Alert archive / Alabama / Flash Flood Watches in 2009
Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood watch at Mar 25, 2009, 2:40 PM CDT for 10 counties in Alabama; 5 counties in Mississippi. It took effect at Mar 25, 2009, 4:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 69 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 25, 2009, 2:40 PM CDT (19:40 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 25, 2009, 4:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 28, 2009, 1:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 69 hr
- 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 radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 653 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 477 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 633 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 251940 FFAMOB URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 240 PM CDT WED MAR 25 2009 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... .SEVERAL ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY AS A COLD FRONT STALLS OVER THE AREA AND UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES MOVE ACROSS THE FRONT. A STRONGER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA LATE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY MORNING BRINGING MORE HEAVY RAIN. TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH SATURDAY ARE EXPECTED TO BE 4 TO 8 INCHES WITH ISOLATED HIGHER TOTALS. SEVERAL AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS ARE ALREADY AT ELEVATED LEVELS AND THIS RAINFALL WILL LIKELY CAUSE RAPID RISES ON MANY RIVERS LATE THIS WEEK. ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-260400- /O.NEW.KMOB.FF.A.0002.090325T2100Z-090328T1200Z/ /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 240 PM CDT WED MAR 25 2009 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH 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 SATURDAY MORNING * A COLD FRONT WILL STALL ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF COAST LATE TONIGHT. UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE FRONT THROUGH FRIDAY BRINGING AT LEAST TWO ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAIN. THE FIRST ROUND WILL MOVE THROUGH TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. ANOTHER HEAVY RAIN EVENT IS EXPECTED THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. A STRONGER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA LATE FRIDAY INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING BRINGING MORE HEAVY RAINFALL. TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING OF 4 TO 8 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. THIS WILL CAUSE FLOODING ON AREA RIVERS ALONG WITH POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. $$
11 follow-up statements
000 WGUS64 KMOB 260249 FFAMOB FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 949 PM CDT WED MAR 25 2009 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... .SEVERAL PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY AS A COLD FRONT STALLS OVER THE AREA AND UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES MOVE EAST OVER THE FRONT. THE FIRST ROUND OF HEAVY RAINS IS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT...ANOTHER ROUND THURSDAY NIGHT AND THE POSSIBILITY OF MORE HEAVY RAINS LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN FELL TODAY OVER AN AREA FROM SOUTHERN CLARKE COUNTY ALABAMA TO GREENE COUNTY MISSISSIPPI. TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH SATURDAY ARE EXPECTED TO BE 4 TO 8 INCHES WITH ISOLATED HIGHER TOTALS. FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WITH THE HEAVY RAINS...MORE LIKELY AS THE SECOND AND THIRD ROUNDS OF RAIN MOVE OVER AN INCREASINGLY SATURATED GROUND. SEVERAL AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS ARE ALREADY AT ELEVATED LEVELS AND THIS RAINFALL WILL LIKELY PUT MOST OF THE SMALLER RIVERS AND STREAMS IN FLOOD LATE THIS WEEK. ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-261100- /O.CON.KMOB.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-090328T1200Z/ /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 949 PM CDT WED MAR 25 2009 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS 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 SATURDAY MORNING * SEVERAL PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. THE FIRST ROUND OF HEAVY RAINS IS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT...ANOTHER ROUND THURSDAY NIGHT AND THE POSSIBILITY OF MORE HEAVY RAINS LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH SATURDAY ARE EXPECTED TO BE 4 TO 8 INCHES WITH ISOLATED HIGHER TOTALS. FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WITH THE HEAVY RAINS...MORE LIKELY AS THE SECOND AND THIRD ROUNDS OF RAIN MOVE OVER AN INCREASINGLY SATURATED GROUND. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. $$
