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Areal Flood Advisory 74, NWS Mobile, AL

August 28, 2012Mobile County, Alabama; George County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this areal flood advisory at Aug 28, 2012, 11:46 PM CDT for Mobile County, Alabama; George County, Mississippi. It was in force for 119 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 28, 2012, 11:46 PM CDT (04:46 UTC)
Expired: Aug 29, 2012, 1:45 AM CDT
In force: 119 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Mobile County, AL, George County, MS

The radar

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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 Aug 28, 6:55 PM CDT, 4 hours 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 28, 6:55 PM CDT, 4 hours 51 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 28, 5:34 PM CDT, 6 hours 12 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 28, 5:47 PM CDT, 5 hours 59 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
Aug 28, 9:21 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MOB	Mobile	9 hr
Aug 28, 11:49 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Baldwin	116 min
Aug 29, 12:49 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Mobile	29 min
Aug 29, 1:49 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Mobile	116 min
Aug 29, 8:46 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Mobile	6 hr
Aug 29, 9:24 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MOB	Mobile	31 hr
Aug 29, 10:04 AM CDT	High Surf Warning	MOB		30 hr
Aug 29, 10:18 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	MOB		14 hr
Aug 29, 2:52 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Mobile	6 hr
Aug 29, 10:04 AM CDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	MOB		30 hr
Aug 29, 5:33 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	George, Stone	27 min
Aug 29, 7:51 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	George, Perry, Stone	39 min
Aug 29, 9:36 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	George, Greene, Perry	39 min
Aug 29, 12:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Greene, Perry, Wayne	40 min
Aug 29, 1:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Greene, Perry, Wayne	36 min
Aug 29, 1:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Stone	48 min

Nearby

Areal Flood Advisories in Alabama, 2012 Areal Flood Advisories in Mississippi, 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.