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Areal Flood Advisory 14, NWS Mobile, AL

April 2, 2012Mobile County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this areal flood advisory at Apr 2, 2012, 9:42 PM CDT for Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 63 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 2, 2012, 9:42 PM CDT (02:42 UTC)
Expired: Apr 2, 2012, 10:45 PM CDT
In force: 63 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Mobile County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 4 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal flood advisory 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 areal flood advisory went out at Apr 2, 8:44 PM CDT, 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 2, 8:44 PM CDT, 58 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 2, 9:22 PM CDT, 20 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 2, 9:29 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB	61 min
Apr 2, 10:32 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB	58 min
Apr 3, 1:57 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB	93 min
Apr 3, 3:29 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB	91 min
Apr 3, 6:05 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB	115 min

Nearby

Areal Flood Advisories in Alabama, 2012 Every areal flood advisory in 2012

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.