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Flash Flood Watch 8, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood watch at May 7, 2014, 2:24 PM CDT for 10 counties in Alabama; 5 counties in Mississippi. It took effect at May 9, 2014, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 27 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 7, 2014, 2:24 PM CDT (19:24 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 9, 2014, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 10, 2014, 3:55 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 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 19:29 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, 7.4 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1209 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
117 WGUS64 KMOB 071924 FFAMOB URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 224 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF THE NORTH CENTRAL GULF COAST... .A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND. ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OVER ALREADY PREVIOUSLY SATURATED GROUNDS BEGINNING FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND LASTING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY. ALZ051-052-061>064-FLZ001>004-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-080330- /O.NEW.KMOB.FF.A.0008.140509T1800Z-140511T2000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE- LOWER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-WAYNE-PERRY-GREENE-STONE-GEORGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUTLER...LISMAN...SILAS...CHATOM... MILLRY...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...WAYNESBORO...RICHTON...BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA... LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN...WIGGINS...LUCEDALE 224 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...CHOCTAW...LOWER BALDWIN...LOWER MOBILE...UPPER BALDWIN...UPPER MOBILE AND WASHINGTON. IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...COASTAL ESCAMBIA...COASTAL SANTA ROSA...INLAND ESCAMBIA AND INLAND SANTA ROSA. IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...GEORGE...GREENE...PERRY...STONE AND WAYNE. * FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON * ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS. LOCAL TOTALS IN THE 5 TO 7 INCH RANGE WHERE THUNDERSTORMS REPEATEDLY MOVE OVER THE SAME AREA. * TIMING...FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...RAPID RUNOFF DUE TO SATURATED GROUND CONDITIONS. RAPID RISES IN SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS POSSIBLE AND INUNDATION OF LOW LYING AREAS WHERE GREATEST AMOUNT OF RAINFALL OCCURS. 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. && $$
11 follow-up statements
616 WGUS64 KMOB 080159 FFAMOB FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 859 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF THE NORTH CENTRAL GULF COAST... .A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA FROM THE WEST THROUGH THE WEEKEND. ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL...WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE...OVER ALREADY PREVIOUSLY SATURATED GROUNDS BEGINNING FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND LASTING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY. ALZ051-052-061>064-FLZ001>004-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-081200- /O.CON.KMOB.FF.A.0008.140509T1800Z-140511T2000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE- LOWER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-WAYNE-PERRY-GREENE-STONE-GEORGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUTLER...LISMAN...SILAS...CHATOM... MILLRY...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...WAYNESBORO...RICHTON...BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA... LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN...WIGGINS...LUCEDALE 859 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...CHOCTAW...LOWER BALDWIN...LOWER MOBILE... UPPER BALDWIN...UPPER MOBILE AND WASHINGTON. IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...COASTAL ESCAMBIA...COASTAL SANTA ROSA...INLAND ESCAMBIA AND INLAND SANTA ROSA. IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... GEORGE...GREENE...PERRY...STONE AND WAYNE. * FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON * ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS. LOCAL TOTALS IN THE 5 TO 7 INCH RANGE WHERE THUNDERSTORMS REPEATEDLY MOVE OVER THE SAME AREA. * TIMING...FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SATURDAY. 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. && $$
