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Areal Flood Advisory 13, NWS Mobile, AL

April 17, 2015Mobile County, Alabama

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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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 16, 10:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBChoctaw6 hr
Apr 17, 4:25 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBChoctaw2 hr
Apr 17, 6:52 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningMOBChoctaw3 hr
Apr 17, 9:04 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningMOBChoctaw, Clarke6 hr
Apr 17, 10:22 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMOBChoctaw, Clarke, Washington10 days
Apr 17, 10:22 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMOBChoctaw, Clarke, Washington10 days
Apr 17, 11:31 AM CDTRip Current StatementMOB55 hr
Apr 17, 12:12 PM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMOB4 hr
Apr 17, 6:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWashington42 min
Apr 17, 10:25 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMOBGeorge, Greene, Perry12 days
Apr 17, 10:25 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMOBGeorge, Greene, Wayne10 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.