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Flash Flood Watch 4, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood watch at Apr 5, 2014, 4:10 PM CDT for 5 counties in Mississippi; 10 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Apr 6, 2014, 6:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 30 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 5, 2014, 4:10 PM CDT (21:10 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 6, 2014, 6:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 7, 2014, 11:34 AM CDT
- 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 21:10 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 12:00Z, 9.2 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
- 1183 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 201 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
502 WGUS64 KMOB 052110 FFAMOB URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 410 PM CDT SAT APR 5 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... .A FRONTAL BOUNDARY STALLED ALONG THE COAST WILL LIFT NORTHWARD AS A WARM FRONT ON SUNDAY AS LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING ALONG THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS COAST TRACKS NORTHEAST INTO WESTERN TENNESSEE BY MONDAY MORNING. A COLD FRONT MOVING EAST OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS SUNDAY EVENING WILL APPROACH THE AREA BY MONDAY MORNING. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF THE FRONT COMBINED WITH DEEP LAYERED MOISTURE OVER MUCH OF THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE POTENTIAL OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-060515- /O.NEW.KMOB.FF.A.0004.140406T1100Z-140407T1700Z/ /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 410 PM CDT SAT APR 5 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... 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 SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING * RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE. 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
986 WGUS64 KMOB 060437 FFAMOB FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1137 PM CDT SAT APR 5 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... .A FRONTAL BOUNDARY STALLED OFF THE COAST WILL LIFT NORTHWARD AS A WARM FRONT ON SUNDAY AS LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING ALONG THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS COAST TRACKS NORTHEAST INTO WESTERN TENNESSEE BY MONDAY MORNING. A COLD FRONT MOVING EAST OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS SUNDAY EVENING WILL APPROACH THE AREA BY MONDAY MORNING. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF THE FRONT COMBINED WITH DEEP LAYERED MOISTURE OVER MUCH OF THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE POTENTIAL OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-061500- /O.CON.KMOB.FF.A.0004.140406T1100Z-140407T1700Z/ /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 1137 PM CDT SAT APR 5 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CDT SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... 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 6 AM CDT SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING * RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE. 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. && $$
039 WGUS64 KMOB 061501 FFAMOB FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1001 AM CDT SUN APR 6 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... .A FRONTAL BOUNDARY STALLED OFF THE COAST WILL LIFT NORTHWARD AS A WARM FRONT ON SUNDAY AS LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING ALONG THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS COAST TRACKS NORTHEAST INTO WESTERN TENNESSEE BY MONDAY MORNING. A COLD FRONT MOVING EAST OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS SUNDAY EVENING WILL APPROACH THE AREA BY MONDAY MORNING. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF THE FRONT COMBINED WITH DEEP LAYERED MOISTURE OVER MUCH OF THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE POTENTIAL OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-062315- /O.CON.KMOB.FF.A.0004.000000T0000Z-140407T1700Z/ /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 1001 AM CDT SUN APR 6 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... 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. * THROUGH MONDAY MORNING * RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE. 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. && $$
