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Flash Flood Watch 3, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood watch at Feb 24, 2013, 3:51 AM CST for 10 counties in Alabama; 5 counties in Mississippi. It took effect at Feb 25, 2013, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 30 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 24, 2013, 3:51 AM CST (09:51 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 25, 2013, 12:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 26, 2013, 6:00 AM CST
- In force
- 30 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Butler County, AL, Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Washington County, AL, Wilcox County, AL, George County, MS, Greene County, MS, Perry County, MS, Stone County, MS, Wayne County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 215 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 735 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 92 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 207 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
515 WGUS64 KMOB 240951 FFAMOB URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 351 AM CST SUN FEB 24 2013 ...HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... .RAIN...ALONG WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS...WILL BEGIN TO DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON ALONG THE COAST AND SPREAD INLAND THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS AS A WARM FRONT OVER THE NORTHERN GULF BEGINS TO MOVE NORTH. PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY AND MONDAY EVENING AS A STRONG COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM WHICH WILL RESULT IN A SIGNIFICANT RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING GIVEN SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION. ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-241800- /O.NEW.KMOB.FF.A.0003.130225T0600Z-130226T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUTLER...LISMAN...SILAS...CHATOM... MILLRY...JACKSON...THOMASVILLE...GROVE HILL...CAMDEN... PINE HILL...HOMEWOOD...MONROEVILLE...EVERGREEN...GREENVILLE... LUVERNE...BRANTLEY...ATMORE...BREWTON...EAST BREWTON... ANDALUSIA...OPP...MOBILE...PRICHARD...SARALAND...BAY MINETTE... TILLMANS CORNER...THEODORE...DAPHNE...FAIRHOPE...FOLEY... SPANISH FORT...CENTURY...FLOMATON...MOLINO...FERRY PASS...BRENT... WEST PENSACOLA...BELLVIEW...ENSLEY...MYRTLE GROVE...JAY...PACE... MILTON...CRESTVIEW...WRIGHT...NICEVILLE...SEMINOLE...EGLIN AFB... WAYNESBORO...RICHTON...BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE... MCLAIN...WIGGINS...LUCEDALE 351 AM CST SUN FEB 24 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN ALABAMA...BUTLER...CHOCTAW...CLARKE...CONECUH...COVINGTON... CRENSHAW...ESCAMBIA...LOWER BALDWIN...LOWER MOBILE...MONROE... UPPER BALDWIN...UPPER MOBILE...WASHINGTON AND WILCOX. IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...COASTAL ESCAMBIA...COASTAL OKALOOSA... COASTAL SANTA ROSA...INLAND ESCAMBIA...INLAND OKALOOSA AND INLAND SANTA ROSA. IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...GEORGE... GREENE...PERRY...STONE AND WAYNE. * FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING * PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY LATE TONIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY EVENING AS A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE FORECAST...WITH LOCALIZED TOTALS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES POSSIBLE. THIS ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN COMBINED WITH SATURATED SOILS AND ELEVATED RIVER LEVELS WILL RESULT IN A SIGNIFICANT RISK OF FLASH FLOODING AND ADDITIONAL RIVER FLOODING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$
6 follow-up statements
663 WGUS64 KMOB 241827 FFAMOB FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1227 PM CST SUN FEB 24 2013 ...HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... .RAIN...ALONG WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS...WILL BEGIN TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING ALONG THE COAST AND SPREAD INLAND THROUGH THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS AS A WARM FRONT OVER THE NORTHERN GULF BEGINS TO MOVE NORTH. PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY AND MONDAY EVENING AS A STRONG COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM WHICH WILL RESULT IN A SIGNIFICANT RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING GIVEN THE SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION. ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-250300- /O.CON.KMOB.FF.A.0003.130225T0600Z-130226T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUTLER...LISMAN...SILAS...CHATOM... MILLRY...JACKSON...THOMASVILLE...GROVE HILL...CAMDEN... PINE HILL...HOMEWOOD...MONROEVILLE...EVERGREEN...GREENVILLE... LUVERNE...BRANTLEY...ATMORE...BREWTON...EAST BREWTON... ANDALUSIA...OPP...MOBILE...PRICHARD...SARALAND...BAY MINETTE... TILLMANS CORNER...THEODORE...DAPHNE...FAIRHOPE...FOLEY... SPANISH FORT...CENTURY...FLOMATON...MOLINO...FERRY PASS...BRENT... WEST PENSACOLA...BELLVIEW...ENSLEY...MYRTLE GROVE...JAY...PACE... MILTON...CRESTVIEW...WRIGHT...NICEVILLE...SEMINOLE...EGLIN AFB... WAYNESBORO...RICHTON...BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE... MCLAIN...WIGGINS...LUCEDALE 1227 PM CST SUN FEB 24 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN ALABAMA... BUTLER...CHOCTAW...CLARKE...CONECUH...COVINGTON...CRENSHAW... ESCAMBIA...LOWER BALDWIN...LOWER MOBILE...MONROE...UPPER BALDWIN...UPPER MOBILE...WASHINGTON AND WILCOX. IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...COASTAL ESCAMBIA...COASTAL OKALOOSA...COASTAL SANTA ROSA...INLAND ESCAMBIA...INLAND OKALOOSA AND INLAND SANTA ROSA. IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...GEORGE...GREENE...PERRY... STONE AND WAYNE. * FROM MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING * PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY LATE TONIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY EVENING AS A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE FORECAST...WITH LOCALIZED TOTALS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES POSSIBLE. THIS ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN COMBINED WITH SATURATED SOILS AND ELEVATED RIVER LEVELS WILL RESULT IN A SIGNIFICANT RISK OF FLASH FLOODING AND ADDITIONAL RIVER FLOODING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$
451 WGUS64 KMOB 250253 FFAMOB FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 853 PM CST SUN FEB 24 2013 ...HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... .RAIN...ALONG WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS...WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING ALONG THE COAST AND SPREAD INLAND THROUGH OVERNIGHT HOURS AS A WARM FRONT OVER THE NORTHERN GULF BEGINS TO MOVE NORTH. PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY AND MONDAY EVENING AS A STRONG COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM WHICH WILL RESULT IN A SIGNIFICANT RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING GIVEN THE SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION. ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-251100- /O.CON.KMOB.FF.A.0003.130225T0600Z-130226T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUTLER...LISMAN...SILAS...CHATOM... MILLRY...JACKSON...THOMASVILLE...GROVE HILL...CAMDEN... PINE HILL...HOMEWOOD...MONROEVILLE...EVERGREEN...GREENVILLE... LUVERNE...BRANTLEY...ATMORE...BREWTON...EAST BREWTON... ANDALUSIA...OPP...MOBILE...PRICHARD...SARALAND...BAY MINETTE... TILLMANS CORNER...THEODORE...DAPHNE...FAIRHOPE...FOLEY... SPANISH FORT...CENTURY...FLOMATON...MOLINO...FERRY PASS...BRENT... WEST PENSACOLA...BELLVIEW...ENSLEY...MYRTLE GROVE...JAY...PACE... MILTON...CRESTVIEW...WRIGHT...NICEVILLE...SEMINOLE...EGLIN AFB... WAYNESBORO...RICHTON...BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE... MCLAIN...WIGGINS...LUCEDALE 853 PM CST SUN FEB 24 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN ALABAMA... BUTLER...CHOCTAW...CLARKE...CONECUH...COVINGTON...CRENSHAW... ESCAMBIA...LOWER BALDWIN...LOWER MOBILE...MONROE...UPPER BALDWIN...UPPER MOBILE...WASHINGTON AND WILCOX. IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...COASTAL ESCAMBIA...COASTAL OKALOOSA...COASTAL SANTA ROSA...INLAND ESCAMBIA...INLAND OKALOOSA AND INLAND SANTA ROSA. IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...GEORGE...GREENE...PERRY... STONE AND WAYNE. * FROM MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING * PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY EVENING AS A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE FORECAST...WITH LOCALIZED TOTALS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES POSSIBLE. THIS ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN COMBINED WITH SATURATED SOILS AND ELEVATED RIVER LEVELS WILL RESULT IN A SIGNIFICANT RISK OF FLASH FLOODING AND ADDITIONAL RIVER FLOODING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$