194 WGUS64 KMOB 080915 FFAMOB URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 415 AM CDT THU MAY 8 2014 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AS A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES MOVE ACROSS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND THROUGH MUCH OF THE DEEP SOUTH. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE ACROSS THE AREA FRIDAY THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL OVER ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS. ALZ051-052-061>064-FLZ001>004-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-081700- /O.EXT.KMOB.FF.A.0008.140509T1800Z-140511T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE- LOWER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-WAYNE-PERRY-GREENE-STONE-GEORGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUTLER...LISMAN...SILAS...CHATOM... MILLRY...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...WAYNESBORO...RICHTON...BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA... LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN...WIGGINS...LUCEDALE 415 AM CDT THU MAY 8 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR * PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...CHOCTAW...LOWER BALDWIN...LOWER MOBILE... UPPER BALDWIN...UPPER MOBILE AND WASHINGTON. IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...COASTAL ESCAMBIA...COASTAL SANTA ROSA...INLAND ESCAMBIA AND INLAND SANTA ROSA. IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... GEORGE...GREENE...PERRY...STONE AND WAYNE. * FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING * SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE OVER THE WATCH AREA FRIDAY THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY...WITH LOCALIZED TOTALS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES POSSIBLE WHERE THUNDERSTORMS REPEATEDLY MOVE OVER THE SAME AREA. MANY LOCATIONS IN THE WATCH AREA REMAIN SATURATED FROM RECENT SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL...AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS WILL INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING. * TIMING...FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. 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. && $$
747 WGUS64 KMOB 081827 FFAMOB FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 127 PM CDT THU MAY 8 2014 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... .ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AS A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES MOVE ACROSS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND THROUGH MUCH OF THE DEEP SOUTH. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE ACROSS THE AREA FRIDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL OVER ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS. ALZ051-052-061>064-FLZ001>004-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-090300- /O.CON.KMOB.FF.A.0008.140509T1800Z-140511T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE- LOWER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-WAYNE-PERRY-GREENE-STONE-GEORGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUTLER...LISMAN...SILAS...CHATOM... MILLRY...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...WAYNESBORO...RICHTON...BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA... LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN...WIGGINS...LUCEDALE 127 PM CDT THU MAY 8 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...CHOCTAW...LOWER BALDWIN...LOWER MOBILE... UPPER BALDWIN...UPPER MOBILE AND WASHINGTON. IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...COASTAL ESCAMBIA...COASTAL SANTA ROSA...INLAND ESCAMBIA AND INLAND SANTA ROSA. IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... GEORGE...GREENE...PERRY...STONE AND WAYNE. * FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING * SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE OVER THE WATCH AREA FRIDAY THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY...WITH LOCALIZED TOTALS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES POSSIBLE WHERE THUNDERSTORMS REPEATEDLY MOVE OVER THE SAME AREA. GROUND CONDITIONS OVER MANY LOCATIONS IN THE WATCH AREA REMAIN SATURATED FROM RECENT...SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL. THUS...ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS WILL INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING. * TIMING...FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. 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. && $$
