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Areal Flood Advisory 83, NWS Mobile, AL

September 16, 2012Escambia County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this areal flood advisory at Sep 16, 2012, 3:48 PM CDT for Escambia County, Alabama. It was in force for 117 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 16, 2012, 3:48 PM CDT (20:48 UTC)
Expired
Sep 16, 2012, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
117 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Escambia County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:47 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 Sep 16, 2:57 PM CDT, 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 16, 2:57 PM CDT, 51 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 16, 6:01 AM CDT, 9 hours 47 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
601 AM CDT SUN SEP 16 2012

ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-171115-
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-
601 AM CDT SUN SEP 16 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED SHOWERS MAINLY OFFSHORE AND ISOLATED INLAND. THUNDERSTORMS
EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. NO ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA MONDAY THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY. SOME OF THE
STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY RESULT IN LOCALIZED
FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AND LOW LYING AREAS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF SKYWARN SEVERE STORM SPOTTER NETWORKS MAY BE NEEDED
MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

GMZ630-650-655-670-675-171115-
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-
601 AM CDT SUN SEP 16 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF SKYWARN SEVERE STORM SPOTTER NETWORKS IS NOT
EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 16, 8:44 AM CDTMarine Weather StatementMOB3 hr

Nearby

Areal Flood Advisories in Alabama, 2012Every 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.