761 WGUS64 KMOB 062034 FFAMOB FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 334 PM CDT SUN APR 6 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... .A FRONTAL BOUNDARY STALLED OFF THE COAST WILL LIFT NORTHWARD AS A WARM FRONT TONIGHT AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING ALONG THE TEXAS COAST TRACKS NORTHEAST INTO THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY BY NOON MONDAY. A COLD FRONT MOVING EAST OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS THIS EVENING WILL APPROACH THE AREA BY MONDAY MORNING. A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF THE FRONT COMBINED WITH DEEP LAYERED MOISTURE OVER MUCH OF THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE POTENTIAL OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-070445- /O.CON.KMOB.FF.A.0004.000000T0000Z-140407T1700Z/ /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 334 PM CDT SUN APR 6 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... 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. * THROUGH MONDAY MORNING * RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE. THIS IS IN ADDITION TO THE RAINFALL THAT HAS ALREADY OCCURRED...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM HATTIESBURG MISSISSIPPI TO TROY ALABAMA WHERE 2 TO 4 INCHES HAD FALLEN. 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. && $$
762 WGUS64 KMOB 070318 AAA FFAMOB FLOOD WATCH...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1018 PM CDT SUN APR 6 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... .A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT OFF TO THE NORTH AS A WARM FRONT TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING ALONG THE TEXAS COAST TRACKS NORTHEAST INTO THE MID MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY BY NOON MONDAY. A COLD FRONT MOVING EAST OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS THIS EVENING WILL APPROACH THE AREA BY MONDAY MORNING. A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF THE FRONT COMBINED WITH DEEP LAYERED MOISTURE OVER MUCH OF THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE POTENTIAL OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-071215- /O.CON.KMOB.FF.A.0004.000000T0000Z-140407T1700Z/ /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 1018 PM CDT SUN APR 6 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... 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. * THROUGH MONDAY MORNING * RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE. THIS IS IN ADDITION TO THE RAINFALL THAT HAS ALREADY OCCURRED...GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM HATTIESBURG MISSISSIPPI TO TROY ALABAMA WHERE 3 TO 5 INCHES HAS FALLEN IN SOME AREAS. 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. && $$
816 WGUS64 KMOB 071104 FFAMOB FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 604 AM CDT MON APR 7 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... .A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT OFF TODAY AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING ALONG THE TEXAS COAST TRACKS NORTHEAST INTO THE MID MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY BY NOON MONDAY. A COLD FRONT MOVING EAST OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS THIS EVENING WILL APPROACH THE AREA BY MONDAY MORNING. A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF THE FRONT COMBINED WITH DEEP LAYERED MOISTURE OVER MUCH OF THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE POTENTIAL OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-071700- /O.CON.KMOB.FF.A.0004.000000T0000Z-140407T1700Z/ /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 604 AM CDT MON APR 7 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT TODAY... 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. * UNTIL NOON CDT TODAY * RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE. THIS IS IN ADDITION TO THE RAINFALL THAT HAS ALREADY OCCURRED...GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM HATTIESBURG MISSISSIPPI TO TROY ALABAMA WHERE 3 TO 5 INCHES HAS FALLEN IN SOME AREAS. 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. && $$
