...SARALAND...BAY MINETTE... TILLMANS CORNER...THEODORE...DAPHNE...FAIRHOPE...FOLEY... SPANISH FORT...CENTURY...FLOMATON...MOLINO...PENSACOLA... FERRY PASS...BRENT...WEST PENSACOLA...BELLVIEW...ENSLEY... MYRTLE GROVE...JAY...PACE...MILTON...GULF BREEZE...CRESTVIEW... WRIGHT...FORT WALTON BEACH...NICEVILLE...DESTIN...SEMINOLE... EGLIN AFB...VALPARAISO...WAYNESBORO...RICHTON...BEAUMONT... NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN...WIGGINS...LUCEDALE 1155 PM CDT SUN AUG 24 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN ALABAMA... BUTLER...CHOCTAW...CLARKE...CONECUH...COVINGTON...CRENSHAW... ESCAMBIA...LOWER BALDWIN...LOWER MOBILE...MONROE...UPPER BALDWIN...UPPER MOBILE...WASHINGTON AND WILCOX. IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...COASTAL ESCAMBIA...COASTAL OKALOOSA...COASTAL SANTA ROSA...INLAND ESCAMBIA...INLAND OKALOOSA AND INLAND SANTA ROSA. IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...GEORGE...GREENE...PERRY... STONE AND WAYNE. * THROUGH MONDAY EVENING * THE BROAD CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION FAY REMAINS ADRIFT ABOUT 85 MILES SOUTH OF JACKSON MISSISSIPPI LATE THIS EVENING. FAY WILL REMAIN STALLED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI THROUGH LATE MONDAY MAKING IT LIKELY THAT BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL FORM LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY. THIS WILL AFFECT THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE...SOUTH ALABAMA...AND.SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI LATE TONIGHT AND DURING THE DAY ON MONDAY. 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE FOR MANY LOCATIONS THROUGH LATE MONDAY. LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES IS POSSIBLE IN SMALLER AREAS COVERED BY HEAVIER BANDS OF RAIN. * WHEN LOCALIZED HEAVIER BANDS OF RAIN FORM LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY STORMS MAY REPEATEDLY MOVE OVER THE SAME AREA BRINGING PROLONGED HEAVY RAIN AND A RISK OF FLASH FLOODING. THE NEXT FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MOBILE BY 11 PM THIS EVENING. $$
000 WGUS64 KMOB 251308 FFAMOB FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 808 AM CDT MON AUG 25 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...INLAND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO THE POTENTIAL OF HEAVY RAIN TODAY... .THE BROAD CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION FAY REMAINS ADRIFT ABOUT 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JACKSON MISSISSIPPI. TO THE EAST OF THAT BROAD CENTER...MOISTURE IS BEING DRAWN NORTHWARD FROM THE GULF CAUSING ADDITIONAL BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO FORM EAST OF FAY THROUGH EARLY EVENING. 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVERNIGHT... MAINLY ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA...AND MODELS INDICATE AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT. LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 6 INCHES IS POSSIBLE IN HEAVIER PERSISTENT RAIN BANDS EAST OF I-65. ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-252115- /O.CON.KMOB.FF.A.0005.000000T0000Z-080826T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE- LOWER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-WAYNE-PERRY- GREENE-STONE-GEORGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUTLER...LISMAN...SILAS...CHATOM... MILLRY...JACKSON...THOMASVILLE...GROVE HILL...CAMDEN... PINE HILL...HOMEWOOD...MONROEVILLE...EVERGREEN...GREENVILLE... LUVERNE...BRANTLEY...ATMORE...BREWTON...EAST BREWTON... ANDALUSIA...OPP...PRICHARD...SARALAND...BAY MINETTE... TILLMANS CORNER...THEODORE...DAPHNE...FAIRHOPE...FOLEY... SPANISH FORT...CENTURY...FLOMATON...MOLINO...PENSACOLA... FERRY