160 WGUS64 KMOB 090057 FFAMOB FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 757 PM CDT THU MAY 8 2014 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... .ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AS A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES MOVE ACROSS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND THROUGH MUCH OF THE DEEP SOUTH. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE ACROSS THE AREA FRIDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL OVER ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS. ALZ051-052-061>064-FLZ001>004-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-091200- /O.CON.KMOB.FF.A.0008.140509T1800Z-140511T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE- LOWER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-WAYNE-PERRY-GREENE-STONE-GEORGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUTLER...LISMAN...SILAS...CHATOM... MILLRY...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...WAYNESBORO...RICHTON...BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA... LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN...WIGGINS...LUCEDALE 757 PM CDT THU MAY 8 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...CHOCTAW...LOWER BALDWIN...LOWER MOBILE... UPPER BALDWIN...UPPER MOBILE AND WASHINGTON. IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...COASTAL ESCAMBIA...COASTAL SANTA ROSA...INLAND ESCAMBIA AND INLAND SANTA ROSA. IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... GEORGE...GREENE...PERRY...STONE AND WAYNE. * FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING * SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE OVER THE WATCH AREA FRIDAY THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY...WITH LOCALIZED TOTALS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES POSSIBLE WHERE THUNDERSTORMS REPEATEDLY MOVE OVER THE SAME AREA. GROUND CONDITIONS OVER MANY LOCATIONS IN THE WATCH AREA REMAIN SATURATED FROM RECENT...SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL. THUS...ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS WILL INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING. * TIMING...FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. 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. && $$
421 WGUS64 KMOB 091029 FFAMOB URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 529 AM CDT FRI MAY 9 2014 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...MUCH OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... .ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION THROUGH SATURDAY AS A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES APPROACH THE AREA FROM THE NORTHWESTERN GULF OF MEXICO AND THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA LATER THIS MORNING AND WILL SPREAD EASTWARD THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AGAIN SATURDAY...POTENTIALLY CONTINUING INTO SATURDAY EVENING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL OVER ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS...WHICH MAY QUICKLY LEAD TO FLOODING OR FLASH FLOODING. ALZ053>056-059-FLZ005-006-091830- /O.EXA.KMOB.FF.A.0008.140509T1800Z-140511T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-ESCAMBIA-INLAND OKALOOSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JACKSON...THOMASVILLE...GROVE HILL... CAMDEN...PINE HILL...HOMEWOOD...MONROEVILLE...EVERGREEN... ATMORE...BREWTON...EAST BREWTON...CRESTVIEW...WRIGHT... NICEVILLE...SEMINOLE...EGLIN AFB 529 AM CDT FRI MAY 9 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS EXPANDED THE * FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN ALABAMA... CLARKE...CONECUH...ESCAMBIA...MONROE AND WILCOX. IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...COASTAL OKALOOSA AND INLAND OKALOOSA. * FROM 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING * SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE OVER THE WATCH AREA THIS AFTERNOON...AND WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AGAIN SATURDAY...POTENTIALLY CONTINUING INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY...WITH LOCALIZED TOTALS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES POSSIBLE WHERE THUNDERSTORMS REPEATEDLY MOVE OVER THE SAME AREA. GROUND CONDITIONS OVER MANY LOCATIONS IN THE WATCH AREA REMAIN SATURATED FROM RECENT SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL. THUS...ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS WILL INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. 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. && $$ ALZ051-052-061>064-FLZ001>004-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-091830- /O.CON.KMOB.FF.A.0008.140509T1800Z-140511T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE- LOWER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-WAYNE-PERRY-GREENE-STONE-GEORGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUTLER...LISMAN...SILAS...CHATOM... MILLRY...