042 WGUS64 KMOB 251102 FFAMOB URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 502 AM CST MON FEB 25 2013 ...PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING... .RAIN...ALONG WITH EMBEDDED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION TODAY AS A WARM FRONT OVER THE NORTHERN GULF MOVES SLOWLY ONSHORE. PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING AS A STRONG COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM WHICH WILL RESULT IN A SIGNIFICANT RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING GIVEN THE SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION. ALZ054>060-FLZ001>006-251915- /O.EXT.KMOB.FF.A.0003.000000T0000Z-130226T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON- INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMDEN...PINE HILL...HOMEWOOD... MONROEVILLE...EVERGREEN...GREENVILLE...LUVERNE...BRANTLEY... ATMORE...BREWTON...EAST BREWTON...ANDALUSIA...OPP...CENTURY... FLOMATON...MOLINO...FERRY PASS...BRENT...WEST PENSACOLA... BELLVIEW...ENSLEY...MYRTLE GROVE...JAY...PACE...MILTON... CRESTVIEW...WRIGHT...NICEVILLE...SEMINOLE...EGLIN AFB 502 AM CST MON FEB 25 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR * PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA... BUTLER...CONECUH...COVINGTON...CRENSHAW...ESCAMBIA...MONROE AND WILCOX. IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...COASTAL ESCAMBIA...COASTAL OKALOOSA...COASTAL SANTA ROSA...INLAND ESCAMBIA...INLAND OKALOOSA AND INLAND SANTA ROSA. * THROUGH LATE TONIGHT * PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH LATE TONIGHT AS A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE FORECAST...WITH LOCALIZED TOTALS TO 7 INCHES POSSIBLE. THIS ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN COMBINED WITH SATURATED SOILS AND ELEVATED RIVER LEVELS WILL RESULT IN A SIGNIFICANT RISK OF FLASH FLOODING AND ADDITIONAL RIVER FLOODING. * POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF FLOODING WILL INCLUDE RAPID RISES OF SMALLER RIVERS...STREAMS AND CREEKS THAT MAY OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS SUDDENLY WASHING OUT ROADS OR INUNDATING HOMES NEAR THESE STREAMS. POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOCATIONS PRONE TO FLASH FLOODING SHOULD BE MONITORED CLOSELY FOR SIGNIFICANT FLOOD ISSUES THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ ALZ051>053-061>064-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-251915- /O.CON.KMOB.FF.A.0003.000000T0000Z-130226T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE- LOWER BALDWIN-WAYNE-PERRY-GREENE-STONE-GEORGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUTLER...LISMAN...SILAS...CHATOM... MILLRY...JACKSON...THOMASVILLE...GROVE HILL...MOBILE...PRICHARD... SARALAND...BAY MINETTE...TILLMANS CORNER...THEODORE...DAPHNE... FAIRHOPE...FOLEY...SPANISH FORT...WAYNESBORO...RICHTON... BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN...WIGGINS... LUCEDALE 502 AM CST MON FEB 25 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... CHOCTAW...CLARKE...LOWER BALDWIN...LOWER MOBILE...UPPER BALDWIN...UPPER MOBILE AND WASHINGTON. IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...GEORGE...GREENE...PERRY...STONE AND WAYNE. * THROUGH THIS EVENING * PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING AS A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE FORECAST...WITH LOCALIZED TOTALS NEAR 7 INCHES POSSIBLE. THIS ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN COMBINED WITH SATURATED SOILS AND ELEVATED RIVER LEVELS WILL RESULT IN A SIGNIFICANT RISK OF FLASH FLOODING AND ADDITIONAL RIVER FLOODING. * POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF FLOODING WILL INCLUDE RAPID RISES OF SMALLER RIVERS...STREAMS AND CREEKS THAT MAY OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS SUDDENLY WASHING OUT ROADS OR INUNDATING HOMES NEAR THESE STREAMS. POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOCATIONS PRONE TO FLASH FLOODING SHOULD BE MONITORED CLOSELY FOR SIGNIFICANT FLOOD ISSUES THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$
697 WGUS64 KMOB 251913 FFAMOB FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 113 PM CST MON FEB 25 2013 ...PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING... .RAIN...ALONG WITH EMBEDDED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AS A WARM FRONT OVER THE NORTHERN GULF MOVES SLOWLY ONSHORE. PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING AS A STRONG COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM WHICH WILL RESULT IN A SIGNIFICANT RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING GIVEN THE SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION. ALZ051>053-061>064-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-260315- /O.CON.KMOB.FF.A.0003.000000T0000Z-130226T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE- LOWER BALDWIN-WAYNE-PERRY-GREENE-STONE-GEORGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUTLER...LISMAN...SILAS...CHATOM... MILLRY...JACKSON...THOMASVILLE...GROVE HILL...MOBILE...PRICHARD... SARALAND...BAY MINETTE...TILLMANS CORNER...THEODORE...DAPHNE... FAIRHOPE...FOLEY...SPANISH FORT...WAYNESBORO...RICHTON... BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN...WIGGINS... LUCEDALE 