PASS...BRENT...WEST PENSACOLA...BELLVIEW...ENSLEY... MYRTLE GROVE...JAY...PACE...MILTON...GULF BREEZE...CRESTVIEW... WRIGHT...FORT WALTON BEACH...NICEVILLE...DESTIN...SEMINOLE... EGLIN AFB...VALPARAISO...WAYNESBORO...RICHTON...BEAUMONT... NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN...WIGGINS...LUCEDALE 808 AM CDT MON AUG 25 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN ALABAMA... BUTLER...CHOCTAW...CLARKE...CONECUH...COVINGTON...CRENSHAW... ESCAMBIA...LOWER BALDWIN...LOWER MOBILE...MONROE...UPPER BALDWIN...UPPER MOBILE...WASHINGTON AND WILCOX. IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...COASTAL ESCAMBIA...COASTAL OKALOOSA...COASTAL SANTA ROSA...INLAND ESCAMBIA...INLAND OKALOOSA AND INLAND SANTA ROSA. IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...GEORGE...GREENE...PERRY... STONE AND WAYNE. * UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING * THE BROAD CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION FAY REMAINS ADRIFT ABOUT40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JACKSON MISSISSIPPI. TO THE EAST OF THAT BROAD CENTER...MOISTURE IS BEING DRAWN NORTHWARD FROM THE GULF CAUSING ADDITIONAL BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO FORM EAST OF FAY THROUGH EARLY EVENING. 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVERNIGHT... MAINLY ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA...AND MODELS INDICATE AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT. LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 6 INCHES IS POSSIBLE IN HEAVIER PERSISTENT RAIN BANDS EAST OF I-65. * WHEN LOCALIZED HEAVIER BANDS OF RAIN MOVE REPEATEDLY MOVE OVER THE SAME AREA...THE PROLONGED HEAVY RAIN WILL BRING THE RISK OF FLASH FLOODING. THE NEXT FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MOBILE BY 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON. $$
000 WGUS64 KMOB 251734 FFAMOB URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1234 PM CDT MON AUG 25 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN EXTENDED FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... .THE REMNANT CENTER OF T.D. FAY REMAINS OVER EASTERN MISSISSIPPI. TO THE EAST OVER SOUTHERN ALABAMA ND NORTHWESTERN FLORIDA...DETACHED OUTER RAINBANDS WILL CONTINUE TO ROTATE ONSHORE AND MOVE INLAND OVER THE NEXT DAY. A SECONDARY HEAVY RAINFALL EPISODE IS EXPECTED ONCE AGAIN OVERNIGHT OR EARLY TUESDAY. THE EAST SIDE OF REMNANT TROPICAL SYSTEMS ARE KNOWN FOR PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL EPISODES...ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. A GREATER CHANCE FOR FAYS REMAINS TO TO LIFT NORTHEASTWARD OUT OF OUR AREA ALTOGETHER WILL OCCUR ON EARLY WEDNESDAY. MSZ067-075-076-078-079-251845- /O.CAN.KMOB.FF.A.0005.000000T0000Z-080826T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ WAYNE-PERRY-GREENE-STONE-GEORGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAYNESBORO...RICHTON...BEAUMONT... NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN...WIGGINS...LUCEDALE 1234 PM CDT MON AUG 25 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI HAS BEEN CANCELED. OVER THE NEXT DAY OR SO...MOST OF THE HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR WELL EAST OF FAY...OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. $$ ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-260145- /O.EXT.KMOB.FF.A.0005.000000T0000Z-080827T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE- LOWER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUTLER...LISMAN...SILAS...CHATOM... MILLRY...JACKSON...THOMASVILLE...GROVE HILL...CAMDEN... PINE HILL...HOMEWOOD...MONROEVILLE...EVERGREEN...GREENVILLE... LUVERNE...BRANTLEY...ATMORE...BREWTON...EAST