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...WAYNESBORO...RICHTON...BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA... LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN...WIGGINS...LUCEDALE 529 AM CDT FRI MAY 9 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...CHOCTAW...LOWER BALDWIN...LOWER MOBILE... UPPER BALDWIN...UPPER MOBILE AND WASHINGTON. IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...COASTAL ESCAMBIA...COASTAL SANTA ROSA...INLAND ESCAMBIA AND INLAND SANTA ROSA. IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... GEORGE...GREENE...PERRY...STONE AND WAYNE. * FROM 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING * SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE OVER THE WATCH AREA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...AND WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AGAIN SATURDAY...POTENTIALLY CONTINUING INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY...WITH LOCALIZED TOTALS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES POSSIBLE WHERE THUNDERSTORMS REPEATEDLY MOVE OVER THE SAME AREA. GROUND CONDITIONS OVER MANY LOCATIONS IN THE WATCH AREA REMAIN SATURATED FROM RECENT SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL. THUS...ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS WILL INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. 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. && $$
723 WGUS64 KMOB 091848 FFAMOB FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 148 PM CDT FRI MAY 9 2014 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... MUCH OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... .ABUNDANT MOISTURE CONTINUES TO SPREAD ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION THROUGH SATURDAY AS A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND WILL SPREAD EASTWARD THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND THROUGH THE TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AGAIN SATURDAY...POTENTIALLY CONTINUING INTO SATURDAY EVENING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL OVER ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS...WHICH WILL LIKELY LEAD TO FLOODING OR FLASH FLOODING. ALZ051>056-059-061>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-100300- /O.CON.KMOB.FF.A.0008.000000T0000Z-140511T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-ESCAMBIA- 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...ATMORE... BREWTON...EAST BREWTON...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 148 PM CDT FRI MAY 9 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN ALABAMA... CHOCTAW...CLARKE...CONECUH...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 SUNDAY MORNING * SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE OVER THE WATCH AREA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...AND WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD EASTWARD ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE NIGHT. ADDITIONAL NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AGAIN SATURDAY...POTENTIALLY CONTINUING INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY...WITH LOCALIZED TOTALS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE WHERE THUNDERSTORMS REPEATEDLY MOVE OVER THE SAME AREA. GROUND CONDITIONS OVER MANY LOCATIONS IN THE WATCH AREA REMAIN SATURATED FROM RECENT SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL. THUS...ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS WILL LIKELY INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. 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. && $$
930 WGUS64 KMOB 100448 FFAMOB FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1148 PM CDT FRI MAY 9 2014 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... MUCH OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... .ABUNDANT MOISTURE CONTINUES TO SPREAD ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION THROUGH SATURDAY AS A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA WILL SPREAD EASTWARD THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE REGION OVERNIGHT. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AGAIN SATURDAY...POTENTIALLY CONTINUING INTO SATURDAY EVENING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL OVER ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS...WHICH WILL INCREASE THE POTENTIAL OF FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING. ALZ051>056-059-061>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-101200- /O.CON.KMOB.FF.A.0008.000000T0000Z-140511T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-ESCAMBIA- 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...ATMORE... BREWTON...EAST BREWTON...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 1148 PM CDT FRI MAY 9 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN ALABAMA... CHOCTAW...CLARKE...CONECUH...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 SUNDAY MORNING * SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA WILL SPREAD FURTHER EAST OVERNIGHT. ADDITIONAL NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AGAIN SATURDAY...POTENTIALLY CONTINUING INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY... WITH LOCALIZED TOTALS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE WHERE THUNDERSTORMS REPEATEDLY MOVE OVER THE SAME AREA. GROUND CONDITIONS OVER MANY LOCATIONS IN THE WATCH AREA REMAIN SATURATED FROM RECENT SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL. THUS...ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS WILL INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. 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. && $$
