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River Flood Warning 43, NWS Mobile, AL

March 10, 2010Clarke County, Monroe County, Wilcox County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this river flood warning at Mar 10, 2010, 1:32 PM CST for Clarke County, Monroe County, Wilcox County, Alabama. It took effect at Mar 13, 2010, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 8 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 10, 2010, 1:32 PM CST (19:32 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 13, 2010, 12:00 AM CST
Expired
Mar 20, 2010, 8:13 PM CDT
In force
8 days
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Clarke County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Wilcox County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:34 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 river

Written for the forecast point Alabama River near Claiborne Dam (CLBA1). The gauge peaked at 48.92 ft at Mar 17, 2010, 3:00 PM CDT.

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Action stage
35 ft
Minor stage
42 ft
Moderate stage
48 ft
Major stage
52 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02428401, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning 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 river flood warning went out at Mar 10, 12:00 PM CST, 1 hour 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 10, 12:00 PM CST, 1 hour 32 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 10, 5:30 AM CST, 8 hours 2 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
530 AM CST WED MAR 10 2010

ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-GMZ630-650-655-670-675-MSZ067-075-076-078-
079-111200-
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-
530 AM CST WED MAR 10 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI AND THE COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE
THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND BECOME WIDESPREAD OVERNIGHT AS A STRONG STORM
SYSTEM MOVES OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. AS INSTABILITY LEVELS
INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON...A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG TO
SEVERE...PRIMARILY OVER SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA.
THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND LOCALLY DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS. AS WINDS THROUGHOUT THE ATMOSPHERE STRENGTHEN TONIGHT...A
THREAT FOR ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WILL CONTINUE. LARGE HAIL AND
LOCALLY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL REMAIN A THREAT...BUT AN ISOLATED
TORNADO WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL
GRADUALLY SPREAD INTO SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST
FLORIDA PANHANDLE BY LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.

THE RISK FOR HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING WILL INCREASE TONIGHT AS
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BECOME WIDESPREAD. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS
IN EFFECT. SIGNIFICANT RISES ON AREA RIVERS ARE EXPECTED AS A RESULT
OF THE HEAVY RAINFALL.

AREAS OF DENSE FOG ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT OVER THE NEAR SHORE
GULF WATERS AND AREA BAYS AS WARM MOIST AIR MOVES OVER THE COLDER
WATER.

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE MARINE WATERS FROM LATE
THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL
ALSO RESULT IN AN INCREASED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

A COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE AREA ON FRIDAY WILL RESULT IN THE
DEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...PRIMARILY ALONG
AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 65. THE MID LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE
QUITE COLD WHICH MAY RESULT IN SOME OF THE STORMS PRODUCING PENNY TO
QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE MARINE AREA AGAIN FROM
FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THE WEEKEND DUE TO MODERATE TO STRONG WEST
TO NORTHWEST WINDS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND STORM SPOTTERS FOR SEVERE
WEATHER MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 10, 3:12 AM CSTMarine Weather StatementMOB108 min
Mar 10, 8:43 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningMOBChoctaw, Clarke, Washington10 days
Mar 10, 8:43 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningMOBChoctaw, Clarke, Washington11 days
Mar 10, 5:49 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWashington41 min
Mar 10, 8:56 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningMOBGeorge, Greene, Wayne8 days
Mar 10, 5:03 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGreene42 min
Mar 10, 5:09 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBGreene, Wayne36 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Alabama, 2010Every river flood warning in 2010

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.