113 PM CST MON FEB 25 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... CHOCTAW...CLARKE...LOWER BALDWIN...LOWER MOBILE...UPPER BALDWIN...UPPER MOBILE AND WASHINGTON. IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...GEORGE...GREENE...PERRY...STONE AND WAYNE. * UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT * PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING AS A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE FORECAST...WITH LOCALIZED TOTALS NEAR 7 INCHES POSSIBLE. THIS ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN COMBINED WITH SATURATED SOILS AND ELEVATED RIVER LEVELS WILL RESULT IN A SIGNIFICANT RISK OF FLASH FLOODING AND ADDITIONAL RIVER FLOODING. * POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF FLOODING WILL INCLUDE RAPID RISES OF SMALLER RIVERS...STREAMS AND CREEKS THAT MAY OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS SUDDENLY WASHING OUT ROADS OR INUNDATING HOMES NEAR THESE STREAMS. POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOCATIONS PRONE TO FLASH FLOODING SHOULD BE MONITORED CLOSELY FOR SIGNIFICANT FLOOD ISSUES THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ ALZ054>060-FLZ001>006-260315- /O.CON.KMOB.FF.A.0003.000000T0000Z-130226T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON- INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMDEN...PINE HILL...HOMEWOOD... MONROEVILLE...EVERGREEN...GREENVILLE...LUVERNE...BRANTLEY... ATMORE...BREWTON...EAST BREWTON...ANDALUSIA...OPP...CENTURY... FLOMATON...MOLINO...FERRY PASS...BRENT...WEST PENSACOLA... BELLVIEW...ENSLEY...MYRTLE GROVE...JAY...PACE...MILTON... CRESTVIEW...WRIGHT...NICEVILLE...SEMINOLE...EGLIN AFB 113 PM CST MON FEB 25 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA... BUTLER...CONECUH...COVINGTON...CRENSHAW...ESCAMBIA...MONROE AND WILCOX. IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...COASTAL ESCAMBIA...COASTAL OKALOOSA...COASTAL SANTA ROSA...INLAND ESCAMBIA...INLAND OKALOOSA AND INLAND SANTA ROSA. * THROUGH LATE TONIGHT * PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH LATE TONIGHT AS A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE FORECAST... WITH LOCALIZED TOTALS TO 7 INCHES POSSIBLE. THIS ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN COMBINED WITH SATURATED SOILS AND ELEVATED RIVER LEVELS WILL RESULT IN A SIGNIFICANT RISK OF FLASH FLOODING AND ADDITIONAL RIVER FLOODING. * POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF FLOODING WILL INCLUDE RAPID RISES OF SMALLER RIVERS...STREAMS AND CREEKS THAT MAY OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS SUDDENLY WASHING OUT ROADS OR INUNDATING HOMES NEAR THESE STREAMS. POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOCATIONS PRONE TO FLASH FLOODING SHOULD BE MONITORED CLOSELY FOR SIGNIFICANT FLOOD ISSUES THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$
582 WGUS64 KMOB 252214 FFAMOB FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 414 PM CST MON FEB 25 2013 ...PERIODS OF ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED TONIGHT... .RAIN...ALONG WITH EMBEDDED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE EVENING AS A WARM FRONT OVER THE NORTHERN GULF MOVES SLOWLY ONSHORE. PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING AS A STRONG COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL RESULT IN A RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING GIVEN THE SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION. ALZ051>053-061>064-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-260600- /O.CON.KMOB.FF.A.0003.000000T0000Z-130226T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE- LOWER BALDWIN-WAYNE-PERRY-GREENE-STONE-GEORGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUTLER...LISMAN...SILAS...CHATOM... MILLRY...JACKSON...THOMASVILLE...GROVE HILL...MOBILE...PRICHARD... SARALAND...BAY MINETTE...TILLMANS CORNER...THEODORE...DAPHNE... FAIRHOPE...FOLEY...SPANISH FORT...WAYNESBORO...RICHTON... BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN...WIGGINS... LUCEDALE 414 PM CST MON FEB 25 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... CHOCTAW...CLARKE...LOWER BALDWIN...LOWER MOBILE...UPPER BALDWIN...UPPER MOBILE AND WASHINGTON. IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...GEORGE...GREENE...PERRY...STONE AND WAYNE. * UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT * PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING AS A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. ADDITIONAL WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE FORECAST THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH LOCALIZED TOTALS UP TO AROUND 5 INCHES POSSIBLE WHERE HEAVIER STORM CLUSTERS MOVE REPEATEDLY OVER THE