563 WGUS64 KMOB 101049 FFAMOB URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 549 AM CDT SAT MAY 10 2014 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION TODAY AS A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA. NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP TODAY...SOME OF WHICH WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS...WHICH WILL BRING A CONTINUED POTENTIAL OF FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE REGION. ALZ057-058-060-101900- /O.EXA.KMOB.FF.A.0008.000000T0000Z-140511T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BUTLER-CRENSHAW-COVINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREENVILLE...LUVERNE...BRANTLEY... ANDALUSIA...OPP 549 AM CDT SAT MAY 10 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS EXPANDED THE * FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE A PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...BUTLER...COVINGTON AND CRENSHAW. * THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING * NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION TODAY...AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY...WITH LOCALIZED TOTALS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE WHERE THUNDERSTORMS REPEATEDLY MOVE OVER THE SAME AREA. GROUND CONDITIONS OVER MANY LOCATIONS IN THE WATCH AREA REMAIN SATURATED FROM RECENT SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL. THUS...ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS WILL INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. 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>056-059-061>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-101900- /O.CON.KMOB.FF.A.0008.000000T0000Z-140511T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-ESCAMBIA- 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...ATMORE... BREWTON...EAST BREWTON...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 549 AM CDT SAT MAY 10 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN ALABAMA... CHOCTAW...CLARKE...CONECUH...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 EARLY SUNDAY MORNING * NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION TODAY...AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY...WITH LOCALIZED TOTALS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE WHERE THUNDERSTORMS REPEATEDLY MOVE OVER THE SAME AREA. GROUND CONDITIONS OVER MANY LOCATIONS IN THE WATCH AREA REMAIN SATURATED FROM RECENT SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL. THUS...ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS WILL INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. 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. && $$
603 WGUS64 KMOB 101205 FFAMOB FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 705 AM CDT SAT MAY 10 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CANCELLED FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND CHOCTAW COUNTY ALABAMA... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE TODAY AS A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THESE LOCATIONS TODAY. SOME OF THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS...WHICH WILL BRING A CONTINUED POTENTIAL OF FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. ALZ051-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-101315- /O.CAN.KMOB.FF.A.0008.000000T0000Z-140511T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CHOCTAW-WAYNE-PERRY-GREENE-STONE-GEORGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUTLER...LISMAN...SILAS...WAYNESBORO... RICHTON...BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN... WIGGINS...LUCEDALE 705 AM CDT SAT MAY 10 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND CHOCTAW COUNTY ALABAMA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. WHILE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE TODAY...THE POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL IS COMING TO AN END AS DEEPER MOISTURE MOVES TO THE EAST OF THE AREA. $$ ALZ052>064-FLZ001>006-102000- /O.CON.KMOB.FF.A.0008.000000T0000Z-140511T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ 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...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 705 AM CDT SAT MAY 10 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN ALABAMA...BUTLER...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. * THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING * NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION TODAY...AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY...WITH LOCALIZED TOTALS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE WHERE THUNDERSTORMS REPEATEDLY MOVE OVER THE SAME AREA. GROUND CONDITIONS OVER MANY LOCATIONS IN THE WATCH AREA REMAIN SATURATED FROM RECENT SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL. THUS...ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS WILL KEEP A HEIGHTENED POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING IN THE WATCH AREA. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. 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. && $$