000 WGUS64 KMOB 260905 FFAMOB FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 405 AM CDT THU MAR 26 2009 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... .SEVERAL PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY AS A FRONT BECOMES STATIONARY OVER THE AREA AND UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES MOVE EASTWARD ALONG IT. ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-261645- /O.CON.KMOB.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-090328T1200Z/ /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 405 AM CDT THU MAR 26 2009 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY 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 SATURDAY MORNING * SEVERAL PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY AS A FRONT BECOMES STATIONARY OVER THE AREA AND UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES MOVE EASTWARD ALONG IT. THE FIRST ROUND OF HEAVY RAINS WILL COME IN THE FORM OF A LINE OF STORMS THAT WILL GRADUALLY MOVE EASTWARD THROUGH THE AREA THIS MORNING. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE UP TO I-65 BY SUNRISE WITH A TRAILING REGION OF RAIN THERE AFTER. THE THUNDERSTORM LINE WILL PROGRESS EAST OF I-65 FROM SUNRISE THROUGH NOON. AN AXIS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN FROM WIGGINS MISSISSIPPI TO FRUITDALE ALABAMA TO WHATLEY ALABAMA HAS ALREADY FALLEN SINCE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS THIS MORNING WOULD ONLY ADD TO THIS...AND A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MAY BE REQUIRED LATER THIS MORNING. A SECOND ROUND OF HEAVY PRECIPITATION IS FORECAST AGAIN TONIGHT... AND ANOTHER ON FRIDAY AS A SERIES OF SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS PERIODICALLY MOVE FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGHOUT THE REGION. TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS COULD BE UP TO 8 INCHES OVER SOME LOCALES. MOST AREAS ARE EXPECTED TO RECEIVE AT LEAST THREE INCHES ENDING SATURDAY. * FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WITH THE HEAVY RAINS...MORE LIKELY AS THE SECOND AND THIRD ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAINFALL MOVE OVER AN INCREASINGLY SATURATED GROUND. ALSO...SEVERAL AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS ARE ALREADY AT ELEVATED LEVELS AND THIS RAINFALL WILL LIKELY PUT MOST OF THE SMALLER RIVERS AND STREAMS IN FLOOD LATE THIS WEEK. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. $$
000 WGUS64 KMOB 261654 FFAMOB FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1154 AM CDT THU MAR 26 2009 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... .SEVERAL PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY AS A FRONT BECOMES STATIONARY OVER THE AREA AND UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES MOVE EASTWARD ALONG IT. ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-270100- /O.CON.KMOB.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-090328T1200Z/ /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 1154 AM CDT THU MAR 26 2009 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY 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 SATURDAY MORNING * SEVERAL PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY AS A FRONT BECOMES STATIONARY OVER THE AREA AND UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES MOVE EASTWARD ALONG IT. ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ALONG A STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT BRINGING ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN TO THE AREA. A STRONGER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF COAST FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING WITH MORE HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED. TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN MOST LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WATCH AREA THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. SEVERAL AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS AREA ALREADY AT ELEVATED LEVELS AND MORE HEAVY RAIN WILL PUT MOST OF THE SMALLER RIVERS AND STREAMS IN FLOOD BY SATURDAY. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. $$
000 WGUS64 KMOB 270405 FFAMOB URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1105 PM CDT THU MAR 26 2009 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... .HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE AREA OVERNIGHT WITH ADDITIONAL RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON. AS A FRONT BECOMES STATIONARY OVER THE AREA AND UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES MOVE EASTWARD ALONG IT. HEAVY RAINS THIS EVENING HAVE BEEN CONCENTRATED FROM STONE COUNTY MISSISSIPPI TO NORTHERN MOBILE COUNTY AND THESE WILL SPREAD NORTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHERN CLARKE AND INTO MONROE COUNTY LATER TONIGHT. RADAR INDICATES 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FELL OVER THESE AREAS THIS EVENING WITH MORE RAIN EXPECTED TONIGHT. ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE WEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE BETWEEN 2 AM AND SUNRISE TONIGHT. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN POSSIBLE WITH THE SECOND BATCH OF RAIN. ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-271215- /O.EXT.KMOB.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-090328T1300Z/ /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 1105 PM CDT THU MAR 26 2009 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... 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 SATURDAY MORNING * HEAVY RAINFALL WILL SPREAD FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST FOR FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN TONIGHT BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING AND INUNDATION OF LOW LYING PLACES AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TO BE NUMEROUS WITHIN THE WATCH AREA THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. SEVERAL AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS ARE ALREADY AT ELEVATED LEVELS AND MORE HEAVY RAIN WILL PUT MOST OF THE SMALLER RIVERS AND STREAMS AT OR ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY THE WEEKEND. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. $$