SAME AREAS. THIS ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN COMBINED WITH SATURATED SOILS ATOP SATURATED SOIL WILL LIKELY LEAD TO RUNOFF AND PILE UP OF WATER IN LOWER LYING...POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. FLASH FLOODING REMAINS A RISK. * POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF FLOODING WILL INCLUDE RAPID RISES OF SMALLER RIVERS...STREAMS AND CREEKS THAT MAY OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS SUDDENLY...WASHING OUT ROADS OR INUNDATING HOMES NEAR THESE STREAMS. POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOCATIONS PRONE TO FLASH FLOODING SHOULD BE MONITORED CLOSELY FOR SIGNIFICANT FLOOD ISSUES THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ ALZ054>060-FLZ001>006-260600- /O.CON.KMOB.FF.A.0003.000000T0000Z-130226T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON- INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMDEN...PINE HILL...HOMEWOOD... MONROEVILLE...EVERGREEN...GREENVILLE...LUVERNE...BRANTLEY... ATMORE...BREWTON...EAST BREWTON...ANDALUSIA...OPP...CENTURY... FLOMATON...MOLINO...FERRY PASS...BRENT...WEST PENSACOLA... BELLVIEW...ENSLEY...MYRTLE GROVE...JAY...PACE...MILTON... CRESTVIEW...WRIGHT...NICEVILLE...SEMINOLE...EGLIN AFB 414 PM CST MON FEB 25 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA... BUTLER...CONECUH...COVINGTON...CRENSHAW...ESCAMBIA...MONROE AND WILCOX. IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...COASTAL ESCAMBIA...COASTAL OKALOOSA...COASTAL SANTA ROSA...INLAND ESCAMBIA...INLAND OKALOOSA AND INLAND SANTA ROSA. * THROUGH LATE TONIGHT * PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING AS A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. ADDITIONAL WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE FORECAST THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH LOCALIZED TOTALS UP TO AROUND 5 INCHES POSSIBLE WHERE HEAVIER STORM CLUSTERS MOVE REPEATEDLY OVER THE SAME AREAS. THIS ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN COMBINED WITH SATURATED SOILS ATOP SATURATED SOIL WILL LIKELY LEAD TO RUNOFF AND PILE UP OF WATER IN LOWER LYING...POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. FLASH FLOODING REMAINS A RISK. * POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF FLOODING WILL INCLUDE RAPID RISES OF SMALLER RIVERS...STREAMS AND CREEKS THAT MAY OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS SUDDENLY WASHING OUT ROADS OR INUNDATING HOMES NEAR THESE STREAMS. POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOCATIONS PRONE TO FLASH FLOODING SHOULD BE MONITORED CLOSELY FOR SIGNIFICANT FLOOD ISSUES THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$
184 WGUS64 KMOB 260244 FFAMOB FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 844 PM CST MON FEB 25 2013 ...PERIODS OF ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED TONIGHT... .RAIN...ALONG WITH EMBEDDED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE EVENING AS A WARM FRONT MOVES SLOWLY ONSHORE AND A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING AND INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO RESULT IN A RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING GIVEN THE SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION. ALZ051>053-061>064-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-260600- /O.CON.KMOB.FF.A.0003.000000T0000Z-130226T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE- LOWER BALDWIN-WAYNE-PERRY-GREENE-STONE-GEORGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUTLER...LISMAN...SILAS...CHATOM... MILLRY...JACKSON...THOMASVILLE...GROVE HILL...MOBILE...PRICHARD... SARALAND...BAY MINETTE...TILLMANS CORNER...THEODORE...DAPHNE... FAIRHOPE...FOLEY...SPANISH FORT...WAYNESBORO...RICHTON... BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN...WIGGINS... LUCEDALE 844 PM CST MON FEB 25 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... CHOCTAW...CLARKE...LOWER BALDWIN...LOWER MOBILE...UPPER BALDWIN...UPPER MOBILE AND WASHINGTON. IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...GEORGE...GREENE...PERRY...STONE AND WAYNE. * UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT * PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING AS A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. ADDITIONAL WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE FORECAST THROUGH THIS MIDNIGHT...WITH LOCALIZED TOTALS UP TO AROUND 5 INCHES POSSIBLE WHERE HEAVIER STORM CLUSTERS MOVE REPEATEDLY OVER THE SAME AREAS. THIS ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN COMBINED WITH SATURATED SOILS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO RUNOFF AND PILE UP OF WATER IN LOWER LYING...POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. FLASH FLOODING