108 WGUS64 KMOB 101526 FFAMOB URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1026 AM CDT SAT MAY 10 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CANCELLED FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND CHOCTAW COUNTY ALABAMA... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE TODAY AS A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THESE LOCATIONS TODAY. SOME OF THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS...WHICH WILL BRING A CONTINUED POTENTIAL OF FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. ALZ052>058-061>064-FLZ001-101630- /O.CAN.KMOB.FF.A.0008.000000T0000Z-140511T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN- INLAND ESCAMBIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATOM...MILLRY...JACKSON... THOMASVILLE...GROVE HILL...CAMDEN...PINE HILL...HOMEWOOD... MONROEVILLE...EVERGREEN...GREENVILLE...LUVERNE...BRANTLEY... MOBILE...PRICHARD...SARALAND...BAY MINETTE...TILLMANS CORNER... THEODORE...DAPHNE...FAIRHOPE...FOLEY...SPANISH FORT...CENTURY... FLOMATON...MOLINO 1026 AM CDT SAT MAY 10 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF ALABAMA AND INLAND ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. PRECIPITATION HAS ENDED THIS MORNING...AND ONLY A MODERATE REDEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. $$ ALZ059-060-FLZ002>006-102100- /O.EXT.KMOB.FF.A.0008.000000T0000Z-140510T2100Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OPP...FERRY PASS...BRENT... WEST PENSACOLA...ENSLEY...MYRTLE GROVE...PACE...MILTON... CRESTVIEW...WRIGHT...NICEVILLE...EGLIN AFB 1026 AM CDT SAT MAY 10 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... 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... COVINGTON AND ESCAMBIA. IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...COASTAL ESCAMBIA...COASTAL OKALOOSA...COASTAL SANTA ROSA...INLAND OKALOOSA AND INLAND SANTA ROSA. * UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON * NUMEROUS SHOWERS INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1.5 INCHES OVER ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. 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. && $$
995 WGUS64 KMOB 102055 FFAMOB FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 355 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA HAS BEEN CANCELLED... .SCATTERED LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS AND FEW THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD LINGER INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS...AND THEN GRADUALLY DISSIPATE AFTER SUNSET. PERIODS OF PROLONGED HEAVY RAINS ARE NOT EXPECTED...SO THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH BEEN CANCELLED. ALZ059-060-FLZ002>006-102200- /O.CAN.KMOB.FF.A.0008.000000T0000Z-140510T2100Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OPP...FERRY PASS...BRENT... WEST PENSACOLA...ENSLEY...MYRTLE GROVE...PACE...MILTON... CRESTVIEW...WRIGHT...NICEVILLE...EGLIN AFB 355 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA HAS BEEN CANCELLED AS PERIODS OF PROLONGED HEAVY RAINS ARE NOT EXPECTED. $$
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 May 7, 5:11 AM CDT, 9 hours 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 7, 5:11 AM CDT, 9 hours 13 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 511 AM CDT WED MAY 7 2014 .SHORT TERM [TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT]...SFC RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE EXTREME NE GULF AND SE STATES WILL CONTINUE TO DRIFT NORTHWARD OVER GA AND CAROLINAS THROUGH TONIGHT IN RESPONSE TO NEXT MID TO UPPER TROF TRACKING SLOWLY EASTWARD OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF THE COUNTRY. WITH THIS PATTERN THE SURFACE WINDS CONTINUE TO SHIFT MOSTLY SOUTHEAST AND INCREASE IN VELOCITY LATE TODAY AND OVERNIGHT. WITH THE BETTER ONSHORE FLOW COMBINED WITH CONTINUED HIGH LEVEL MOISTURE ADVECTING IN FROM THE WEST PWATS CLIMB TO .60 TO .90 INCHES WITH MOST OF THE MOISTURE INCREASING IN THE MID TO UPPER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE THROUGH 12Z THU. WITH THIS BELIEVE WILL SEE INCREASING HIGH CLOUDS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT RESULTING IN MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES BY 12Z THU. WITH INCREASING CIRRUS LATER IN THE DAY AND OVERNIGHT HIGH TEMPS FOR MOST AREAS IN THE CWFA WILL BE A TAD COOLER THAN LAST COUPLE OF DAYS FOLLOWED BY WARMER TEMPS OVERNIGHT. HIGHS TODAY WILL BE MOSTLY LOWER TO MIDDLE 80S OVER THE WESTERN HALF INCLUDING THE COASTAL AREA AND THE MID TO UPPER 80S TO THE EAST. TONIGHT LOWS WILL RANGE FROM THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 60S NEAR THE COAST AND SOME WESTERN SECTIONS AND THE MID TO UPPER 50S FOR OTHER AREAS. WILL LEAN TOWARDS THE CURRENT MAV GUIDANCE FOR TEMPS THROUGH TONIGHT. 