BREWTON... ANDALUSIA...OPP...PRICHARD...SARALAND...BAY MINETTE... TILLMANS CORNER...THEODORE...DAPHNE...FAIRHOPE...FOLEY... SPANISH FORT...CENTURY...FLOMATON...MOLINO...PENSACOLA... FERRY PASS...BRENT...WEST PENSACOLA...BELLVIEW...ENSLEY... MYRTLE GROVE...JAY...PACE...MILTON...GULF BREEZE...CRESTVIEW... WRIGHT...FORT WALTON BEACH...NICEVILLE...DESTIN...SEMINOLE... EGLIN AFB...VALPARAISO 1234 PM CDT MON AUG 25 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR * PORTIONS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN ALABAMA...BUTLER...CHOCTAW...CLARKE... CONECUH...COVINGTON...CRENSHAW...ESCAMBIA...LOWER BALDWIN... LOWER MOBILE...MONROE...UPPER BALDWIN...UPPER MOBILE... WASHINGTON AND WILCOX. IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...COASTAL ESCAMBIA...COASTAL OKALOOSA...COASTAL SANTA ROSA...INLAND ESCAMBIA...INLAND OKALOOSA AND INLAND SANTA ROSA. * THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING * THE REMNANT CENTER OF FAY REMAINS OVER EASTERN MISSISSIPPI. TO THE EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN ALABAMA ND NORTHWESTERN FLORIDA...DETACHED OUTER RAINBANDS CONTINUE TO ROTATE ONSHORE...AND WILL DO SO OVER THE NEXT DAY. THE EAST SIDE OF REMNANT TROPICAL SYSTEMS ARE KNOWN FOR PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL EPISODES... ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. A GREATER CHANCE FOR THE REMNANTS OF FAY TO LIFT NORTHEASTWARD OUT OF OUR AREA ALTOGETHER WILL OCCUR EARLY WEDNESDAY. ACCORDING TO THE LATEST ANALYSES...THE GREATEST CHANCE OF RAINFALL WILL ALIGN ITSELF ALONG AN AXIS FROM 30 MILES WEST OF I-65 EASTWARD INTO SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. BREAKING IT DOWN FURTHER AND IN THE SHORT TERM ENDING MIDNIGHT...ONE TO TWO INCHES ADDITIONAL INCHES OF RAIN...WITH UP TO FIVE INCHES IN ISOLATED LOCATIONS...COULD FALL MAINLY EAST OF I-65 IN SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND ALSO OVER THE EXTREME NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE. A SECONDARY HEAVY RAINFALL EPISODE IS POSSIBLE ONCE AGAIN OVERNIGHT OR EARLY TUESDAY OVER THE SAME AREA MENTIONED ABOVE...AND COULD POSSIBLY EXTEND A LITTLE FARTHER WESTWARD AS FAY MOVES VERY LITTLE. AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE THE PROBLEM. AREAS AS FAR WEST AS WESTERN MOBILE COUNTY TO MCINTOSH TO JACKSON TO SOUTHERN CHOCTAW COUNTY..COULD RECEIVE ANOTHER TWO TO FOUR INCHES WITH AN ISOLATED FIVE INCHES POSSIBLE. IN TOTAL...ANOTHER FOUR TO SIX INCHES OF RAIN COULD FALL BY TOMORROW EVENING ALONG AND EAST OF I-65...INCLUDING THE NW FLORIDA PANHANDLE. DEPENDING UPON EXACTLY WHERE HEAVIER RAINBANDS SET UP...SOME AREAS MAY RECEIVE BETWEEN 8 AND 10 INCHES OF A VERY ISOLATED BASIS. * WHEN LOCALIZED HEAVIER BANDS OF RAIN MOVE REPEATEDLY MOVE OVER THE SAME AREA...THE PROLONGED HEAVY RAIN WILL BRING THE RISK OF FLASH FLOODING. THE NEXT FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NWS FORECAST OFFICE IN MOBILE BY 8 PM. $$
000 WGUS64 KMOB 260157 FFAMOB URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 857 PM CDT MON AUG 25 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN EXTENDED FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... .THE REMNANT CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION FAY IS NOW DRIFTING NORTHEAST INTO NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI AND NORTHWEST ALABAMA. TO THE EAST OVER SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA...DETACHED OUTER RAIN BANDS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ONSHORE AND FURTHER INLAND OVERNIGHT. A SECONDARY HEAVY RAINFALL EPISODE IS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT OR EARLY TUESDAY...BUT SOMEWHAT LESS THAN MONDAY. THE EAST SIDE OF TROPICAL SYSTEM REMNANTS ARE KNOWN FOR PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL EPISODES...ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT AND FAY HAS A HISTORY OF THIS. A GREATER CHANCE FOR FAYS REMAINS TO TO LIFT NORTHEASTWARD OUT OF OUR AREA ALTOGETHER WILL OCCUR ON EARLY WEDNESDAY. ALZ051>055-260300- /O.CAN.KMOB.FF.A.0005.000000T0000Z-080827T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUTLER...LISMAN...SILAS...CHATOM... MILLRY...JACKSON...THOMASVILLE...GROVE HILL...CAMDEN... PINE HILL...HOMEWOOD...MONROEVILLE 857 PM CDT MON AUG 25 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA HAS BEEN CANCELED. HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED AND FAY WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST OUT OF THE AREA. $$ ALZ056>064-FLZ001>006-261000- /O.EXT.KMOB.FF.A.0005.080826T0300Z-080827T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE- UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA- COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EVERGREEN...GREENVILLE...LUVERNE... BRANTLEY...ATMORE...BREWTON...EAST BREWTON...ANDALUSIA...OPP... PRICHARD...SARALAND...BAY MINETTE...TILLMANS CORNER...THEODORE... DAPHNE...FAIRHOPE...FOLEY...SPANISH FORT...CENTURY...FLOMATON... MOLINO...PENSACOLA...FERRY PASS...BRENT...WEST PENSACOLA... BELLVIEW...ENSLEY...MYRTLE GROVE...JAY...PACE...MILTON... GULF BREEZE...CRESTVIEW...WRIGHT...FORT WALTON BEACH... NICEVILLE...DESTIN...SEMINOLE...EGLIN AFB...VALPARAISO 857 PM CDT MON AUG 25 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR * PORTIONS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN ALABAMA...BUTLER...CONECUH...COVINGTON... CRENSHAW...ESCAMBIA...LOWER BALDWIN...LOWER MOBILE...UPPER BALDWIN AND UPPER MOBILE. IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...COASTAL ESCAMBIA...COASTAL OKALOOSA...COASTAL SANTA ROSA...INLAND ESCAMBIA...INLAND OKALOOSA AND INLAND SANTA ROSA. * THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING * THE REMNANT CENTER OF FAY REMAINS OVER EASTERN MISSISSIPPI. TO THE EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN ALABAMA ND NORTHWESTERN FLORIDA... DETACHED OUTER RAIN BANDS CONTINUE TO ROTATE ONSHORE...AND WILL DO SO OVER THE NEXT DAY. THE EAST SIDE OF REMNANT TROPICAL SYSTEMS ARE KNOWN FOR PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL EPISODES... ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. A GREATER CHANCE FOR THE REMNANTS OF FAY TO LIFT NORTHEASTWARD OUT OF OUR AREA ALTOGETHER WILL OCCUR EARLY WEDNESDAY. * ACCORDING TO THE LATEST ANALYSES...THE GREATEST CHANCE OF RAINFALL WILL ALIGN ITSELF ALONG AND EAST OF I-65 INTO SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. IN THESE LOCATIONS ONE TO TWO ADDITIONAL INCHES OF RAIN...WITH UP TO FIVE INCHES IN ISOLATED LOCATIONS...COULD FALL. A SECONDARY HEAVY RAINFALL EPISODE IS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT OR EARLY TUESDAY...BUT SOMEWHAT LESS THAN MONDAY. THE EAST SIDE OF TROPICAL SYSTEM REMNANTS ARE KNOWN FOR PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL EPISODES...ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT AND FAY HAS A HISTORY OF THIS. A GREATER CHANCE FOR FAYS REMAINS TO TO LIFT NORTHEASTWARD OUT OF OUR AREA ALTOGETHER WILL OCCUR ON EARLY WEDNESDAY. TO SUMMARIZE...ANOTHER THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF RAIN COULD FALL BY TOMORROW EVENING ALONG AND EAST OF I-65...INCLUDING THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE. DEPENDING UPON EXACTLY WHERE HEAVIER RAIN BANDS FORM...A FEW ISOLATED AREAS MAY RECEIVE BETWEEN 4 AND 6 INCHES. $$
