Alert archive / Alabama / Areal Flood Advisories in 2012
Areal Flood Advisory 37, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this areal flood advisory at Jul 17, 2012, 2:34 PM CDT for Butler County, Alabama. It was in force for 116 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 17, 2012, 2:34 PM CDT (19:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 17, 2012, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 116 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Butler County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 159 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
- 1502 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1108 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Jul 17, 12:26 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 17, 12:26 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 17, 10:24 AM CDT, 4 hours 10 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1024 AM CDT TUE JUL 17 2012 ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-181200- 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- 1024 AM CDT TUE JUL 17 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...REST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA TODAY WITH THE BEST COVERAGE GENERALLY EAST OF THE I-65 CORRIDOR. ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS SUPPORT FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. WHILE SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BE STRONG TO BRIEFLY SEVERE...WIDESPREAD ORGANIZED SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY SCATTERED TO OCCASIONALLY NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN IN THE FORECAST THROUGH THE WEEK AND UPCOMING WEEKEND. GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH ANY OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF SKYWARN SEVERE STORM SPOTTER NETWORKS IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY. GMZ630-650-655-670-675-181200- 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- 1024 AM CDT TUE JUL 17 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...REST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED TO OCCASIONALLY NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE MARINE AREA...WITH THE BEST COVERAGE MAINLY OVERNIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND POTENTIALLY A FEW WATERSPOUTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE MARINE AREA THROUGH THE WEEK AND INTO THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND POTENTIALLY A FEW WATERSPOUTS.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 17, 1:45 PM CDT, 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 145 PM CDT TUE JUL 17 2012 FLZ006-171945- COASTAL OKALOOSA FL- 145 PM CDT TUE JUL 17 2012 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN OKALOOSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...THROUGH 245 PM CDT... AT 143 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF EGLIN AFB...OR 5 MILES NORTH OF SHALIMAR...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... OCEAN CITY... FORT WALTON BEACH... SHALIMAR... LAKE LORRAINE... CINCO BAYOU... WRIGHT... VALPARAISO... NICEVILLE... MARY ESTHER... THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE WIND GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG COULD BLOW OFF TREE LIMBS AND ALSO BLOW AROUND SMALL UNSECURED OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED. SMALL HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS. AVOID USING TELEPHONES. &&
Special weather statement, Jul 17, 2:12 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 212 PM CDT TUE JUL 17 2012 ALZ057-172015- BUTLER AL- 212 PM CDT TUE JUL 17 2012 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...THROUGH 315 PM CDT... AT 210 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GREENVILLE... OR 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF I65 AND AL 185...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... I65 AND AL 185... I65 AND AL 10... GREENVILLE... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 127 AND 133. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE WIND GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG COULD BLOW OFF TREE LIMBS AND ALSO BLOW AROUND SMALL UNSECURED OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED. THIS STORM MAY CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY AND A WARNING MAY SOON BE NEEDED. PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR FURTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. &&
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 6:22 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 83 min | |
| Jul 17, 12:41 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 94 min | |
| Jul 17, 2:18 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 27 min | |
| Jul 17, 2:58 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 62 min | |
| Jul 17, 3:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 16 min |
| Jul 17, 3:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia | 26 min |
| Jul 17, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia | 36 min |
| Jul 17, 4:58 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Escambia | 2 hr |
| Jul 17, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler | 40 min |
| Jul 17, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 40 min |
| Jul 17, 6:05 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Mobile | 115 min |
| Jul 17, 6:36 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 84 min | |
| Jul 17, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 38 min |
| Jul 17, 6:49 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 56 min | |
| Jul 17, 2:41 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Okaloosa | 2 hr |
| Jul 17, 3:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 26 min |
| Jul 17, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Santa Rosa | 50 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.