32/EE THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO SHIFT EASTWARD AND WILL EXTEND FROM THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO THROUGH THE VICINITY OF FLORIDA...GEORGIA...AND THE CAROLINAS BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON...WHILE SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT DEVELOPS OVER THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY REGION IN ADVANCE OF AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH THAT WILL PUSH FROM THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS INTO THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PLAINS STATES. DEEP LAYER MOISTURE AND LIFT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS NEXT SYSTEM SHOULD REMAIN FOCUSED WELL TO THE WEST OF OUR FORECAST AREA DURING THE DAY THURSDAY...WITH A DRY AIRMASS REMAINING IN PLACE ACROSS OUR REGION CLOSER IN PROXIMITY TO THE UPPER RIDGE AXIS. PARTLY SUNNY SKIES ARE EXPECTED AS WE SHOULD SEE A STEADY INCREASE IN MID AND UPPER LEVEL CLOUD COVER AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM. A SURFACE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE SHOULD CONTINUE TO STRETCH FROM THE WESTERN ATLANTIC OCEAN TO THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION THURSDAY...WHICH WILL MAINTAIN A WARM AND MOIST SOUTHERLY LOW LEVEL FLOW PATTERN ACROSS OUR AREA. WE WILL MAINTAIN A PERSISTENCE FORECAST FOR HIGH TEMPERATURES...WITH READINGS GENERALLY EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM THE LOWER 80S NEAR THE COAST TO THE MID TO UPPER 80S ACROSS INLAND LOCATIONS. THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO PROGRESS ACROSS THE CENTRAL PART OF THE COUNTRY THURSDAY NIGHT...WITH ASSOCIATED LIFT/DEEP MOISTURE FIELDS ALSO PUSHING EASTWARD TOWARD THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI AND TENNESSEE VALLEY REGIONS. THE EASTERN FRINGE OF DEEPER MOISTURE MAY REACH AS FAR EAST AS WESTERN PORTIONS OF OUR FORECAST AREA THURSDAY NIGHT...AND WE WILL CARRY A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS GENERALLY TO THE WEST OF A MOBILE...CHATOM...COFFEEVILLE LINE MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS SHOULD BE VERY LIGHT. CONTINUED MILD TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE MID 60S TO AROUND 70 DEGREES. /21 .LONG TERM [FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY]...A CHALLENGING FORECAST CONTINUES TO SHAPE UP ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF COAST LATE THIS WEEK INTO THE WEEKEND AS WE CONTINUE TO MONITOR FOR POTENTIALLY LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING CONCERNS ACROSS THE REGION. THE LATEST SUITE OF MEDIUM RANGE MODELS ARE IN DECENT AGREEMENT WITH SPREADING DEEP LAYER MOISTURE THROUGH MUCH OF OUR FORECAST AREA FRIDAY WITHIN SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT THAT WILL STRETCH FROM THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO TO THE TENNESSEE AND OHIO VALLEY REGIONS AND NEW ENGLAND STATES. THE ASSOCIATED CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE DURING THE DAY FRIDAY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA WHERE PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 1.6 AND 1.9 INCHES BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. WE WILL CARRY THE HIGHEST COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS [50-60 PERCENT] ACROSS THESE LOCATIONS FRIDAY. WEAK DEEP LAYER SHEAR...MLCAPE VALUES GENERALLY BELOW 500 J/KG...AND MEAGER MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES WILL KEEP SEVERE POTENTIAL LOW ACROSS THE REGION FRIDAY. NWP SOLUTIONS CONTINUE TO DIVERGE ON THEIR SOLUTIONS THIS WEEKEND. THE 00Z ECMWF MODEL RUN KEEPS A WET SOLUTION ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION AS IT CONTINUES TO DEEPEN A MID LEVEL TROUGH IN THE VICINITY OF LOUISIANA...BEFORE SLOWLY BRINGING THIS FEATURE EASTWARD ACROSS OUR CWFA THROUGH MONDAY. THE GFS REMAINS MORE DAMPENED WITH THE MID LEVEL FLOW PATTERN SATURDAY...THEN PROCEEDS TO BUILD A RIDGE ALOFT SUNDAY AND MONDAY...WITH ONLY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED CONVECTION WITH SOME DEEP LAYER MOISTURE IN THE VICINITY OF THE REGION. THE 00Z RUN OF THE CMC/GEM SUPPORTS THE WETTER ECMWF SOLUTION...SO WE HAVE MAINTAINED LIKELY COVERAGE OF SHOWERS/STORMS ACROSS MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA FOR NOW SATURDAY...WITH QPF MAXIMIZED OVER CENTRAL AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWFA...WHICH APPEARS TO RESIDE WITHIN THE BETTER MID LEVEL THETA-E AXIS. WE WILL ALSO KEEP SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY GIVEN THE POTENTIAL FOR THE LINGERING MID LEVEL TROUGH