REMAINS A RISK. * POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF FLOODING WILL INCLUDE RAPID RISES OF SMALLER RIVERS...STREAMS AND CREEKS THAT MAY OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS SUDDENLY...WASHING OUT ROADS OR INUNDATING HOMES NEAR THESE STREAMS. POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOCATIONS PRONE TO FLASH FLOODING SHOULD BE MONITORED CLOSELY FOR SIGNIFICANT FLOOD ISSUES THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ ALZ054>060-FLZ001>006-261200- /O.CON.KMOB.FF.A.0003.000000T0000Z-130226T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON- INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMDEN...PINE HILL...HOMEWOOD... MONROEVILLE...EVERGREEN...GREENVILLE...LUVERNE...BRANTLEY... ATMORE...BREWTON...EAST BREWTON...ANDALUSIA...OPP...CENTURY... FLOMATON...MOLINO...FERRY PASS...BRENT...WEST PENSACOLA... BELLVIEW...ENSLEY...MYRTLE GROVE...JAY...PACE...MILTON... CRESTVIEW...WRIGHT...NICEVILLE...SEMINOLE...EGLIN AFB 844 PM CST MON FEB 25 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA... BUTLER...CONECUH...COVINGTON...CRENSHAW...ESCAMBIA...MONROE AND WILCOX. IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...COASTAL ESCAMBIA...COASTAL OKALOOSA...COASTAL SANTA ROSA...INLAND ESCAMBIA...INLAND OKALOOSA AND INLAND SANTA ROSA. * UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY * PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AS A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. ADDITIONAL WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE FORECAST THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH LOCALIZED TOTALS UP TO AROUND 5 INCHES POSSIBLE WHERE HEAVIER STORM CLUSTERS MOVE REPEATEDLY OVER THE SAME AREAS. THIS ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN COMBINED WITH SATURATED SOILS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO RUNOFF AND PILE UP OF WATER IN LOWER LYING...POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. FLASH FLOODING REMAINS A RISK. * POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF FLOODING WILL INCLUDE RAPID RISES OF SMALLER RIVERS...STREAMS AND CREEKS THAT MAY OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS SUDDENLY WASHING OUT ROADS OR INUNDATING HOMES NEAR THESE STREAMS. POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOCATIONS PRONE TO FLASH FLOODING SHOULD BE MONITORED CLOSELY FOR SIGNIFICANT FLOOD ISSUES THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 flash flood watch went out at Feb 23, 7:06 PM CST, 8 hours 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 23, 7:06 PM CST, 8 hours 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 706 PM CST SAT FEB 23 2013 .UPDATE...UPDATING ZONES DUE TO EXPIRY OF THE FLOOD WATCH. && .AVIATION UPDATE 24/00Z...LIGHT NORTH TO NORTHEAST WIND WITH A STATIONARY FRONT ALONG THE COASTAL REGIONS. SHRA AND EMBEDDED TSRA MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST. CIGS NEAR IFR CRITERIA IN THE NEAR TERM WITH PATCHY MIST REDUCING VISIBILITY TO 3 TO 5 MILES OVERNIGHT. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 420 PM CST SAT FEB 23 2013/ ..LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY... SHORT TERM [TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY]...WATER VAPOR IMAGERY ALONG WITH GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT FIELDS INDICATE A WELL DEFINED UPPER LEVEL ENERGY MAXIMUM RIPPLING EASTWARD ACROSS THE RED RIVER VALLEY OF TEXAS/OKLAHOMA. WHEN CONSIDERING THIS FEATURE...AND FORCED ASCENT FROM ITS FAVORED RIGHT REAR QUADRANT OF A STRONG (125-135 KT) H30 SOUTHWESTERLY JET STREAK LIFTING NORTHEAST ACROSS THE ARK-LA-MISS...A SHIELD OF SHOWERS/EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE WORKING EAST NORTHEAST ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA IN THE NEAR TERM. STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY WAS POSITIONED FROM SOUTHERN GEORGIA TO OFF THE SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA COAST AND CONTINUES TO AID IN LAYER LIFT. A MAJORITY OF THE WEATHER IS DISPLACED IN THE COOL/STABLE SECTOR TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE SURFACE BOUNDARY...SO RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER IS LOW AS EMBEDDED STORMS ARE ELEVATED. COVERAGES OF SHOWERS/FEW STORMS THIS EVENING STRATIFIED FROM HIGHER COVERAGES OVER THE MARINE/COASTAL ZONES TO LOWER COVERAGES NORTH AS UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY. CHANCES OF HEAVY RAINS...THOUGH...LOOK TO END WITH EASTWARD SHIFT OF PRECIPITATION...SO DO NOT ANTICIPATE AN EXTENSION TO THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH AT THIS TIME. RAIN CHANCES LOOK TO BE ENDING OVERNIGHT OVER THE LAND ZONES AS THE UPPER SYSTEM PASSES OFF TO THE EAST AND ALSO GIVES FRONTAL