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Flash Flood Watch 5, NWS Mobile, AL

April 13, 20145 counties in Mississippi; 10 counties in Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood watch at Apr 13, 2014, 3:23 PM CDT for 5 counties in Mississippi; 10 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Apr 14, 2014, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 20 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 13, 2014, 3:23 PM CDT (20:23 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 14, 2014, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 15, 2014, 2:51 AM CDT
In force
20 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 20:29 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, 8.4 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2014-04-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2014-04-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -124 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1177 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-124 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-55 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

789 
WGUS64 KMOB 132023
FFAMOB

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
323 PM CDT SUN APR 13 2014

...HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BRING THE THREAT OF FLOODING TO INLAND
SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND INLAND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA ON MONDAY AND
MONDAY EVENING...

.PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION MONDAY AND
MONDAY NIGHT. WIDESPREAD RAIN TOTALS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE LIKELY WITH
LOCALIZED TOTALS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY OVER INLAND
SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND INLAND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. GIVEN THE RECENT
HEAVY RAINFALL AND ONGOING RIVER FLOODING...THIS RAINFALL MAY RESULT
IN ADDITIONAL FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING.

ALZ051>055-MSZ067-075-076-140600-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.A.0005.140414T1200Z-140415T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-WAYNE-PERRY-GREENE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUTLER...LISMAN...SILAS...CHATOM...
MILLRY...JACKSON...THOMASVILLE...GROVE HILL...CAMDEN...
PINE HILL...HOMEWOOD...MONROEVILLE...WAYNESBORO...RICHTON...
BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN
323 PM CDT SUN APR 13 2014

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST 
  MISSISSIPPI...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN ALABAMA... 
  CHOCTAW...CLARKE...MONROE...WASHINGTON AND WILCOX. IN 
  SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...GREENE...PERRY AND WAYNE. 

* FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING

* WIDESPREAD RAIN TOTALS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALIZED
  AREAS RECEIVING 4 TO 6 INCHES. 

* THE GROUND REMAINS SATURATED ACROSS THE WATCH AREA WITH RIVER
  STREAM FLOWS RUNNING WELL ABOVE NORMAL AND SEVERAL RIVERS REMAINING
  IN FLOOD. THIS ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL MAY EXACERBATE THE RIVER
  FLOODING AND RESULT IN INSTANCES OF FLASH 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.

&&

$$
7 follow-up statements
629 
WGUS64 KMOB 132135 CCA
FFAMOB

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
432 PM CDT SUN APR 13 2014

...HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BRING THE THREAT OF FLOODING TO INLAND
SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND INLAND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA MONDAY MORNING
THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...

.PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION MONDAY AND
MONDAY NIGHT. WIDESPREAD RAIN TOTALS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE LIKELY WITH
LOCALIZED TOTALS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY OVER INLAND
SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND INLAND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. GIVEN THE RECENT
HEAVY RAINFALL AND ONGOING RIVER FLOODING...THIS RAINFALL MAY RESULT
IN ADDITIONAL FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING.

ALZ051>055-MSZ067-075-076-140730-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.A.0005.140414T1200Z-140415T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-WAYNE-PERRY-GREENE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUTLER...LISMAN...SILAS...CHATOM...
MILLRY...JACKSON...THOMASVILLE...GROVE HILL...CAMDEN...
PINE HILL...HOMEWOOD...MONROEVILLE...WAYNESBORO...RICHTON...
BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN
432 PM CDT SUN APR 13 2014

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST 
  MISSISSIPPI...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN ALABAMA... 
  CHOCTAW...CLARKE...MONROE...WASHINGTON AND WILCOX. IN 
  SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...GREENE...PERRY AND WAYNE. 

* FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING

* WIDESPREAD RAIN TOTALS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALIZED
  AREAS RECEIVING 4 TO 6 INCHES. 

* THE GROUND REMAINS SATURATED ACROSS THE WATCH AREA WITH RIVER
  STREAM FLOWS RUNNING WELL ABOVE NORMAL AND SEVERAL RIVERS REMAINING
  IN FLOOD. THIS ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL MAY EXACERBATE THE RIVER
  FLOODING AND RESULT IN INSTANCES OF FLASH 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.

