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Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS Mobile, AL

March 25, 200910 counties in Alabama; 5 counties in Mississippi

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2009-03-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2009-03-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 477 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

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MILLRY...JACKSON...THOMASVILLE...GROVE HILL...CAMDEN...
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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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GREENE-STONE-GEORGE-
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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.

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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. 

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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-
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/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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 25, 10:46 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMOBChoctaw, Clarke, Washington15 days
Mar 25, 10:46 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMOBChoctaw, Clarke, Washington15 days
Mar 25, 10:46 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMOBGeorge, Greene, Wayne13 days

Nearby

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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.