BOUNDARY A PUSH TO THE SOUTHEAST. TONIGHT'S LOWS FORECAST IN THE LOWER/MID 40S INTERIOR TO LOWER/MID 50S CLOSER TO THE COAST. MOS GUIDANCE SUITES SUGGEST SOME POTENTIAL FOR PATCHY LATE NIGHT FOG AND WILL ADD THIS TO ZONES GIVEN RECENT RAINS. /10 DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION TO START THINGS OFF SUNDAY MORNING AS THE COLD FRONT REMAINS ORIENTED WELL OFFSHORE AND DRY ZONAL FLOW ALOFT WILL BE INTACT ACROSS INLAND PORTIONS OF THE CWFA. THE OFFSHORE BOUNDARY WILL BEGIN TO ADVANCE NORTHWARD AS A WARM FRONT SUNDAY AFTERNOON IN RESPONSE TO HEIGHT FALLS AHEAD OF A DEEPENING UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM IN THE VICINITY OF THE SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAINS/FOUR CORNERS REGION. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP OVER THE MARINE WATERS ALONG THE ADVANCING BOUNDARY SUNDAY AFTERNOON WHILE A FEW SHOWERS MAY EXTEND AS FAR NORTHWARD AS COASTAL PORTIONS OF THE CWFA. THE WARM FRONT THEN LOOKS TO ADVANCE INLAND THROUGH MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA SUNDAY NIGHT. DEEP LAYER MOISTURE AND LIFT WILL INCREASE SUBSTANTIALLY ACROSS MOST OF OUR AREA LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING AS THE WARM FRONT ADVANCES NORTHWARD AND SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT INCREASES AHEAD OF THE UPPER LEVEL LOW THAT WILL BE MOVING INTO THE VICINITY OF WEST TEXAS. WE HAVE KEPT RAIN CHANCES TRENDED TOWARD CATEGORICAL /AROUND 80 PERCENT/ RANGES ACROSS THE REGION SUNDAY NIGHT. THE DEEP UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL MOVE TOWARD SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA DURING THE DAY MONDAY...WITH SYNOPTIC SCALE LIFT REMAINING FOCUSED OVER MUCH OF THE GULF COAST REGION. WIDESPREAD COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL IMPACT MOST OF OUR CWFA THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION...WHICH MAY BRING AN INCREASED RISK OF RIVER FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING. ANOTHER FLASH FLOOD WATCH MAY BECOME NECESSARY ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE REGION WITHIN THE NEXT 24-36 HOURS. FAIRLY STRONG DEEP LAYER SHEAR /0-6 KM BULK ON THE ORDER OF 50-60 KNOTS/ WILL SPREAD OVER THE REGION MONDAY...WHILE SURFACE DEWPOINTS INCREASE INTO THE LOWER TO MID 60S AS THE WARM FRONT ADVANCES NORTHWARD. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE WITH SBCAPES RANGING BETWEEN 500-1000 J/KG...SO A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...PARTICULARLY NEAR THE BOUNDARY. THE UPPER LOW WILL ADVANCE TOWARD THE TENNESSEE VALLEY MONDAY NIGHT...AND RAIN CHANCES WILL GRADUALLY TAPER/COME TO AN END FROM WEST TO EAST FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT. /21 LONG TERM [TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY]...THE AFOREMENTIONED UPPER LOW WILL MOVE NORTHEAST INTO THE OHIO VALLEY BY MIDWEEK... PHASING WITH ADDITIONAL ENERGY AND EVOLVING INTO A BROAD CLOSED LOW OVER THE OHIO VALLEY/NORTHEAST THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. THIS IN TURN ANCHORS A DEEP TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN CONUS. SEASONABLE TEMPS ON WEDNESDAY WILL TREND TO BELOW NORMAL LEVELS THU-SAT AS A DRY COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT. HIGHS WILL LIKELY NOT CLIMB OUT OF THE 50S OVER MUCH OF THE AREA THU-SAT WITH FREEZING LOW TEMPS EXPECTED BY FRIDAY NIGHT. 21/34 AVIATION [23.18/24.00Z TAF ISSUANCE]...A LIGHT NORTH TO NORTHEAST FLOW IS FORECAST OVER THE TERMINALS WITH STATIONARY BOUNDARY TO THE SOUTHEAST. SHIELD OF SHOWERS/EMBEDDED STORMS WILL BE ADVANCING EASTWARD. CIGS AT IFR LEVELS IN THE NEAR TERM. POTENTIAL OF PATCHY MIST REDUCING VISIBILITY TO BETWEEN 3 AND 5 STATUTE MILES OVERNIGHT. /10 MARINE...FRONT MOVES SOUTHEAST TONIGHT WITH A LIGHT OFFSHORE FLOW FORECAST AND SEAS RANGING FROM 2 TO 4 FEET. STILL LOOKS TO BE UNSETTLED OVER THE COASTAL WATERS TONIGHT WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS/FEW STORMS AS FRONTAL BOUNDARY BEGINS TO STALL. HIGH PRESSURE TO THE NORTH SLIPS EASTWARD SUNDAY WITH SURFACE WINDS BECOMING MORE EASTERLY. TO START THE NEW WEEK...MARINE CONDITIONS WORSEN. A MARKED INCREASE IN ONSHORE FLOW IS FORECAST MONDAY AS A STORM SYSTEM INTENSIFIES WHILE MOVING OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND INTO THE MID MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY. STRONG TO SEVERE MARINE STORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. STRONG FRONTAL PASSAGE MONDAY NIGHT TURNS STRONG WINDS MORE WESTERLY. GUSTS TO NEAR GALE FORCE POSSIBLE LATE MONDAY NIGHT. BAYS AND COASTAL WATERWAYS WILL DEVELOP CHOPPY TO ROUGH CONDITIONS WITH SEAS BUILDING FROM 4 TO 7 FEET MONDAY TO 8 TO 11 FEET MONDAY NIGHT/TUESDAY. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED. MODERATE TO STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST FLOW LOOKS TO CONTINUE WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY AS STRONG HIGH PRESSURE NOSES OUT OF TEXAS INTO THE NORTHERN GULF. /10 FIRE WEATHER...RAIN SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE IN COVERAGE LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. A BRIEF PERIOD OF DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE WET WEATHER RETURNS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL REMAIN WELL ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS THROUGH MONDAY. DISPERSIONS LOOK TO BE IN THE FAIR CATEGORY SUNDAY. GIVEN THE MOIST GROUNDS...PATCHY FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MOBILE 48 70 59 73 47 / 40 20 80 90 50 PENSACOLA 53 68 60 70 52 / 60 30 80 90 60 DESTIN 55 68 60 70 53 / 60 30 80 100 60 EVERGREEN 46 72 55 70 47 / 50 10 80 90 60 WAYNESBORO 40 70 55 72 43 / 20 10 80 80 50 CAMDEN 41 71 54 69 44 / 20 05 80 90 60 CRESTVIEW 49 72 56 70 49 / 60 20 80 100 60 && .MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE. GM...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 23, 3:41 PM CST, 12 hours 10 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 341 PM CST SAT FEB 23 2013 ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-242200- 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- 341 PM CST SAT FEB 23 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SEVERAL AREA RIVERS REMAIN IN MINOR FLOOD. SEE APPROPRIATE RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE ADVANCES QUICKLY EASTWARD TONIGHT CAUSING CENTRAL GULF COAST STALLED FRONT TO GET A PUSH TO THE SOUTHEAST. THIS WILL BRING A BRIEF END TO THE RAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY HEADING INTO MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL STRENGTHEN AS IT PIVOTS UP INTO ARKANSAS. AN INCREASED POTENTIAL FOR STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS EVOLVES FROM THE MARINE AREA NORTHWARD INTO THE SOUTHERN ZONES OF THE FORECAST AREA AS A WARM FRONT EASES NORTHWARD...BRINGING A MORE UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE AND AN INCREASE IN LOW LEVEL WIND PROFILES THAT CHANGE DIRECTION WITH HEIGHT. ALL MODES OF SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE ON MONDAY...INCLUDING DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. THE SEVERE THREAT WILL CARRY INTO MONDAY EVENING...BUT WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST AS A COLD FRONT SWEEPS THROUGH THE REGION. THE OTHER SIGNIFICANT THREAT WILL BE ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAINFALL WITH AVERAGE STORM TOTALS...SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...OF 2 TO 3 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. STAY TUNED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF SKYWARN SEVERE STORM SPOTTER NETWORKS MAY BE REQUIRED ON MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. GMZ630>635-650-655-670-675-242200- NORTHERN MOBILE BAY-SOUTHERN MOBILE BAY-MISSISSIPPI SOUND- PERDIDO BAY-PENSACOLA BAY SYSTEM-CHOCTAWHATCHEE 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- 341 PM CST SAT FEB 23 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT EMBEDDED MARINE STORMS COULD RESULT IN AN INCREASE IN LIGHTNING ACTIVITY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY A MARKED INCREASE IN ONSHORE FLOW IS FORECAST MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT AS A STORM SYSTEM INTENSIFIES WHILE MOVING OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND INTO THE MID MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY. BAYS AND COASTAL WATERWAYS WILL DEVELOP CHOPPY TO ROUGH CONDITIONS. SEAS BUILD FROM 4 TO 7 FEET MONDAY TO 8 TO 11 FEET BY MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED MONDAY NIGHT. STRONG TO SEVERE MARINE STORMS ALSO POSSIBLE MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT...MODERATE TO STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS AND HIGH SEAS CONTINUE INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 3:54 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Feb 24, 7:01 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 37 hr |
| Feb 24, 7:01 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Covington, Escambia | 62 hr |
| Feb 24, 7:01 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Covington, Escambia | 4 days |
| Feb 24, 7:01 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Covington | 50 hr |
| Feb 24, 10:35 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 34 hr |
| Feb 24, 4:11 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 53 hr | |
| Feb 24, 7:01 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 50 hr |
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