&&

$$
240 
WGUS64 KMOB 140546
FFAMOB

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1246 AM CDT MON APR 14 2014

...HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BRING THE THREAT OF FLOODING TO INLAND
SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND INLAND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA MONDAY MORNING
THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...

.PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION MONDAY AND
MONDAY NIGHT. WIDESPREAD RAIN TOTALS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE LIKELY
WITH LOCALIZED TOTALS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY OVER
INLAND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND INLAND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. GIVEN
THE RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL AND ONGOING RIVER FLOODING...THIS
RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN ADDITIONAL FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING.

ALZ051>055-MSZ067-075-076-141500-
/O.CON.KMOB.FF.A.0005.140414T1200Z-140415T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-WAYNE-PERRY-GREENE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUTLER...LISMAN...SILAS...CHATOM...
MILLRY...JACKSON...THOMASVILLE...GROVE HILL...CAMDEN...
PINE HILL...HOMEWOOD...MONROEVILLE...WAYNESBORO...RICHTON...
BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN
1246 AM CDT MON APR 14 2014

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING
THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...INCLUDING THE 
  FOLLOWING AREAS...IN ALABAMA...CHOCTAW...CLARKE...MONROE... 
  WASHINGTON AND WILCOX. IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...GREENE... 
  PERRY AND WAYNE. 

* FROM 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING

* WIDESPREAD RAIN TOTALS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH 
  LOCALIZED AREAS RECEIVING 4 TO 6 INCHES. 

* THE GROUND REMAINS SATURATED ACROSS THE WATCH AREA WITH RIVER 
  STREAM FLOWS RUNNING WELL ABOVE NORMAL AND SEVERAL RIVERS 
  REMAINING IN FLOOD. THIS ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL MAY 
  EXACERBATE THE RIVER FLOODING AND RESULT IN INSTANCES OF FLASH 
  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.

&&

$$
815 
WGUS64 KMOB 140916
FFAMOB

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
416 AM CDT MON APR 14 2014

...HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BRING THE THREAT OF FLOODING TO SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...

.PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT.
WIDESPREAD RAIN TOTALS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE LIKELY WITH LOCALIZED
TOTALS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. GIVEN THE RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL
AND ONGOING RIVER FLOODING...THIS RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN ADDITIONAL
FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING.

ALZ061>064-MSZ078-079-141900-
/O.EXA.KMOB.FF.A.0005.140414T1200Z-140415T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-STONE-
GEORGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOBILE...PRICHARD...SARALAND...
BAY MINETTE...TILLMANS CORNER...THEODORE...DAPHNE...FAIRHOPE...
FOLEY...SPANISH FORT...WIGGINS...LUCEDALE
416 AM CDT MON APR 14 2014

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS EXPANDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND 
  SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN 
  SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...LOWER BALDWIN...LOWER MOBILE...UPPER 
  BALDWIN AND UPPER MOBILE. IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...GEORGE 
  AND STONE. 

* THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING

* WIDESPREAD RAIN TOTALS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH 
  LOCALIZED AREAS RECEIVING 4 TO 6 INCHES. 

* THE GROUND REMAINS SATURATED ACROSS THE WATCH AREA WITH RIVER 
  STREAM FLOWS RUNNING WELL ABOVE NORMAL AND SEVERAL RIVERS 
  REMAINING IN FLOOD. THIS ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL MAY 
  EXACERBATE THE RIVER FLOODING AND RESULT IN INSTANCES OF FLASH 
  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.

&&

$$

ALZ051>055-MSZ067-075-076-141900-
/O.CON.KMOB.FF.A.0005.140414T1200Z-140415T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-WAYNE-PERRY-GREENE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUTLER...LISMAN...SILAS...CHATOM...
MILLRY...JACKSON...THOMASVILLE...GROVE HILL...CAMDEN...
PINE HILL...HOMEWOOD...MONROEVILLE...WAYNESBORO...RICHTON...
BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN
416 AM CDT MON APR 14 2014

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...INCLUDING THE 
  FOLLOWING AREAS...IN ALABAMA...CHOCTAW...CLARKE...MONROE... 
  WASHINGTON AND WILCOX. IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...GREENE... 
  PERRY AND WAYNE. 

* THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING

* WIDESPREAD RAIN TOTALS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH 
  LOCALIZED AREAS RECEIVING 4 TO 6 INCHES. 

* THE GROUND REMAINS SATURATED ACROSS THE WATCH AREA WITH RIVER 
  STREAM FLOWS RUNNING WELL ABOVE NORMAL AND SEVERAL RIVERS 
  REMAINING IN FLOOD. THIS ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL MAY 
  EXACERBATE THE RIVER FLOODING AND RESULT IN INSTANCES OF FLASH 
  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.

&&

$$
736 
WGUS64 KMOB 141748
FFAMOB

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1248 PM CDT MON APR 14 2014

...HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BRING THE THREAT OF FLOODING TO SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...AND THE WESTERN
FLORIDA PANHANDLE THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING...

.PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
TONIGHT. WIDESPREAD RAIN TOTALS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE LIKELY WITH
LOCALIZED TOTALS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE. GIVEN THE RECENT HEAVY
RAINFALL AND ONGOING RIVER FLOODING...THIS RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN
ADDITIONAL FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING.

ALZ056>060-FLZ001>006-150300-
/O.EXA.KMOB.FF.A.0005.000000T0000Z-140415T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-INLAND ESCAMBIA-
COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA-
INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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
1248 PM CDT MON APR 14 2014

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS EXPANDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA 
  AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN 
  SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...BUTLER...CONECUH...COVINGTON... 
  CRENSHAW AND ESCAMBIA. IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...COASTAL 
  ESCAMBIA...COASTAL OKALOOSA...COASTAL SANTA ROSA...INLAND 
  ESCAMBIA...INLAND OKALOOSA AND INLAND SANTA ROSA. 

* THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING

* WIDESPREAD RAIN TOTALS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH 
  LOCALIZED AREAS RECEIVING 4 TO 6 INCHES. 

* THE GROUND REMAINS SATURATED ACROSS THE WATCH AREA WITH RIVER
  STREAM FLOWS RUNNING ABOVE NORMAL AND A FEW RIVERS REMAINING IN
  FLOOD. THIS ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL MAY EXACERBATE THE RIVER
  FLOODING AND RESULT IN INSTANCES OF FLASH 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.

&&

$$

ALZ051>055-061>064-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-150300-
/O.CON.KMOB.FF.A.0005.000000T0000Z-140415T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-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...CAMDEN...
PINE HILL...HOMEWOOD...MONROEVILLE...MOBILE...PRICHARD...
SARALAND...BAY MINETTE...TILLMANS CORNER...THEODORE...DAPHNE...
FAIRHOPE...FOLEY...SPANISH FORT...WAYNESBORO...RICHTON...
BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN...WIGGINS...
LUCEDALE
1248 PM CDT MON APR 14 2014

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...INCLUDING THE 
  FOLLOWING AREAS...IN ALABAMA...CHOCTAW...CLARKE...LOWER 
  BALDWIN...LOWER MOBILE...MONROE...UPPER BALDWIN...UPPER 
  MOBILE...WASHINGTON AND WILCOX. IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... 
  GEORGE...GREENE...PERRY...STONE AND WAYNE. 

* THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING

* WIDESPREAD RAIN TOTALS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH 
  LOCALIZED AREAS RECEIVING 4 TO 6 INCHES. 

* THE GROUND REMAINS SATURATED ACROSS THE WATCH AREA WITH RIVER 
  STREAM FLOWS RUNNING WELL ABOVE NORMAL AND SEVERAL RIVERS 
  REMAINING IN FLOOD. THIS ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL MAY 
  EXACERBATE THE RIVER FLOODING AND RESULT IN INSTANCES OF FLASH 
  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.

&&

$$
289 
WGUS64 KMOB 150430
FFAMOB

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1130 PM CDT MON APR 14 2014

...HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BRING THE THREAT OF FLOODING TO SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...AND THE
WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING...

.PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.
WIDESPREAD RAIN TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE LIKELY WITH LOCALIZED
TOTALS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES POSSIBLE. GIVEN THE RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL AND
ONGOING RIVER FLOODING...THIS RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN ADDITIONAL
FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING.

ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-151200-
/O.CON.KMOB.FF.A.0005.000000T0000Z-140415T1200Z/
/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
1130 PM CDT MON APR 14 2014

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY...

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 7 AM CDT TUESDAY

* WIDESPREAD RAIN TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH 
  LOCALIZED AREAS RECEIVING OVER 4 TO 7 INCHES. 

* THE GROUND REMAINS SATURATED ACROSS THE WATCH AREA WITH RIVER 
  STREAM FLOWS RUNNING WELL ABOVE NORMAL AND SEVERAL RIVERS 
  REMAINING IN FLOOD. THIS ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL MAY 
  EXACERBATE THE RIVER FLOODING AND RESULT IN INSTANCES OF FLASH 
  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.

&&

$$
396 
WGUS64 KMOB 150640
FFAMOB

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
140 AM CDT TUE APR 15 2014

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH
CENTRAL ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE THROUGH EARLY
TUESDAY MORNING...AND HAS ENDED FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

.THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAINFALL IS DIMINISHING FOR THE AREA BUT IS
SUFFICIENT TO MAINTAIN THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH
CENTRAL ALABAMA AT THIS TIME. GIVEN THE RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL AND
ONGOING RIVER FLOODING...THIS RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN ADDITIONAL
FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING.

MSZ067-075-076-078-079-150745-
/O.CAN.KMOB.FF.A.0005.000000T0000Z-140415T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WAYNE-PERRY-GREENE-STONE-GEORGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAYNESBORO...RICHTON...BEAUMONT...
NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN...WIGGINS...LUCEDALE
140 AM CDT TUE APR 15 2014

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI HAS
BEEN CANCELLED. 

$$

ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-151200-
/O.CON.KMOB.FF.A.0005.000000T0000Z-140415T1200Z/
/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-
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
140 AM CDT TUE APR 15 2014

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS
MORNING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA...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. 

* UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING

* WIDESPREAD RAIN TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH 
  LOCALIZED AREAS RECEIVING OVER 4 TO 7 INCHES. 

* THE GROUND REMAINS SATURATED ACROSS THE WATCH AREA WITH RIVER 
  STREAM FLOWS RUNNING WELL ABOVE NORMAL AND SEVERAL RIVERS 
  REMAINING IN FLOOD. THIS ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL MAY 
  EXACERBATE THE RIVER FLOODING AND RESULT IN INSTANCES OF FLASH 
  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.

&&

$$
126 
WGUS64 KMOB 150751
FFAMOB

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
251 AM CDT TUE APR 15 2014

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED...

ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-150900-
/O.CAN.KMOB.FF.A.0005.000000T0000Z-140415T1200Z/
/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-
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
251 AM CDT TUE APR 15 2014

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST
FLORIDA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

$$

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 13, 5:35 AM CDT, 9 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 13, 5:35 AM CDT, 9 hours 48 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
535 AM CDT SUN APR 13 2014

.SHORT TERM (TODAY AND TONIGHT)...SFC AND UPPER LEVEL RIDGING WILL
SHIFT EAST THROUGH TONIGHT AS A SHORTWAVE EJECTS NORTHEAST OUT OF
THE SOUTHERN PLAINS INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST BY LATE TONIGHT. THE
ASSOCIATED SFC LOW AND COLD FRONT WILL MOVE EASTWARD THROUGH THE DAY
WITH A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING THE MISSISSIPPI
RIVER BY THIS EVENING. AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM...SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL
INCREASE WITH BREEZY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AS
THE PRESSURE GRADIENT INCREASES. TODAY WILL BE DRY WITH HIGHS
CLIMBING INTO THE UPPER 70S AND LOWER 80S. HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL ALSO
INCREASE AS STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW TRANSPORTS DEEP GULF MOISTURE BACK
INTO THE AREA. PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES WILL CLIMB TO NEAR 1.5
INCHES BY LATE TONIGHT. RAIN CHANCES INCREASE TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY
AFTER MIDNIGHT AS A COLD FRONT AND ASSOCIATED LINE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS BEGINS TO APPROACH THE FCST AREA FROM THE WEST. LOWS
TONIGHT WILL BE MUCH WARMER DUE TO INCREASED CLOUDS AND HUMIDITY WITH
LOWER 60S INLAND TO MID/UPPER 60S NEAR THE COAST. 13/JC