000 WGUS64 KMOB 260159 AAA FFAMOB FLOOD WATCH...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 859 PM CDT MON AUG 25 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN EXTENDED FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA WEST OF I-65... .THE REMNANT CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION FAY IS NOW DRIFTING NORTHEAST INTO NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI AND NORTHWEST ALABAMA. TO THE EAST OVER SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA... DETACHED OUTER RAIN BANDS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ONSHORE AND FURTHER INLAND OVERNIGHT. A SECONDARY HEAVY RAINFALL EPISODE IS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT OR EARLY TUESDAY...BUT SOMEWHAT LESS THAN MONDAY. THE EAST SIDE OF TROPICAL SYSTEM REMNANTS ARE KNOWN FOR PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL EPISODES...ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT AND FAY HAS A HISTORY OF THIS. A GREATER CHANCE FOR FAYS REMAINS TO TO LIFT NORTHEASTWARD OUT OF OUR AREA ALTOGETHER WILL OCCUR ON EARLY WEDNESDAY. ALZ056>064-FLZ001>006-261000- /O.CON.KMOB.FF.A.0005.080826T0300Z-080827T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE- UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA- COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EVERGREEN...GREENVILLE...LUVERNE... BRANTLEY...ATMORE...BREWTON...EAST BREWTON...ANDALUSIA...OPP... PRICHARD...SARALAND...BAY MINETTE...TILLMANS CORNER...THEODORE... DAPHNE...FAIRHOPE...FOLEY...SPANISH FORT...CENTURY...FLOMATON... MOLINO...PENSACOLA...FERRY PASS...BRENT...WEST PENSACOLA... BELLVIEW...ENSLEY...MYRTLE GROVE...JAY...PACE...MILTON... GULF BREEZE...CRESTVIEW...WRIGHT...FORT WALTON BEACH... NICEVILLE...DESTIN...SEMINOLE...EGLIN AFB...VALPARAISO 859 PM CDT MON AUG 25 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN ALABAMA...BUTLER...CONECUH...COVINGTON... CRENSHAW...ESCAMBIA...LOWER BALDWIN...LOWER MOBILE...UPPER BALDWIN AND UPPER MOBILE. IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...COASTAL ESCAMBIA...COASTAL OKALOOSA...COASTAL SANTA ROSA...INLAND ESCAMBIA...INLAND OKALOOSA AND INLAND SANTA ROSA. * THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING * THE REMNANT CENTER OF FAY REMAINS OVER EASTERN MISSISSIPPI. TO THE EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN ALABAMA ND NORTHWESTERN FLORIDA... DETACHED OUTER RAIN BANDS CONTINUE TO ROTATE ONSHORE...AND WILL DO SO OVER THE NEXT DAY. THE EAST SIDE OF REMNANT TROPICAL SYSTEMS ARE KNOWN FOR PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL EPISODES... ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. A GREATER CHANCE FOR THE REMNANTS OF FAY TO LIFT NORTHEASTWARD OUT OF OUR AREA ALTOGETHER WILL OCCUR EARLY WEDNESDAY. * ACCORDING TO THE LATEST ANALYSES...THE GREATEST CHANCE OF RAINFALL WILL ALIGN ITSELF ALONG AND EAST OF I-65 INTO SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. IN THESE LOCATIONS ONE TO TWO ADDITIONAL INCHES OF RAIN...WITH UP TO FIVE INCHES IN ISOLATED LOCATIONS...COULD FALL. A SECONDARY HEAVY RAINFALL EPISODE IS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT OR EARLY TUESDAY...BUT SOMEWHAT LESS THAN MONDAY. THE EAST SIDE OF TROPICAL SYSTEM REMNANTS ARE KNOWN FOR PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL EPISODES...ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT AND FAY HAS A HISTORY OF THIS. A GREATER CHANCE FOR FAYS REMAINS TO TO LIFT NORTHEASTWARD OUT OF OUR AREA ALTOGETHER WILL OCCUR ON EARLY WEDNESDAY. TO SUMMARIZE...ANOTHER THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF RAIN COULD FALL BY TOMORROW EVENING ALONG AND EAST OF I-65...INCLUDING THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE. DEPENDING UPON EXACTLY WHERE HEAVIER RAIN BANDS FORM...A FEW ISOLATED AREAS MAY RECEIVE BETWEEN 4 AND 6 INCHES. $$