896 WGUS64 KMOB 071634 FFAMOB FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1134 AM CDT MON APR 7 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CANCELLED... .THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI HAS BEEN CANCELLED. ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-071745- /O.CAN.KMOB.FF.A.0004.000000T0000Z-140407T1700Z/ /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 1134 AM CDT MON APR 7 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI HAS BEEN CANCELLED. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN IS CLEARING OUT OF THE AREA. WHILE SOME RIVER FLOODING ISSUES CONTINUE IN PORTIONS OF COASTAL ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE...THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING HAS DECREASED. $$
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 Apr 5, 4:00 PM CDT, 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 5, 4:00 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
400 PM CDT SAT APR 5 2014
.SHORT TERM (TONIGHT AND SUNDAY)...WEAK SURFACE TROUGH OF LOW
PRESSURE FROM THE NORTH CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO TO THE SOUTHEAST
CONUS ALONG A STALL SURFACE FRONT WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY
ALONG OUR COAST THIS EVENING. THIS FEATURE ALONG WITH EMBEDDED UPPER
DISTURBANCES PASSING OVERHEAD IN WEST-SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL
PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR CONTINUED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND
SOUTH OF I-10 THIS EVENING. THE FOCUS THEN SHIFTS NORTHWARD AFTER
MIDNIGHT AS AN UPPER SHORTWAVE MOVES ACROSS CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI...ALLOWING A BAND OF HEAVIER RAIN SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED
THUNDERSTORMS TO FORM ACROSS OUR NORTHERN ZONES. PERIODS OF HEAVY
ARE POSSIBLE NORTH OF HIGHWAY 84. THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY STALLED ALONG
THE COAST WILL THEN LIFT NORTHWARD AS A WARM FRONT ON
SUNDAY...PLACING THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA IN THE WARM
SECTOR. HOWEVER... THE MAIN SUPPORT FOR CONVECTION DEVELOPMENT WILL
LIE TO OUR WEST AS A SURFACE LOW FORMING ALONG THE TEXAS COAST LIFTS
NORTHEAST TO THE SOUTHERN LOUISIANA/TEXAS STATE LINE...WITH BEST
UPPER DYNAMICS SITUATED OVER LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI. STILL
EXPECTING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS A MAJORITY OF THE FORECAST
AREA SUNDAY AFTERNOON...AND MORE NUMEROUS ACROSS OUR NORTHWEST
ZONES. AGAIN EXPECT PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...SO A FLASH FLOOD WATCH
WILL BEGIN FOR THE AREA SUNDAY MORNING. THERE IS A RISK OF ISOLATED
STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE MAXIMUM HEATING HOURS ON
SUNDAY...JUST AS WE ARE EXPERIENCING THIS AFTERNOON...WITH QUARTER
SIZE HAIL...STRONG TO MARGINAL SEVERE WINDS AND POSSIBLE ISOLATED
TORNADO.
LOWS TONIGHT WILL BE IN THE 50S INLAND AREAS...WITH LOWER 60S
ALONG THE COASTAL SECTIONS. HIGH TEMPERATURES ON SUNDAY WILL REACH
THE MID/UPPER NORTH OF THE WARM FRONT...WITH LOWER 70S TO THE SOUTH
OF THE WARM FRONT. /22
(SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY)...THE WARM FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT
NORTH OF THE AREA SUNDAY NIGHT AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE DEEPENS
ACROSS SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND MOVES NORTHEAST. THE LOW WILL RAPIDLY
MOVE INTO CENTRAL TENNESSEE BY MONDAY MORNING AS THE PARENT UPPER
TROUGH BECOMES NEUTRAL TO NEGATIVELY TILTED. HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED
TO DEVELOP ALONG AND NORTH OF THE WARM FRONT AND CONTINUE SUNDAY
NIGHT AND SOME ELEVATED STORMS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL ARE CERTAINLY
POSSIBLE WITH THE WARM FRONTAL PASSAGE. THIS WILL PLACE THE AREA IN
THE WARM SECTOR AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. VERTICAL SHEAR
AND INSTABILITY WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE NIGHT AS THE SFC LOW LIFTS
NORTHEAST. IF ISOLATED CELLS ARE ABLE TO DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE
FRONT...ALL MODES OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE. A SQUALL LINE
WILL ACCOMPANY THE COLD FRONT AS IT ENTERS OUR AREA DURING THE EARLY