(MONDAY AND TUESDAY)...THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE TOWARD AND INTO
WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE FCST AREA ON MONDAY...THEN ACROSS THE FCST
AREA MONDAY EVENING AND FINALLY EAST OF THE REGION BY TUESDAY
MORNING. AN ONGOING LINE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS EARLY MONDAY OUT AHEAD
OF THE FRONT WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF THE FCST AREA (ESPECIALLY
WESTERN SECTIONS) DURING THE MORNING...THEN ANOTHER LINE OF SHOWERS
AND STORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONT ITSELF WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE
FCST AREA LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. CONTINUED DEEP...MOIST
AIRMASS IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...AND
COMBINED WITH ATMOSPHERIC SHEAR PROFILES AND INSTABILITIES...SOME
STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. AS MENTIONED...A COUPLE OF
LINEAR THUNDERSTORM COMPLEXES WILL LIKELY MOVE WEST TO EAST
ACROSS THE AREA ON MONDAY...WITH DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE PRIMARY
SEVERE THREAT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL POTENTIAL WILL ALSO BE THERE
MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND WEST OF THE I-65
CORRIDOR WHERE 1.5 TO 2 INCHES (LOCALLY DOUBLE THOSE AMOUNTS) WILL BE
POSSIBLE. RIVERS OVER THIS AREA REMAIN IN FLOOD AND THE POTENTIAL FOR
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS WILL AGGRAVATE AN ALREADY EXISTING FLOOD
POTENTIAL. WE MAY ISSUE A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF THE FCST
AREA TODAY AS WE FURTHER REFINE THE AREAS THAT WILL POSSIBLE SEE THE
HEAVIER RAINFALL. WENT SEVERAL DEGREES BELOW MAVMOS GUIDANCE ON
MONDAY DUE TO CLOUDS AND RAIN WITH HIGHS MOSTLY IN THE MID TO UPPER
70S. COOLER AIR BEGINS TO FILTER INTO THE REGION MONDAY NIGHT IN THE
WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT WITH LOWS RANGING FROM THE MID 40S NORTHWESTERN
PORTIONS OF THE FCST AREA TO MIDDLE 50S EAST AND SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS.
COOLER MAX TEMPS TUESDAY...ONLY UPPER 50S TO LOWER 60S INTERIOR
COUNTIES AND LOW TO MID 60S COASTAL COUNTIES. 12/DS

&&

.LONG TERM (WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY)...LITTLE TO NO PRECIPITATION
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE REGION...WITH
DAYTIME HIGHS MODERATING BUT REMAINING BELOW NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF
THE YEAR. HIGHS WEDNESDAY IN THE LOWER 70S AND LOW TO MID 70S ON
THURSDAY. LOWS WEDNESDAY MORNING STARTING OFF IN THE MID TO UPPER 30S
MOST INTERIOR LOCATIONS AND UPPER 30S TO LOWER 40S COASTAL. LOW END RAIN
CHANCES RETURN TO THE FCST THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT AS
ANOTHER FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVES EAST ACROSS THE AREA. ANOTHER RIDGE OF DRY
HIGH PRESSURE BEGINS TO BUILD OVER THE REGION SATURDAY. HIGHS FRIDAY
AND SATURDAY IN THE UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S ACROSS THE AREA. LOWS
WEDNESDAY NIGHT IN THE MID 40S TO LOW 50S WARMING INTO THE 50S AREA
WIDE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHTS. 12/DS