000 WGUS64 KMOB 270833 FFAMOB FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 333 AM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... ...THE AXIS OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL SHIFT SOUTHEAST OF I-65 THROUGH MID-MORNING INTO PORTIONS OF COASTAL ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE... ...ANOTHER ROUND OF RAINFALL TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY... .HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE I-65 CORRIDOR EARLY TODAY AS AN EXTENSIVE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN MOVES EASTWARD ACROSS THE REGION. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP IN THE HEAT OF THE AFTERNOON YIELDING ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN LOCALLY. ONE HOUR RAINFALL TOTALS OF UP TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR HAVE BEEN OBSERVED WITH THESE STORMS. BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 3 AM...THREE TO EIGHT INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF INTERIOR SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA. ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-271645- /O.CON.KMOB.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-090328T1300Z/ /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 333 AM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY 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 SATURDAY MORNING * HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE I-65 CORRIDOR EARLY TODAY AS AN EXTENSIVE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN MOVES EASTWARD ACROSS THE REGION. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP IN THE HEAT OF THE AFTERNOON YIELDING ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN LOCALLY. ONE HOUR RAINFALL TOTALS OF UP TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR HAVE BEEN OBSERVED WITH THESE STORMS. BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 3 AM...THREE TO EIGHT INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF INTERIOR SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA. ENDING LATER THIS MORNING...SOME AREAS WILL HAVE RECEIVED POSSIBLY ANOTHER SIX TO EIGHT INCHES OF RAIN SINCE MIDNIGHT...ESPECIALLY ALONG AN AXIS FROM WESTERN STONE COUNTY MISSISSIPPI TO NORTHERN MOBILE COUNTY ALABAMA TO SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY ALABAMA. AGAIN...THIS AXIS OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL SHIFT SOUTHEAST OF I-65 THROUGH MID-MORNING INTO COASTAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AS WELL AS THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE WHERE UP TO SIX TO EIGHT ADDITIONAL INCHES OF RAIN COULD FALL LOCALLY. ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL MOVE IN AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY WHERE UP TO ANOTHER FOUR TO SIX INCHES OF RAIN COULD FALL LOCALLY. IN GENERAL...MOST WILL SEE AT LEAST TWO ADDITIONAL INCHES FROM THE RAINFALL TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. $$
000 WGUS64 KMOB 271738 FFAMOB FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1238 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... ...THE AXIS OF HEAVY RAINFALL HAS SHIFTED EAST AND SOUTH OF THE REGION THIS MORNING... ...ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY... .ALTHOUGH HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS THE REGION LATE THIS MORNING...ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY. SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL REDEVELOP WITH AFTERNOON HEATING...BUT HEAVY RAINFALL AND MORE NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND PERSIST THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND INTO THE MORNING HOURS ON SATURDAY. THE TIME FOR THE MOST WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE REGION WILL BE BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 6 AM SATURDAY...WHERE UP TO ANOTHER 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN COULD FALL LOCALLY. IN GENERAL...MOST LOCATIONS WILL SEE AT LEAST 2 TO 4 ADDITIONAL INCHES FROM THE RAINFALL TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL AGGRAVATE ALREADY EXISTENT FLOOD PROBLEMS. ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-280145- /O.CON.KMOB.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-090328T1300Z/ /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 1238 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY 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 SATURDAY MORNING * ALTHOUGH HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS THE REGION LATE THIS MORNING...ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY. SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL REDEVELOP WITH AFTERNOON HEATING...BUT HEAVY RAINFALL AND MORE NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND PERSIST THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND INTO THE MORNING HOURS ON SATURDAY. THE TIME FOR THE MOST WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE REGION WILL BE BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 6 AM SATURDAY. UP TO ANOTHER 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN COULD FALL LOCALLY...BUT MOST LOCATIONS WILL SEE 2 TO 4 OF ADDITIONAL INCHES OF RAINFALL THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. NEARLY ALL OF THE FORECAST AREA HAS RECEIVED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS...WITH SCATTERED AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION. LOCATIONS ALONG A WIGGINS...LUCEDALE...CITRONELLE... MCINTOSH LINE RECEIVED UP TO 10 TO 15 INCHES. WITH THE ADDITIONAL ROUND OF HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED TONIGHT...FLASH FLOODING WILL BE LIKELY IN MANY LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONED AREAS. PONDING AND STANDING WATER SHOULD BE EXPECTED ON MANY AREA ROADWAYS OVERNIGHT AS WELL. MANY AREA RIVERS ARE ALSO IN FLOOD OR WILL BE IN FLOOD OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...AND ALL RIVERS IN THE AREA ARE RISING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...WHICH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. $$
000 WGUS64 KMOB 271833 AAA FFAMOB FLOOD WATCH...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 133 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... ...THE AXIS OF HEAVY RAINFALL HAS SHIFTED EAST AND SOUTH OF THE REGION THIS MORNING... ...ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY... .ALTHOUGH HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS THE REGION LATE THIS MORNING...ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY. SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL REDEVELOP WITH AFTERNOON HEATING...BUT HEAVY RAINFALL AND MORE NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND PERSIST THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND INTO THE MORNING HOURS ON SATURDAY. THE TIME FOR THE MOST WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE REGION WILL BE BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND NOON SATURDAY...WHERE UP TO ANOTHER 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN COULD FALL LOCALLY. IN GENERAL...MOST LOCATIONS WILL SEE AT LEAST 2 TO 4 ADDITIONAL INCHES FROM THE RAINFALL TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL AGGRAVATE ALREADY EXISTENT FLOOD PROBLEMS. ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-280245- /O.CON.KMOB.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-090328T1300Z/ /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 133 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY 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 SATURDAY MORNING * ALTHOUGH HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS THE REGION LATE THIS MORNING...ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY. SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL REDEVELOP WITH AFTERNOON HEATING...BUT HEAVY RAINFALL AND MORE NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND PERSIST THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND INTO THE MORNING HOURS ON SATURDAY. THE TIME FOR THE MOST WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE REGION WILL BE BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND NOON SATURDAY. UP TO ANOTHER 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN COULD FALL LOCALLY...BUT MOST LOCATIONS WILL SEE 2 TO 4 OF ADDITIONAL INCHES OF RAINFALL THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. NEARLY ALL OF THE FORECAST AREA HAS RECEIVED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS...WITH SCATTERED AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION. LOCATIONS ALONG A WIGGINS... LUCEDALE...CITRONELLE...MCINTOSH LINE RECEIVED UP TO 10 TO 15 INCHES. WITH THE ADDITIONAL ROUND OF HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED TONIGHT...FLASH FLOODING WILL BE LIKELY IN MANY LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONED AREAS. PONDING AND STANDING WATER SHOULD BE EXPECTED ON MANY AREA ROADWAYS OVERNIGHT AS WELL. MANY AREA RIVERS ARE ALSO IN FLOOD OR WILL BE IN FLOOD OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS... AND ALL RIVERS IN THE AREA ARE RISING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...WHICH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. $$
000 WGUS64 KMOB 272118 FFAMOB URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 418 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... ...ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY... .ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING...BUT HEAVY RAINFALL AND MORE NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND PERSIST THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND INTO THE MORNING HOURS ON SATURDAY. THE TIME FOR THE MOST WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE REGION WILL BE BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND NOON SATURDAY...WHERE UP TO ANOTHER 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN COULD FALL LOCALLY. IN GENERAL...MOST LOCATIONS WILL SEE AT LEAST 2 TO 4 ADDITIONAL INCHES FROM THE RAINFALL TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL AGGRAVATE ALREADY EXISTENT FLOOD PROBLEMS. ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-280530- /O.EXT.KMOB.