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Areal Flood Advisory 62, NWS Mobile, AL

July 31, 2012Wilcox County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this areal flood advisory at Jul 31, 2012, 8:54 AM CDT for Wilcox County, Alabama. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 31, 2012, 8:54 AM CDT (13:54 UTC)
Expired: Jul 31, 2012, 11:00 AM CDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Wilcox County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:56 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 Jul 30, 6:52 PM CDT, 14 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 30, 6:52 PM CDT, 14 hours 2 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 30, 4:20 PM CDT, 16 hours 34 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
Jul 30, 7:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Covington	51 min
Jul 30, 8:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Escambia	25 min
Jul 31, 4:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Butler, Crenshaw	87 min
Jul 31, 7:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Butler, Wilcox	66 min
Jul 31, 7:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Butler, Crenshaw	23 min
Jul 31, 8:15 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		60 min
Jul 31, 9:14 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		91 min
Jul 31, 9:32 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Wilcox	4 hr
Jul 31, 10:47 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		58 min
Jul 31, 11:52 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		83 min
Jul 31, 2:41 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		94 min
Jul 31, 4:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Wayne	23 min
Jul 31, 4:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Wayne	52 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.