Alert archive / Alabama / Flash Flood Watches in 2011
Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood watch at Mar 7, 2011, 3:10 PM CST for 10 counties in Alabama; 5 counties in Mississippi. It took effect at Mar 9, 2011, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 7, 2011, 3:10 PM CST (21:10 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 9, 2011, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Mar 9, 2011, 3:14 PM CST
- In force
- 9 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 21:10 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, 9.2 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
- 898 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -105 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -35 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
411 WGUS64 KMOB 072110 FFAMOB URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 310 PM CST MON MAR 7 2011 ...HEAVY RAINS EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .RAIN SHOWERS WILL BEGIN LATE TUESDAY...MOISTENING SOILS OVER THE AREA AHEAD OF A STRONGER LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY. SOME AREAS HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED UP TO SIX INCHES OF RAIN THIS PAST WEEKEND...INCREASING THE POSSIBILITY OF FLASH FLOODING. ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-080515- /O.NEW.KMOB.FF.A.0002.110309T1200Z-110310T0000Z/ /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...MOBILE...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...CRESTVIEW...WRIGHT... SEMINOLE...EGLIN AFB...VALPARAISO...WAYNESBORO...RICHTON... BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN...WIGGINS... LUCEDALE 310 PM CST MON MAR 7 2011 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... 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. * FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON * THERE WILL BE AN INCREASING CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY....WITH SOME AREAS POSSIBLY SEEING SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PASS OVER. RAINFALL TOTALS LATE TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL AVERAGE 2 TO 3 INCHES...WITH SOME LOCALITIES SEEING 5 TO 7 INCHES OF RAIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$
6 follow-up statements
957 WGUS64 KMOB 080341 FFAMOB FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 941 PM CST MON MAR 7 2011 ...HEAVY RAINS EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .RAIN SHOWERS WILL BEGIN LATE TUESDAY...MOISTENING SOILS OVER THE AREA AHEAD OF A STRONGER LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY. SOME AREAS HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED UP TO SIX INCHES OF RAIN THIS PAST WEEKEND...INCREASING THE POSSIBILITY OF FLASH FLOODING. ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-081145- /O.CON.KMOB.FF.A.0002.110309T1200Z-110310T0000Z/ /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...MOBILE...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...CRESTVIEW...WRIGHT... SEMINOLE...EGLIN AFB...VALPARAISO...WAYNESBORO...RICHTON... BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN...WIGGINS... LUCEDALE 941 PM CST MON MAR 7 2011 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY 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. * FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON * THERE WILL BE AN INCREASING CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY....WITH SOME AREAS POSSIBLY SEEING SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PASS OVER. RAINFALL TOTALS LATE TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL AVERAGE 2 TO 3 INCHES...WITH SOME LOCALITIES SEEING 5 TO 7 INCHES OF RAIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$
859 WGUS64 KMOB 081148 FFAMOB FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 548 AM CST TUE MAR 8 2011 ...HEAVY RAINS ACROSS THE AREA LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .LIGHT SHOWERS OVER SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA THIS MORNING WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE IN NUMBER AND INTENSITY BY TONIGHT. HEAVIEST RAIN IS NOT EXPECTED TO BEGIN UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT OVER SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SPREAD EAST IN ADVANCE OF A SQUALL LINE DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT SOME TRAINING OF HEAVY RAINS WILL OCCUR DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY AS THE SQUALL LINE SLOWS ITS EASTWARD MOVEMENT. SOME AREAS RECEIVED UP TO SIX INCHES OF RAIN THIS PAST WEEKEND...INCREASING THE POSSIBILITY OF FLASH FLOODING. ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-082000- /O.CON.KMOB.FF.A.0002.110309T1200Z-110310T0000Z/ /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...MOBILE...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...CRESTVIEW...WRIGHT... SEMINOLE...EGLIN AFB...VALPARAISO...WAYNESBORO...RICHTON... BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN...WIGGINS... LUCEDALE 548 AM CST TUE MAR 8 2011 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY 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. * FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON * THERE WILL BE AN INCREASING CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY....SOME PLACES POSSIBLY SEEING SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PASS OVER THE SAME AREA. RAINFALL TOTALS LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL AVERAGE 2 TO 3 INCHES...WITH SOME LOCALITIES SEEING 5 TO 7 INCHES OF RAIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$