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-090328T1800Z/ /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 418 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... 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 SATURDAY AFTERNOON * ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING...BUT HEAVY RAINFALL AND MORE NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND PERSIST THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND INTO THE MORNING HOURS ON SATURDAY. THE TIME FOR THE MOST WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE REGION WILL BE BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND NOON SATURDAY...WHERE UP TO ANOTHER 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN COULD FALL LOCALLY. IN GENERAL...MOST LOCATIONS WILL SEE AT LEAST 2 TO 4 ADDITIONAL INCHES FROM THE RAINFALL TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL AGGRAVATE ALREADY EXISTENT FLOOD PROBLEMS. NEARLY ALL OF THE FORECAST AREA HAS RECEIVED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS...WITH SCATTERED AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION. LOCATIONS ALONG A WIGGINS... LUCEDALE...CITRONELLE...MCINTOSH LINE RECEIVED UP TO 10 TO 15 INCHES. WITH THE ADDITIONAL ROUND OF HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED TONIGHT...FLASH FLOODING WILL BE LIKELY IN MANY LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS. PONDING AND STANDING WATER SHOULD BE EXPECTED ON MANY AREA ROADWAYS OVERNIGHT AS WELL. MANY AREA RIVERS ARE ALSO IN FLOOD OR WILL BE IN FLOOD OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...AND ALL RIVERS IN THE AREA ARE RISING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...WHICH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. $$
000 WGUS64 KMOB 280346 FFAMOB FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1046 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... ...HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY... .THE LAST IN A SERIES OF SEVERE STORMS AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL OCCUR TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ONGOING ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA LATE FRIDAY EVENING. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN MAY FALL OVERNIGHT...WITH SOME ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THE RAIN SHOULD BEGIN TO END OVER SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AROUND NOON SATURDAY AND BY LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON OVER THE EASTERN SECTIONS. IN GENERAL...MOST LOCATIONS WILL SEE AT LEAST 2 TO 3 ADDITIONAL INCHES FROM THE RAINFALL TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL AGGRAVATE ALREADY EXISTING FLOOD PROBLEMS. ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-281200- /O.CON.KMOB.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-090328T1800Z/ /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 1046 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... 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 SATURDAY AFTERNOON * HEAVY RAINFALL WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA AGAIN TONIGHT...GENERALLY FROM WEST TO EAST. THE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN TONIGHT BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING AND INUNDATION OF LOW LYING PLACES AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. NEARLY ALL OF THE FORECAST AREA HAS RECEIVED 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS...WITH AMOUNTS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES ACROSS A NARROW STRIP FROM STONE COUNTY ACROSS NORTHWEST MOBILE COUNTY TO SOUTHERN CLARKE COUNTY ALABAMA. FLASH FLOODING WILL BE LIKELY IN MANY LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS WHEN ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN FALLS. PONDING AND STANDING WATER SHOULD BE EXPECTED ON MANY AREA ROADWAYS OVERNIGHT AS WELL. MANY AREA RIVERS ARE ALSO IN FLOOD OR WILL BE IN FLOOD OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS... AND ALL RIVERS IN THE AREA ARE RISING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...WHICH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. $$
000 WGUS64 KMOB 281103 FFAMOB FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 603 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON... ...HEAVY RAINFALL REMAINS A THREAT THIS MORNING... .THE LAST IN A SERIES OF SEVERE STORMS AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION THIS MORNING AS A COLD FRONT MAKES AN EASTWARD ADVANCE. WELL OUT AHEAD OF THE FRONT...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE EFFICIENT...HEAVY RAINFALL PRODUCERS. THE RAIN WILL BEGIN TO END OVER SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI MID TO LATE MORNING AND BY THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE AREA. ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-281800- /O.CON.KMOB.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-090328T1800Z/ /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 603 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... 