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Areal Flood Advisory 18, NWS Mobile, AL

May 12, 2012Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this areal flood advisory at May 12, 2012, 9:05 PM CDT for Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 115 min.

The area

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The facts

Issued: May 12, 2012, 9:05 PM CDT (02:05 UTC)
Expired: May 12, 2012, 11:00 PM CDT
In force: 115 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Escambia County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL

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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 May 12, 6:35 PM CDT, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 12, 6:35 PM CDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 12, 12:10 PM CDT, 8 hours 55 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1210 PM CDT SAT MAY 12 2012

ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-131045-
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-
1210 PM CDT SAT MAY 12 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA
THROUGH TONIGHT. THERE IS A SMALL RISK OF A FEW SEVERE STORMS THIS
AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA.
LOCALIZED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE WILL BE
THE MAIN THREATS. HOWEVER...A WARM FRONT IS LOCATED ACROSS THE
REGION AND THIS WILL RESULT IN A SMALL CHANCE OF A TORNADO.

RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF THE AREA
WITH SOME AREAS RECEIVING AS MUCH AS 3 TO 5 INCHES. THIS COULD
RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING ISSUES...ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AND
URBAN AREAS.

INCREASING SOUTHEAST WINDS ALONG THE BEACHES WILL INCREASE THE RISK
OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS THIS WEEKEND. THE UPDATED RIP CURRENT RISK
IS HIGH FOR TODAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY WITH CONTINUED
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. OTHERWISE...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT
EXPECTED DURING THE PERIOD.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF SKYWARN SEVERE STORM SPOTTER NETWORKS IS NOT EXPECTED
THIS WEEKEND.

GMZ630-650-655-670-675-131045-
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-
1210 PM CDT SAT MAY 12 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL
WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

MODERATE TO STRONG SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS AND BUILDING SEAS OVER THE
MARINE AREA WILL BRING HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR OPERATORS OF SMALL
CRAFT MAINLY TODAY AND TONIGHT. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT
FOR THE COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA OUT 60 NM OUT
FROM 8 AM CDT THROUGH 10 PM THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 12, 4:12 PM CDT, 4 hours 53 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 12, 4:23 PM CDT, 4 hours 42 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 12, 5:18 PM CDT, 3 hours 47 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
518 PM CDT SAT MAY 12 2012

ALZ054-055-057-058-122315-
BUTLER AL-CRENSHAW AL-MONROE AL-WILCOX AL-
518 PM CDT SAT MAY 12 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT BUTLER...CRENSHAW...NORTHEASTERN
MONROE AND SOUTHEASTERN WILCOX COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
THROUGH 615 PM CDT...

AT 518 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
MONITORING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE LOCATED FROM NEAR PINE
APPLE...TO NEAR CHAPMAN...TO NEAR BRANTLEY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20
MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  RUTLEDGE...           PETREY...             LUVERNE...
  GLENWOOD...           DOZIER...             BRANTLEY...
  GREENVILLE...         I65 AND AL 185...     I65 AND AL 106...
  I65 AND AL 10...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 113 AND 139.

THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO
55 MPH...PENNY SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
STRIKES...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. SEEK SAFE SHELTER INDOORS UNTIL THE
STORMS HAVE PASSED.

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Local storm report, May 12, 8:37 PM CDT, 28 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 12, 8:53 PM CDT, 12 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 12, 8:53 PM CDT, 12 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 12, 7:50 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		85 min
May 12, 8:47 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		88 min
May 12, 10:09 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		96 min
May 13, 6:15 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		69 min
May 13, 6:44 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		46 min
May 13, 7:21 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		39 min
May 13, 7:43 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		92 min
May 13, 9:40 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		95 min
May 12, 7:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Escambia	16 min
May 12, 8:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Escambia	30 min
May 13, 6:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Okaloosa	35 min
May 13, 7:14 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Okaloosa	33 min

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.