MORNING HOURS ON MONDAY AND PROGRESSES EAST. THIS WILL BRING THE
CHANCE OF MORE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...PRIMARILY PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS ALONG THE SQUALL LINE. DUE TO THE VERTICAL SHEAR IN PLACE
ISOLATED TORNADOES REMAIN A POSSIBILITY. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH LOCALIZED TOTALS NEAR 6 INCHES CAN BE
EXPECTED. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL BE ISSUED FOR THIS PERIOD DUE TO
THE ALREADY WET SOIL CONDITIONS AND THE RIVERS REMAIN AT ELEVATED
LEVELS. THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE EAST OF THE AREA MONDAY AFTERNOON
AS THE SFC LOW MOVES INTO THE NORTHEASTERN STATES. HOWEVER...ANOTHER
DIGGING UPPER TROUGH TO THE WEST WILL NOT ALLOW FOR A "CLEAN SWEEP"
AND WILL KEEP CLOUDS IN PLACE WITH LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS LINGERING INTO
MONDAY NIGHT. /13
&&
.LONG TERM (TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY)...THE BASE OF THE UPPER TROUGH
WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES ON TUESDAY RESULTING IN
CONTINUED CLOUDY CONDITIONS WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. TEMPERATURES
WILL ALSO BE BELOW NORMAL ON TUESDAY. THE TROUGH AXIS MOVES EAST OF
THE AREA TUESDAY NIGHT RETURNING NORTHWEST UPPER FLOW TO THE AREA
AND BUILDING SFC HIGH PRESSURE. CLEAR SKIES AND DRY CONDITIONS
RETURN ON WEDNESDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK AS HIGH
PRESSURE MOVES EAST ACROSS THE AREA. AS THE HIGH MOVES EAST OF THE
AREA LATE IN THE PERIOD...HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL INCREASE WITH SMALL
RAIN CHANCES RETURNING NEXT WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES START THE PERIOD
BELOW NORMAL BUT WILL WARM BACK TO NEAR NORMAL LEVELS BY FRIDAY. /13
&&
.AVIATION [05.18Z KMOB/KBFM AND KPNS TAF ISSUANCE]...MVFR CIGS ARE
EXPECTED TO PERSIST ACROSS THE LOCAL TERMINALS THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT THAT REMAINS STALLED OFFSHORE.
RAIN IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE ALONG THE COAST LATER THIS
AFTERNOON...WITH CONTINUED POTENTIAL FOR LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS OR
DRIZZLE THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. CIGS MAY LOWER TO IFR LEVELS LATE
TONIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE
SUNDAY MORNING...AFTER 06.12Z. /22
&&
.MARINE...A STALL SURFACE FRONT WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY ALONG
NORTHERN GULF COAST OVERNIGHT. THIS BOUNDARY WILL LIFT NORTHWARD AS
A WARM FRONT ON SUNDAY AS LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS ALONG THE SOUTHEAST
TEXAS COAST AND TRACKS NORTHEAST INTO WESTERN TENNESSEE BY MONDAY
MORNING. STRONG ONSHORE WINDS AND BUILDING SEAS WILL OCCUR SUNDAY
AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY MORNING AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM. STRONG STORMS ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE OVER THE COASTAL WATERS LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY.
A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE MARINE AREA MONDAY NIGHT. STRONG
OFFSHORE FLOW AND HIGH SEAS ARE EXPECTED IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONTAL
PASSAGE TUESDAY INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY. /22
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
MOBILE 56 72 66 77 51 / 60 50 80 80 30
PENSACOLA 60 71 68 75 54 / 60 40 80 80 30
DESTIN 63 70 66 73 58 / 60 30 80 80 40
EVERGREEN 55 71 64 77 49 / 90 70 90 80 30
WAYNESBORO 51 70 65 75 47 / 90 80 100 60 40
CAMDEN 53 67 63 76 47 / 100 80 100 80 40
CRESTVIEW 58 73 64 77 49 / 60 50 80 80 40
&&
.MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO NOON MONDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: BUTLER...CHOCTAW...CLARKE...CONECUH...
COVINGTON...CRENSHAW...ESCAMBIA...LOWER BALDWIN...LOWER
MOBILE...MONROE...UPPER BALDWIN...UPPER MOBILE...
WASHINGTON...WILCOX...
FL...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO NOON MONDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: COASTAL ESCAMBIA...COASTAL OKALOOSA...
COASTAL SANTA ROSA...INLAND ESCAMBIA...INLAND OKALOOSA...
INLAND SANTA ROSA...
MS...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO NOON MONDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: GEORGE...GREENE...PERRY...STONE...WAYNE...
