Alert archive / Alabama / Areal Flood Advisories in 2015
Areal Flood Advisory 13, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this areal flood advisory at Apr 17, 2015, 1:15 PM CDT for Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 17, 2015, 1:15 PM CDT (18:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 17, 2015, 4:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Mobile County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 4 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this areal flood advisory 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 areal flood advisory went out at Apr 17, 12:30 PM CDT, 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 17, 12:30 PM CDT, 45 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 17, 1:05 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 105 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2015 ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-181815- 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- 105 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. SOIL CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR FLASH FLOODING IN THIS AREA. HEAVIER SHOWERS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OR MORE IN A BRIEF PERIOD OF TIME...WHICH COULD PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING. THERE IS A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS THROUGH TODAY. NUMEROUS STRONG RIP CURRENTS ARE BEING REPORTED BY LIFEGUARDS ACROSS THE GULF BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS FLASH FLOOD PATTERN WILL PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY WITH LINGERING EFFECTS POSSIBLE INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE MORE INTENSE SHOWERS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN A BRIEF PERIOD OF TIME...WHICH COULD PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING. OVERALL RAINFALL TOTALS FOR THE WEEKEND COULD TOP OUT AT 4 TO 6 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED LOCATIONS RECEIVING AS MUCH AS 10 INCHES. THE ENTIRE REGION SHOULD BE ON ALERT FOR THE CONTINUED THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING THROUGH THE WEEKEND. STRONGER STORMS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE AREA WEST OF INTERSTATE 65 LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE. STORMS WILL SHIFT EASTWARD OVER CENTRAL ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE OVERNIGHT. THERE IS A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS THROUGH SATURDAY. A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS EXPECTED FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO RELAY ANY REPORTS OF HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE. GMZ630>635-650-655-670-675-181815- 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- 105 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT VERY STRONG OFFSHORE FLOW AND ROUGH SEAS AND SURF DEVELOPED OVER THE COASTAL WATERS THIS MORNING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR COASTAL WATERS OUT TO 60 NAUTICAL MILES. WINDS AND SEAS WILL BE HIGHER NEAR SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND STORMS THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY WINDS AND SEAS WILL BE HIGHER NEAR SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND STORMS THROUGH EARLY MONDAY.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 10:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 6 hr |
| Apr 17, 4:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 2 hr |
| Apr 17, 6:52 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 3 hr |
| Apr 17, 9:04 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke | 6 hr |
| Apr 17, 10:22 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 10 days |
| Apr 17, 10:22 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 10 days |
| Apr 17, 11:31 AM CDT | Rip Current Statement | MOB | 55 hr | |
| Apr 17, 12:12 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 4 hr | |
| Apr 17, 6:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Washington | 42 min |
| Apr 17, 10:25 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry | 12 days |
| Apr 17, 10:25 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Wayne | 10 days |
Nearby
Areal Flood Advisories in Alabama, 2015Every areal flood advisory in 2015
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.