ACROSS THE REGION. THE LATEST RAINFALL FORECAST FOR FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY WILL CONTINUE TO RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6+ INCHES PRIMARILY ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...WITH SLIGHTLY LESSER TOTALS EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE. THIS MATCHES FAIRLY CLOSE TO THE LATEST WPC GUIDANCE. GIVEN THE SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS AND RECENT HISTORIC FLOODING...LATER SHIFTS MAY CONSIDER A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IF CONFIDENCE IN LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN INCREASES. WEAK UPPER RIDGING MAY BUILD OVER THE AREA BY MONDAY...BUT LINGERING MOISTURE WILL SUPPORT KEEPING ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST ACROSS THE REGION. THE NEXT APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT MAY BRING AN INCREASING CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES SHOULD REMAIN NEAR TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE EXTENDED FORECAST PERIOD. /21 && .AVIATION [07.12Z ISSUANCE]...MOSTLY VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH 08.12Z. STILL COULD SEE SOME PATCHY FOG/LOW STRATUS EACH MORNING THROUGH THU MORNING POSSIBLY BECOMING LOCALLY DENSE FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS MOSTLY NEAR SUNRISE THEN LIFTING QUICKLY BY MID MORNING. EXPECT BETTER HIGH CLOUDS ALSO BY THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT. WINDS WILL SHIFT MOSTLY SOUTHEAST TODAY AND TONIGHT INCREASING TO THE 10 TO 13 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KNOTS LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. 32/EE && .MARINE...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SHIFT MOSTLY SOUTHEAST AND BUILD LATER TODAY CONTINUING THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND AS NEXT LONG WAVE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. AS THE SYSTEM NEARS FROM THE WEST LATER IN THE WEEK AND IN TO THE WEEKEND THE CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN LIKELY WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS ACCOMPANYING THE STRONGER STORMS. WINDS WILL BUILD TO 15 TO 20 KNOTS THU THROUGH SAT WITH EXERCISE CAUTION CONDITIONS LIKELY. THE BETTER WINDS AND SEAS WILL OCCUR DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS MAINLY FROM AFTERNOON HEATING. SEAS WILL ALSO BUILD TO AROUND 4 TO 6 FEET DURING THE HIGHER PEAKS EACH DAY LATER IN THE WEEK. WINDS AND SEAS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE LATE IN THE WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK AS MAIN UPPER TROUGH SHIFTS EAST OF THE MARINE AREA. 32/EE && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MOBILE 83 64 83 68 81 / 05 05 10 20 50 PENSACOLA 82 67 83 70 81 / 05 05 05 10 30 DESTIN 77 68 81 69 80 / 05 05 00 10 20 EVERGREEN 88 58 87 65 84 / 05 05 00 10 40 WAYNESBORO 86 59 84 66 82 / 05 05 10 20 60 CAMDEN 88 56 85 64 82 / 05 00 05 10 50 CRESTVIEW 88 56 87 65 85 / 05 05 00 10 20 && .MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE. GM...NONE. && 32/21
Hazardous weather outlook, May 7, 6:06 AM CDT, 8 hours 18 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 606 AM CDT WED MAY 7 2014 ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-081115- 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- 606 AM CDT WED MAY 7 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A MODERATE RISK FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG THE COASTAL BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE ACROSS THE REGION FRIDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY OVER LOCATIONS WHERE PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND STORMS MOVE OVER THE SAME LOCATIONS. FLASH FLOODING MAY BECOME OF INCREASING CONCERN ACROSS THE REGION LATE FRIDAY AND INTO THE WEEKEND GIVEN THE ONGOING SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS...AND ESPECIALLY OVER LOCATIONS THAT RECEIVED HISTORIC FLOODING LAST WEEK. A FEW STRONG STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND... BUT THE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER CURRENTLY APPEARS TO BE QUITE LOW. A MODERATE RISK FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG THE COASTAL BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK AND OVER THE WEEKEND. THE RISK MAY BE ELEVATED TO HIGH LATE IN THE WEEK AND OVER THE WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF SKYWARN SEVERE STORM SPOTTER NETWORKS IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY. GMZ630>635-650-655-670-675-081115- 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- 606 AM CDT WED MAY 7 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY A MODERATE TO STRONG SOUTHERLY WIND FLOW COULD BRING HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT LATE IN THE WEEK AND OVER THE WEEKEND.
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