000 WGUS64 KMOB 260928 FFAMOB URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 428 AM CDT TUE AUG 26 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE... .THE REMNANT CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION FAY WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS NORTHERN ALABAMA TODAY. REGIONAL RADAR IMAGERY SHOWING ADDITIONAL OUTER RAINBANDS SOUTH OF THE CENTER CONTINUING TO DEVELOP EARLY THIS MORNING...AND MAY EXPAND IN COVERAGE AND STRENGTHEN AS TEMPERATURES INCREASE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. THE EFFECTS OF FAY WILL DECREASE SUBSTANTIALLY BY EARLY WEDNESDAY. ALZ061>064-261030- /O.CAN.KMOB.FF.A.0005.000000T0000Z-080827T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRICHARD...SARALAND...BAY MINETTE... TILLMANS CORNER...THEODORE...DAPHNE...FAIRHOPE...FOLEY... SPANISH FORT 428 AM CDT TUE AUG 26 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR MOBILE AND BALDWIN COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED AS THE HEAVIEST RAIN BANDS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL DEPRESSION FAY HAVE MOVED EAST OF THE AREA. $$ ALZ056>060-FLZ001>006-261730- /O.EXT.KMOB.FF.A.0005.000000T0000Z-080826T2300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-INLAND ESCAMBIA- COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EVERGREEN...GREENVILLE...LUVERNE... BRANTLEY...ATMORE...BREWTON...EAST BREWTON...ANDALUSIA...OPP... CENTURY...FLOMATON...MOLINO...PENSACOLA...FERRY PASS...BRENT... WEST PENSACOLA...BELLVIEW...ENSLEY...MYRTLE GROVE...JAY...PACE... MILTON...GULF BREEZE...CRESTVIEW...WRIGHT...FORT WALTON BEACH... NICEVILLE...DESTIN...SEMINOLE...EGLIN AFB...VALPARAISO 428 AM CDT TUE AUG 26 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR * PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA... BUTLER...CONECUH...COVINGTON...CRENSHAW AND ESCAMBIA. IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...COASTAL ESCAMBIA...COASTAL OKALOOSA... COASTAL SANTA ROSA...INLAND ESCAMBIA...INLAND OKALOOSA AND INLAND SANTA ROSA. * THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON * THE REMNANT CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION FAY WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS NORTHERN ALABAMA TODAY. REGIONAL RADAR IMAGERY SHOWING ADDITIONAL OUTER RAINBANDS SOUTH OF THE CENTER CONTINUING TO DEVELOP EARLY THIS MORNING...AND MAY EXPAND IN COVERAGE AND STRENGTHEN AS TEMPERATURES INCREASE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. THE EFFECTS OF FAY WILL DECREASE SUBSTANTIALLY BY EARLY WEDNESDAY. * ACCORDING TO THE LATEST ANALYSIS...THE GREATEST CHANCE OF RAINFALL WILL ALIGN ITSELF EAST OF A LINE FROM GREENVILLE ALABAMA TO ATMORE ALABAMA TO PENSACOLA FLORIDA. THIS AREA MAY RECEIVE ONE TO TWO ADDITIONAL INCHES OF RAIN OVER ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS...WITH UP TO THREE INCHES IN ISOLATED LOCATIONS POSSIBLE. $$
000 WGUS64 KMOB 261411 FFAMOB FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 911 AM CDT TUE AUG 26 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CANCELED... .THE REMNANT CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION FAY WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS NORTHERN ALABAMA TODAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION TODAY BUT WILL NOT PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL SUFFICIENT TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. THUS...THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELED. ALZ056>060-FLZ001>006-261515- /O.CAN.KMOB.FF.A.0005.000000T0000Z-080826T2300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-INLAND ESCAMBIA- COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EVERGREEN...GREENVILLE...LUVERNE... BRANTLEY...ATMORE...BREWTON...EAST BREWTON...ANDALUSIA...OPP... CENTURY...FLOMATON...MOLINO...PENSACOLA...FERRY PASS...BRENT... WEST PENSACOLA...BELLVIEW...ENSLEY...MYRTLE GROVE...JAY...PACE... MILTON...GULF BREEZE...CRESTVIEW...WRIGHT...FORT WALTON BEACH... NICEVILLE...DESTIN...SEMINOLE...EGLIN AFB...VALPARAISO 911 AM CDT TUE AUG 26 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA HAS BEEN CANCELED. THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION FAY HAS SHIFTED EAST OF THE AREA...THUS THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELED. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood 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 flash flood watch went out at Aug 21, 4:31 AM CDT, 11 hours 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 21, 4:31 AM CDT, 11 hours 26 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 431 AM CDT THU AUG 21 2008 .SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT)...FORECAST AREA REMAINS IN BETWEEN WEATHER SYSTEMS WITH UPPER LOW LIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST ACROSS MISSOURI. MEANWHILE...TROPICAL STORM FAY CONTINUES TO REMAIN ALMOST STATIONARY ACROSS DAYTONA BEACH. THIS WILL LEAD TO ONLY ISOLATED TO LOW END SCATTERED COVERAGES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR TODAY. THE BULK OF THE RAINFALL WILL REMAIN TO THE WEST AND EAST OF OUR AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. HIGHS FOR TODAY WILL BE VERY CLOSE TO THOSE SEEN YESTERDAY UNDER PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES. LOWS TONIGHT AGAIN FALL INTO THE LOW TO MID 70S. /13 TODAYS WET MICROBURST POTENTIAL IS LOW. FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...FRIDAY WILL BE WHEN THE REMAINS OF FAY... LIKELY STILL A WEAK TROPICAL DEPRESSION WILL BEGIN TO MAKE AN IMPACT ON THE FORECAST AREA. FRIDAY LOOKS TO BE A TRANSITION DAY WITH RAIN CHANCES INCREASES BY EVENING AS T.D. FAY APPROACHES. IF FAY BEHAVES AND REMAINS OVER LAND AS THE LATEST OFFICIAL TRACK CALLS FOR WE SHOULD NOT HAVE ANY SIGNIFICANT WIND PROBLEMS BUT WILL BE BREEZY. BIGGEST CONCERN WILL BE RAINFALL AMOUNTS AND POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING. HEAVIER RAIN SHOULD BEGIN SATURDAY OVER THE EASTERN ZONES AND SPREAD SLOWLY WEST...REACHING SOUTHWEST ALABAMA SATURDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING INTO THE FIRST OF THE WEEK. FAY IS EXPECTED TO SLOW DOWN AS IT CROSSES ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA...ENHANCING THE HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL. WILL LIKELY BE A FLASH FLOOD OR FLOOD WATCH ISSUED BEFORE THE WEEKEND. STILL A SLIGHT POSSIBILITY THAT FAY COULD MOVE SOUTH OF THE FORECAST TRACK AND SPEND SOME TIME OVER THE COASTAL WATERS AND THE FORECAST WOULD NEED TO BE ADJUSTED FOR STRONGER WINDS. /11 .LONG TERM...(SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)WILL STILL BE DEALING WITH THE REMAINS OF FAY INTO TUESDAY IF NOT WEDNESDAY. DUE TO THE FORECAST SLOW WEST NORTHWEST MOVEMENT OF FAY AFTER IT NEAR MOBILE THE FORECAST AREA SHOULD REMAIN IN A MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW INTO MID WEEK. RIVER FLOODING WILL LIKELY BE ONGOING BY THE FIRST OF THE WEEK AS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO MID WEEK. MAVMOS NUMBERS ACTUALLY SEEM A BIT LOW GIVEN THAT THE GFS HAS THE CENTER OF CIRCULATION JUST SOUTHWEST OF THE FORECAST AREA AND MOVES IT BACK TO THE NORTH. /11 && .MARINE...TROPICAL STORM FAY IS CURRENTLY LOCATED ON THE EAST COAST OF FLORIDA NEAR DAYTONA BEACH. FAY IS FORECASTED TO MOVE SLOWLY TO THE WEST NORTHWEST THROUGH LATE IN THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. FAY IS FORECAST TO WEAKEN AS IT MOVES ACROSS NORTHERN FLORIDA TODAY AND TONIGHT AND IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND SOUTHERN ALABAMA AS A TROPICAL DEPRESSION SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. THIS WILL BRING INCREASING NORTHWESTERLY WINDS TO THE MARINE AREA FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHWESTERLY AS TROPICAL DEPRESSION FAY MOVES ACROSS SOUTHERN ALABAMA ON SUNDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED OVER THE WEEKEND. ALL MARINERS AND COASTAL INTERESTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE FORECAST TRACK FROM THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER FOR FUTURE TRACK UPDATES. /13 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MOBILE 91 72 89 71 / 30 20 20 40 PENSACOLA 93 75 92 73 / 30 20 30 50 DESTIN 90 76 86 74 / 30 20 40 60 EVERGREEN 89 72 85 72 / 30 20 40 50 WAYNESBORO 90 71 90 72 / 30 20 30 40 CAMDEN 91 72 87 71 / 30 20 40 50 && .MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE. GM...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 21, 11:05 AM CDT, 4 hours 52 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1105 AM CDT THU AUG 21 2008 ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-GMZ630-650-655-670-675-MSZ067-075-076-078- 079-221100- CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE- LOWER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-MOBILE BAY- COASTAL WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS FROM 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM-WAYNE-PERRY- GREENE-STONE-GEORGE- 1105 AM CDT THU AUG 21 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE...AND THE ADJACENT GULF COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...REST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP IN THE AFTERNOON HOURS TODAY AND WILL DISSIPATE DURING THE EARLY TO MID EVENING HOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. TROPICAL STORM FAY IS FORECAST TO MOVE FROM NORTHEAST FLORIDA BACK TO THE WEST AS A TROPICAL DEPRESSION FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THE LATEST FORECAST TRACK FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS FAY PASSING ALONG OR JUST OFF THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AS A TROPICAL DEPRESSION ON SATURDAY...MOVING INTO SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA EARLY ON SUNDAY. ON THE LATEST FORECAST TRACK...THE PRIMARY HAZARD WOULD BE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. IT IS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION WE COULD SEE SOME 15 INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER SOME AREAS...WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE COULD RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING IMPACTS STARTING SATURDAY NIGHT AND LINGERING THROUGH MONDAY...WITH WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF RIVERS AND STREAMS CONTINUING WELL INTO NEXT WEEK. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY RAINFALL THREAT OVER THE LAND AREAS...FAY COULD PRODUCE EXTENDED PERIODS OF GUSTY WINDS FROM 30 TO 35 KNOTS OVER THE GULF COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA...AS WELL AS ROUGH SURF CONDITIONS ALONG THE GULF BEACHES. MARINE INTERESTS SHOULD KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON THE FORECAST TRACK OF FAY THROUGH THIS WEEKEND. THERE IS UNCERTAINTY IN THIS FORECAST...ESPECIALLY OVER THE WEEKEND. ANY LARGE DEVIATION...ESPECIALLY A MORE SOUTHERLY TRACK WITH FAY...WILL RESULT IN A STRONGER STORM SYSTEM AND WILL HAVE GREATER IMPACTS ON OUR LOCAL FORECAST FOR THE WEEKEND. STAY TUNED FOR ADDITIONAL FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY. ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS WEEKEND.
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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.