GM...NONE.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 5, 6:52 AM CDT, 9 hours 18 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 652 AM CDT SAT APR 5 2014 ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-061200- 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- 652 AM CDT SAT APR 5 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE AREA BEACHES TODAY AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP NEAR THE COAST TODAY AND SPREAD INLAND THROUGH TONIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE HEAVIER SHOWERS AND STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS APPEARS TO BE INCREASINGLY LIKELY ALONG THE AREA BEACHES SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY. HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...WITH POTENTIAL FOR STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED TOTALS OVER 6 INCHES POSSIBLE. THIS HEAVY RAIN EVENT WILL BRING AN INCREASED POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE AREA SUNDAY INTO MONDAY... AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MAY BECOME NECESSARY ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE REGION. HEAVY RAINS MAY ALSO LEAD TO RISES ALONG MANY AREA RIVERS LATE THIS WEEKEND INTO NEXT WEEK. IN ADDITION TO THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING...THERE IS ALSO A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. THE BEST POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER CURRENTLY LOOKS TO BE FROM SUNDAY EVENING INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL AND A FEW TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS MAY BE REQUESTED LATE SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. GMZ630>635-650-655-670-675-061200- 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- 652 AM CDT SAT APR 5 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION OVER THE COASTAL NORTHERN GULF WATERS TODAY AS OFFSHORE WINDS STRENGTHEN IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ONSHORE FLOW WILL STRENGTHEN SUNDAY THROUGH EARLY MONDAY AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES NORTHEASTWARD TOWARD THE TENNESSEE VALLEY REGION. THE INCREASING WIND SPEEDS AND BUILDING SEAS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT. A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY. STRONG OFFSHORE FLOW RETURNS LATE MONDAY THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY IN THE WAKE OF A PASSING COLD FRONT...WHICH WILL LIKELY LEAD TO CONTINUED HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 5, 2:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 230 PM CDT SAT APR 5 2014 FLZ002-004-052030- COASTAL ESCAMBIA FL-SANTA ROSA FL- 230 PM CDT SAT APR 5 2014 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN SANTA ROSA AND SOUTHEASTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...THROUGH 330 PM CDT... AT 229 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MYRTLE GROVE...OR 9 MILES EAST OF LILLIAN...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... PENSACOLA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AROUND 240 PM CDT... MULAT AROUND 255 PM CDT... BAGDAD AROUND 305 PM CDT... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 10 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 8 AND 42. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THIS STORM IS HAIL UP TO PENNY SIZE AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG COULD BLOW OFF TREE LIMBS AND ALSO BLOW AROUND SMALL UNSECURED OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED. &&
Local storm report, Apr 5, 2:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
236 PM CDT SAT APR 05 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0215 PM HAIL 3 SE LILLIAN 30.38N 87.40W
04/05/2014 E0.50 INCH ESCAMBIA FL EMERGENCY MNGR
HAIL COVERING THE GROUND AND ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG
MICROBURST WINDS.
&&
JPLocal storm report, Apr 5, 3:14 PM CDT, 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
314 PM CDT SAT APR 05 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0246 PM HAIL W PENSACOLA INTERNATION 30.48N 87.19W
04/05/2014 M1.00 INCH ESCAMBIA FL TRAINED SPOTTER
HAIL FELL FOR APPROX 60 SECONDS. MEASURED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0301 PM HAIL 8 SW GARCON POINT 30.36N 87.19W
04/05/2014 M1.00 INCH SANTA ROSA FL EMERGENCY MNGR
MEASURED SOUTH OF I-10 NEAR AVALON BLVD.
&&
MBLocal storm report, Apr 5, 3:15 PM CDT, 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
315 PM CDT SAT APR 05 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0301 PM HAIL 8 SW MILTON 30.55N 87.13W
04/05/2014 M1.00 INCH SANTA ROSA FL EMERGENCY MNGR
MEASURED SOUTH OF I-10 NEAR AVALON BLVD.
&&
MBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 1:53 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 52 min | |
| Apr 5, 2:57 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 18 min | |
| Apr 5, 3:13 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 47 min | |
| Apr 5, 2:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 54 min |
| Apr 5, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 50 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.