969 WGUS64 KMOB 082000 FFAMOB FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 200 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2011 ...HEAVY RAINS ACROSS THE AREA LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .LIGHT SHOWERS OVER SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA THIS MORNING WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE IN NUMBER AND INTENSITY BY TONIGHT. HEAVIEST RAIN IS NOT EXPECTED TO BEGIN UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT OVER SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SPREAD EAST IN ADVANCE OF A SQUALL LINE DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT SOME TRAINING OF HEAVY RAINS WILL OCCUR DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY AS THE SQUALL LINE SLOWS ITS EASTWARD MOVEMENT. SOME AREAS RECEIVED UP TO SIX INCHES OF RAIN THIS PAST WEEKEND... INCREASING THE POSSIBILITY OF FLASH FLOODING. ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-090400- /O.CON.KMOB.FF.A.0002.110309T1200Z-110310T0000Z/ /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...MOBILE...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...CRESTVIEW...WRIGHT... SEMINOLE...EGLIN AFB...VALPARAISO...WAYNESBORO...RICHTON... BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN...WIGGINS... LUCEDALE 200 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2011 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY 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. * FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON * THERE WILL BE AN INCREASING CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY....SOME PLACES POSSIBLY SEEING SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PASS OVER THE SAME AREA. RAINFALL TOTALS LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL AVERAGE 2 TO 3 INCHES...WITH SOME LOCALITIES SEEING 5 TO 7 INCHES OF RAIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$
593 WGUS64 KMOB 090413 FFAMOB FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1013 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2011 ...HEAVY RAINS ACROSS THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN NUMBER AND INTENSITY OVERNIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. THERE IS A RISK THAT TRAINING OF SHOWERS AND STORMS OVER THE SAME LOCATION WILL BRING HEAVY RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH A SQUALL LINE MOVING THROUGH THE AREA STARTING WEDNESDAY MORNING. AS THE SQUALL LINE SLOWS ITS EASTWARD MOVEMENT...A RISK OF FLASH FLOODING COULD BE BROUGHT TO SOME AREAS THAT RECEIVED UP TO SIX INCHES OF RAIN LAST WEEKEND. ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-091215- /O.CON.KMOB.FF.A.0002.110309T1200Z-110310T0000Z/ /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...MOBILE...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...CRESTVIEW...WRIGHT... SEMINOLE...EGLIN AFB...VALPARAISO...WAYNESBORO...RICHTON... BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN...WIGGINS... LUCEDALE 1013 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2011 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY 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. * FROM 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON * THERE WILL BE AN INCREASING CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY....SOME PLACES POSSIBLY SEEING SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PASS OVER THE SAME AREA. RAINFALL TOTALS LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL AVERAGE 2 TO 3 INCHES...WITH SOME LOCALITIES SEEING 5 TO 7 INCHES OF RAIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$
909 WGUS64 KMOB 091039 FFAMOB FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 439 AM CST WED MAR 9 2011 ...HEAVY FLOODING RAINS TO SPREAD EAST ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI INTO SOUTHWEST ALABAMA THIS MORNING THEN ACROSS THE REST OF THE AREA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON... .THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN NUMBER AND INTENSITY THROUGH THE MORNING OVER THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE WATCH AREA. THE BAND OF HEAVIEST RAIN EXPECTED TO BE NEAR INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN 7 AND 9 AM. THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN WILL SPREAD EAST OF INTERSTATE 65 BY MID TO LATE MORNING. MANY OF THESE AREAS RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WEEKEND AND THE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINS WILL BE QUICK TO OCCUR. ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-091845- /O.CON.KMOB.FF.A.0002.110309T1200Z-110310T0000Z/ /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...MOBILE...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...CRESTVIEW...WRIGHT... SEMINOLE...EGLIN AFB...VALPARAISO...WAYNESBORO...RICHTON... BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN...WIGGINS... LUCEDALE 439 AM CST WED MAR 9 2011 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 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. * THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON *SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...MANY WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL SPREAD EAST ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE. SOME PLACES POSSIBLY SEEING SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PASS OVER THE SAME AREA WITH SOME LOCALITIES SEEING 5 TO 7 INCHES OF RAIN BEFORE IT ENDS LATE AFTERNOON OR THIS EVENING. * IN ADDITION TO LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING...RIVER FLOODING WILL ALSO BE A CONCERN DUE TO ALREADY ELEVATED RIVER LEVELS. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL QUICKLY RUN OFF INTO AREA RIVERS...WHICH WILL LEAD TO A MORE EXTENDED PERIOD OF FLOODING INTO THE END OF THE WORKWEEK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$
250 WGUS64 KMOB 092114 FFAMOB FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 314 PM CST WED MAR 9 2011 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED... .THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE. MOST OF THE FLOODING THAT OCCURRED HAS ENDED AND AREAS THAT STILL HAVE LINGERING FLOODING ARE IN THE PROCESS OF RECEDING. NO ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED. ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-092215- /O.CAN.KMOB.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-110310T0000Z/ /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...MOBILE...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...CRESTVIEW...WRIGHT... SEMINOLE...EGLIN AFB...VALPARAISO...WAYNESBORO...RICHTON... BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN...WIGGINS... LUCEDALE 314 PM CST WED MAR 9 2011 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI HAS BEEN CANCELLED. MOST OF THE FLOODING THAT OCCURRED HAS ENDED AND AREAS THAT STILL HAVE LINGERING FLOODING ARE IN THE PROCESS OF RECEDING. NO ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 10:47 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 17 days |
| Mar 7, 3:28 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 4 days | |
| Mar 7, 10:52 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Wayne | 12 days |
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