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Coastal Flood Warning 1, NWS Mobile, AL

August 29, 2012

NWS Mobile, AL issued this coastal flood warning at Aug 29, 2012, 7:45 PM CDT. It was in force for 21 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 29, 2012, 7:45 PM CDT (00:45 UTC)
Expired: Aug 30, 2012, 4:29 PM CDT
In force: 21 hr
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this coastal flood warning 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 coastal flood warning went out at Aug 29, 7:45 PM CDT, 0 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 29, 7:45 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 29, 6:46 AM CDT, 12 hours 59 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
646 AM CDT WED AUG 29 2012

ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-301200-
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-
646 AM CDT WED AUG 29 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF
ALABAMA...THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE...AND A PORTION OF
SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.  THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER EXPECTS
HURRICANE ISAAC TO CONTINUE SLOWLY NORTHWESTWARD INTO SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA.

TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY OVER EXTREME
SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND ARE
POSSIBLE OVER THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE.  TROPICAL STORM
CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT OVER COASTAL SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND
EXTREME SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH OVER THE COASTAL COUNTIES AND
EXTREME SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI WILL DECREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH THIS
AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE THROUGH TONIGHT.

INCREASED SWELL WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT BEACHES WITH A HIGH RISK OF
LETHAL RIP CURRENTS THROUGH TONIGHT.

BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH
TONIGHT.  A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST ALABAMA WHERE THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY
RAINFALL EXISTS.

STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST FORECASTS AND ADVISORIES ISSUED BY THE
NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER ON ISAAC. FOR FURTHER LOCAL DETAILS REFER
TO THE LATEST HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN MOBILE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER FORECAST TRACK SHOWS ISAAC WILL
CONTINUE TO WEAKEN THROUGH THURSDAY WHILE CONTINUING NORTHWESTWARD
ACROSS LOUISIANA.  SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 25 MPH ON THURSDAY WILL
SUBSIDE THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF SKYWARN SEVERE STORM SPOTTER NETWORKS MAY BE REQUIRED
AS ISAAC CONTINUES SLOWLY NORTHWESTWARD INTO SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA.

GMZ630-650-655-670-675-301200-
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-
646 AM CDT WED AUG 29 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL WATERS OF
ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE. THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER EXPECTS HURRICANE ISAAC TO CONTINUE SLOWLY NORTHWESTWARD INTO
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA.

TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY OVER MOST OF THE AREA
AREA AND ARE POSSIBLE OVER MOST OF THE AREA TONIGHT. SOUTHEAST WINDS
OF 25 TO 40 KNOTS WILL DECREASE TO 25 TO 30 KNOTS TONIGHT. BANDS OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT.

STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST FORECASTS AND ADVISORIES ISSUED BY THE
NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER ON ISAAC. FOR FURTHER LOCAL DETAILS REFER
TO THE LATEST HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN MOBILE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER FORECAST TRACK SHOWS ISAAC WILL
CONTINUE TO WEAKEN THROUGH THURSDAY WHILE CONTINUING NORTHWESTWARD
ACROSS LOUISIANA.  SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 KNOTS ON THURSDAY
WILL SUBSIDE THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 29, 2:08 PM CDT, 5 hours 37 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 29, 5:28 PM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 29, 5:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 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 29, 7:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Monroe, Wilcox	30 min
Aug 29, 7:29 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	MOB		33 hr
Aug 30, 12:22 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Mobile, Washington	6 hr
Aug 30, 12:52 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	MOB	Washington	16 hr
Aug 30, 2:28 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	MOB	Mobile, Washington	12 hr
Aug 30, 2:46 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Covington	33 min
Aug 30, 3:53 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Covington, Escambia	37 min
Aug 30, 4:09 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Butler, Crenshaw	16 min
Aug 30, 4:31 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Washington	29 min
Aug 30, 4:32 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Covington	28 min
Aug 30, 6:43 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Washington	37 min
Aug 30, 7:41 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Mobile	33 min
Aug 30, 8:10 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Washington	35 min
Aug 30, 8:13 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Washington	32 min
Aug 30, 8:45 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Washington	45 min
Aug 30, 9:01 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Mobile, Washington	44 min
Aug 30, 10:16 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Washington	44 min
Aug 30, 10:56 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Choctaw	49 min
Aug 30, 11:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Mobile	43 min
Aug 30, 11:44 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Mobile, Washington	6 hr
Aug 30, 11:56 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Choctaw	33 min
Aug 30, 4:29 PM CDT	High Surf Advisory	MOB		20 hr
Aug 29, 8:36 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	George, Greene, Perry, Stone	6 hr
Aug 29, 9:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	George, Greene, Perry	48 min
Aug 29, 10:20 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MOB	George, Greene, Perry	9 days
Aug 29, 10:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Greene, Perry, Wayne	26 min
Aug 29, 11:20 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Greene, Perry, Wayne	6 hr
Aug 30, 2:13 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MOB	Perry	22 hr
Aug 30, 4:37 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MOB	George, Greene, Wayne	9 days
Aug 30, 5:22 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Wayne	23 min
Aug 30, 5:48 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Greene, Wayne	27 min
Aug 30, 6:28 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Wayne	30 min
Aug 30, 7:07 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Emergency	MOB	George	6 hr
Aug 30, 7:18 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Wayne	6 hr
Aug 30, 7:23 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Wayne	22 min
Aug 30, 9:00 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Emergency	MOB	Greene	6 hr
Aug 30, 10:17 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MOB	George, Greene, Jackson	9 days
Aug 30, 1:18 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	MOB	George, Greene, Perry, Stone, Wayne	20 hr

Nearby

Coastal Flood Warnings in Alabama, 2012 Every coastal flood warning 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.