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 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON * HEAVY RAINFALL WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING WITH ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS ADDING UP TO 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. NEARLY ALL OF THE FORECAST AREA HAS RECEIVED 5 TO 8 INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS. DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR STORM TOTAL PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS INDICATE OVER A FOOT OF RAIN...12 TO 17 INCHES...HAS FALLEN ACROSS A NARROW STRIP FROM STONE COUNTY MISSISSIPPI ACROSS NORTHWEST MOBILE COUNTY TO SOUTHERN CLARKE COUNTY ALABAMA. THERE ARE INDICATIONS THAT NORTHERN AREAS OF WAYNE COUNTY MISSISSIPPI EASTWARD TO NORTHERN CLARKE COUNTY HAS RECEIVED NEARLY A FOOT OF RAIN OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS. FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN LIKELY IN MANY LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS WHEN ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN FALLS. PONDING AND STANDING WATER SHOULD BE EXPECTED ON MANY AREA ROADWAYS AS WELL. THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS ROADS REPORTED TO HAVE WATER COVERING THEM...WITH INSTANCES OF THEM BEING WASHED OUT. IF YOU ENCOUNTER WATER COVERED OR CLOSED ROADWAYS...TAKE THE BEST COURSE OF ACTION. TURN AROUND AND DONT DROWN. THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. DUE TO THE EXTREME RUNOFF...MANY AREA RIVERS ARE IN FLOOD OR WILL BE IN FLOOD OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...WHICH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. $$
000 WGUS64 KMOB 281607 FFAMOB FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1107 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON... ...HEAVY RAINFALL REMAINS A THREAT THIS MORNING... .THE LAST IN A SERIES OF SEVERE STORMS AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION THIS MORNING AS A COLD FRONT MAKES AN EASTWARD ADVANCE. WELL OUT AHEAD OF THE FRONT...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE EFFICIENT...HEAVY RAINFALL PRODUCERS. THE RAIN WILL BEGIN TO END OVER SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI MID TO LATE MORNING AND BY THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE AREA. ALZ051>055-061>064-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-281715- /O.CAN.KMOB.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-090328T1800Z/ /00000.0.ER.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 1107 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED...BUT THE DANGER WILL NOT BE OVER FOR SOME TIME... FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BRINGING HEAVY RAIN FOR THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS HAVE MOVED EAST OUT OF THE AREA. HOWEVER...DUE TO EXTREMELY HEAVY RUNOFF...MANY AREAS ARE FLOODED INCLUDING RIVERS WHICH ARE IN FLOOD STAGE OR WILL BE IN FLOOD STAGE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS EVEN OUTSIDE THE WATCH AREA. THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS ROADS REPORTED TO HAVE WATER COVERING THEM...WITH SOME BEING WASHED OUT. IF YOU ENCOUNTER WATER COVERED OR CLOSED ROADWAYS...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. THE STATE OF AREA RIVERS REMAIN A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION DESPITE THE END OF THE RAIN. $$ ALZ056>060-FLZ001>006-281800- /O.CON.KMOB.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-090328T1800Z/ /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 1107 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON BUT THE DANGER WILL NOT BE OVER FOR SOME TIME... 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. * UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON * HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ADDING UP TO 2 TO 4 INCHES TO WHAT WAS ALREADY RECEIVED...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER RAINFALL POSSIBLE. NEARLY ALL OF THE FORECAST AREA HAS RECEIVED 5 TO 8 INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS. PONDING AND STANDING WATER SHOULD BE EXPECTED ON MANY AREA ROADWAYS AS WELL. THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS ROADS REPORTED TO HAVE WATER COVERING THEM...WITH SOME BEING WASHED OUT. IF YOU ENCOUNTER WATER COVERED OR CLOSED ROADWAYS...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. DUE TO EXTREMELY HEAVY RUNOFF...MANY AREAS ARE FLOODED INCLUDING RIVERS WHICH ARE IN FLOOD STAGE OR WILL BE IN FLOOD STAGE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS EVEN OUTSIDE THE WATCH AREA. THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS ROADS REPORTED TO HAVE WATER COVERING THEM...WITH SOME BEING WASHED OUT. IF YOU ENCOUNTER WATER COVERED OR CLOSED ROADWAYS...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. THE STATE OF AREA RIVERS REMAIN A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION EVEN AFTER THE RAIN ENDS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. $$
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 Mar 25, 12:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 25, 12:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...AVIATION UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1250 PM CDT WED MAR 25 2009
.AVIATION...(18Z ISSUANCE)...MAINLY MVFR CONDITIONS THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON...ALTHOUGH A FEW SITES COULD DROP BRIEFLY TO IFR IN AND
AROUND TS THIS AFTERNOON. RAIN CHANCES INCREASE LATE TONIGHT INTO
THURSDAY AS A FRONT STALLS OVER THE AREA. /13
&&
.MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...NONE.
FL...NONE.
MS...NONE.
GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 AM THURSDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: COASTAL WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL OUT 20
NM...COASTAL WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS OUT
20 NM...WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60
NM...AND WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS FROM 20
TO 60 NM.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM WEDNESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: AND MOBILE BAY.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 25, 5:11 AM CDT, 9 hours 29 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 511 AM CDT WED MAR 25 2009 ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-GMZ630-650-655-670-675-MSZ067-075-076-078- 079-261200- 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- 511 AM CDT WED MAR 25 2009 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...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS THIS AFTERNOON OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND INTERIOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND MAINLY WEST OF I-65...AS ATMOSPHERIC INSTABILITY WILL BE LIMITED. A STRENGTHENING LOW-LEVEL JET WILL BE FAVORABLE TOWARDS ENHANCING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT AND THIS WILL HAVE TO BE MONITORED VERY CLOSELY BY NWS FORECASTERS...ESPECIALLY IF RELATIVELY STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS BEGIN DEVELOPING EARLIER IN THE DAY WHEN THE HEATING IS STRONGER. THE STORM SEVERITY WILL BE MODULATED BY THE AMOUNT OF CLOUD COVER. DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WOULD BE THE MAIN THREAT. A MODERATE TO STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WIND FLOW WILL MAINTAIN HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AND CONTINUE THE RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES. ALTHOUGH TIDES ARE RUNNING ABOUT ONE FOOT ABOVE NORMAL...OUR MARINE AREA IS IN A NEAP TIDE CYCLE WHICH HAS HELPED TO PREVENT MINOR COASTAL FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT TUESDAY. AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL STALL OVER THE REGION ON THURSDAY. MOISTURE VALUES WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE AND CONDITIONS WILL BECOME FAVORABLE FOR SEVERAL ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAINFALL AS A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST OVER THE TOP OF THE STALLED FRONT. THE LATEST GUIDANCE SUGGESTS RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES IS POSSIBLE OVER MUCH OF THE REGION...WITH THE BULK OF THE RAIN FALLING FROM THURSDAY THOUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. ISOLATED AREAS MAY RECEIVE MORE RAINFALL. DUE TO THE LONG DURATION OF FORECAST HEAVY PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE AREA...FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS ...SMALL CREEK BEDS AND STREAMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATER IN THE WEEK. RIVERS DOWNSTREAM OF WHERE THE HEAVIEST RAINS FALL WILL LIKELY RISE TO NEAR OR ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY THE WEEKEND...IF NOT EARLIER. A MODERATE TO STRONG SOUTHERLY WIND FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT THROUGH SATURDAY. A RISK FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE ALONG AREA BEACHES THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WILL NOT BE REQUIRED THROUGH TONIGHT.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 25, 11:25 AM CDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1125 AM CDT WED MAR 25 2009 ALZ051-251715- CHOCTAW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUTLER... 1125 AM CDT WED MAR 25 2009 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CHOCTAW COUNTY... AT 1120 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HINTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND... HINTON...ROCK SPRINGS...CYRIL...RIDERWOOD...PUSHMATAHA AND PUSHMATAHA THROUGH 1215 PM CDT. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG COULD DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS OR BRANCHES AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. THIS STORM COULD PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...RESULTING IN BRIEF PONDING OF WATER AROUND LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. REMEMBER...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO WATER COVERED ROADWAYS. THE DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW A SAFE CROSSING.
Special weather statement, Mar 25, 12:11 PM CDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1211 PM CDT WED MAR 25 2009 ALZ051-251800- CHOCTAW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUTLER... 1211 PM CDT WED MAR 25 2009 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CHOCTAW COUNTY... AT 1210 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF MELVIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND... WATER VALLEY...HINTON...NEEDHAM...HODGEWOOD...LAND AND ROCK SPRINGS THROUGH 100 PM CDT. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG COULD BRING DOWN DEAD OR DISEASED TREES AND LARGE LIMBS RESULTING IN SERIOUS INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE. LOCAL LOSS OF ELECTRICAL POWER MAY RESULT FROM DOWNED POWER LINES. EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN OUTDOORS DURING SUCH STRONG WINDS...OR SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. THIS STORM COULD PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...RESULTING IN BRIEF PONDING OF WATER AROUND LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. REMEMBER...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO WATER COVERED ROADWAYS. THE DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW A SAFE CROSSING.
Special weather statement, Mar 25, 12:32 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1232 PM CDT WED MAR 25 2009 MSZ067-075-076-251830- PERRY-GREENE-WAYNE- 1232 PM CDT WED MAR 25 2009 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT PERRY...GREENE AND WAYNE COUNTIES... AT 1229 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES WEST OF RICHTON...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND... RHODES...HINTONVILLE...RICHTON...MULBERRY AND SAND HILL THROUGH 130 PM CDT. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG COULD DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS OR BRANCHES AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. THIS STORM COULD PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...RESULTING IN BRIEF PONDING OF WATER AROUND LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. REMEMBER...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO WATER COVERED ROADWAYS. THE DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW A SAFE CROSSING.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 10:46 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 15 days |
| Mar 25, 10:46 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 15 days |
| Mar 25, 10:46 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Wayne | 13 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.