&&

.AVIATION (13.12Z ISSUANCE)...IFR/MVFR CONDITIONS IN LOW CLOUDS AND
FOG WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE DURING THE MORNING WITH VFR CONDITIONS
DURING THE DAY. SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTER TO AROUND
15 KNOTS AND GUSTY. CEILINGS WILL LOWER TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT
APPROACHES WITH CHANCES OF RAIN INCREASES LATE IN THE
PERIOD...HOWEVER THE BEST RAIN CHANCES ARE EXPECTED OUTSIDE OF THIS
FORECAST PERIOD. 13/JC

&&

.MARINE...LIGHT SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME MODERATE TO
STRONG THIS AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE PLAINS.
THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE MARINE AREA MONDAY NIGHT WITH A
STRONG OFFSHORE FLOW IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT PERSISTING THROUGH
TUESDAY NIGHT BEFORE SUBSIDING AND BECOMING EASTERLY ON WEDNESDAY.
THE EASTERLY FLOW BECOMES STRONG WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUES
THROUGH THURSDAY AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE WEST.
13/JC

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES REMAIN ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS
SUNDAY AND MONDAY...WITH SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND STORMS ON
MONDAY. SOME PATCHY LIGHT FOG IN AND AROUND RAIN AREAS. 12/DS

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
MOBILE      80  65  78  52  63 /  05  20  80  80  30
PENSACOLA   76  66  78  55  65 /  05  10  60  80  30
DESTIN      72  67  73  59  65 /  05  10  60  80  40
EVERGREEN   84  62  79  52  58 /  05  20  60  80  30
WAYNESBORO  81  63  79  47  62 /  05  50  80  80  20
CAMDEN      83  62  77  51  60 /  05  40  80  80  30
CRESTVIEW   83  62  78  56  65 /  05  10  60  80  40

&&

.MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...NONE.
FL...NONE.
MS...NONE.
GM...NONE.
&&
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 13, 3:14 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
314 PM CDT SUN APR 13 2014

ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-141100-
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-
314 PM CDT SUN APR 13 2014

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS CONTINUES THROUGH AT LEAST MONDAY.

TWO ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE
AREA ON MONDAY. THE FIRST ROUND WILL BE A WEAKENING LINE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT WILL MOVE INTO FAR INLAND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AROUND SUNRISE MONDAY. THE THREAT
FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS LOW AT THIS TIME...HOWEVER...A FEW STRONG
STORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE.

ANOTHER ROUND OF NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI BY LATE MONDAY
AFTERNOON...MOVING EAST INTO SOUTHERN ALABAMA DURING THE EVENING
HOURS. STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY WEST OF THE
INTERSTATE 65 CORRIDOR. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE
PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREATS.

PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN ARE ALSO EXPECTED. WIDESPREAD RAIN TOTALS OF 1
TO 3 INCHES ARE LIKELY WITH LOCALLY HIGHER TOTALS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES.
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF INLAND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...WEST OF INTERSTATE 65. THIS IS
WHERE THE GROUND IS MOST SATURATED...RIVER FLOODING IS ONGOING...AND
THE HIGHEST RAIN TOTALS AREA EXPECTED. THE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN MAY
EXACERBATE ONGOING RIVER FLOODING AND RESULT IN INSTANCES OF FLASH
FLOODING. LOCALIZED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE
REGION...ESPECIALLY WHERE THUNDERSTORMS REPEATEDLY MOVE ACROSS THE
SAME AREA.

FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND AREAS OF FROST ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND
NORTH OF THE HIGHWAY 84 CORRIDOR EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. PATCHY
FROST IS POSSIBLE SOUTH TO THE INTERSTATE 10 CORRIDOR.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF SKYWARN SEVERE STORM SPOTTER NETWORKS MAY BE REQUIRED
MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT.

GMZ630>635-650-655-670-675-141100-
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-
314 PM CDT SUN APR 13 2014

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT...POTENTIALLY CREATING HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE MARINE AREA MONDAY NIGHT WITH
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING ACROSS THE MARINE AREA AHEAD OF
THE FRONT ON MONDAY. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG TO
SEVERE...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS. A STRONG OFFSHORE FLOW
WILL FOLLOW IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT THROUGH MIDWEEK WITH CONTINUED
HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT.

The office that day

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

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Sources

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