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Areal Flood Warning 15, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this areal flood warning at Dec 24, 2015, 2:18 PM CST for Butler County, Alabama. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 24, 2015, 2:18 PM CST (20:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 24, 2015, 8:15 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Butler County, AL
The radar
The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:18 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 warning 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 warning went out at Dec 24, 12:43 PM CST, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 24, 12:43 PM CST, 1 hour 35 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 631 AM CST THU DEC 24 2015 ALZ051>060-261>266-FLZ201>206-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-251245- CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-MOBILE INLAND-BALDWIN INLAND-MOBILE CENTRAL- BALDWIN CENTRAL-MOBILE COASTAL-BALDWIN COASTAL-ESCAMBIA INLAND- ESCAMBIA COASTAL-SANTA ROSA INLAND-SANTA ROSA COASTAL- OKALOOSA INLAND-OKALOOSA COASTAL-WAYNE-PERRY-GREENE-STONE-GEORGE- 631 AM CST THU DEC 24 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG OR BRIEFLY SEVERE...AND CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS AND POSSIBLY HAIL. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL ALSO PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING OF URBAN AND LOW LYING AREAS. A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. AREAS OF FOG MAY DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY CLOSER TO THE COAST. FOG MAY BECOME LOCALLY DENSE AT TIMES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY ANOTHER STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE AREA FROM THE WEST BY THE END OF THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS SYSTEM BY MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS CURRENTLY NOT ANTICIPATED. GMZ630>635-650-655-670-675-251245- 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- 631 AM CST THU DEC 24 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AREAS OF DENSE FOG WILL IMPACT MOBILE BAY AND THE MISSISSIPPI SOUND TODAY...AND POSSIBLY AGAIN THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. PATCHY FOG IS POSSIBLE IN THE OTHER BAY SYSTEMS. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION OVER THE OFFSHORE WATERS TODAY AS MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS AND ELEVATED SEAS CONTINUE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AREAS OF DENSE FOG WILL LIKELY IMPACT AREA BAYS AND SOUNDS... PARTICULARLY MOBILE BAY AND MISSISSIPPI SOUND...THROUGH AT LEAST THE END OF THE WEEK.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Dec 24, 1:22 PM CST, 56 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 23, 7:29 PM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 43 hr |
| Dec 23, 9:05 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Covington | 25 min |
| Dec 23, 11:00 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Covington, Crenshaw | 12 hr |
| Dec 24, 5:22 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Mobile | 113 min |
| Dec 24, 6:53 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Escambia | 3 hr |
| Dec 24, 7:30 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Conecuh | 60 min |
| Dec 24, 8:04 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Escambia | 3 hr |
| Dec 24, 8:27 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Conecuh | 3 hr |
| Dec 24, 8:46 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Covington, Escambia | 61 hr |
| Dec 24, 9:21 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Covington | 4 days |
| Dec 24, 9:28 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Escambia | 4 hr |
| Dec 24, 9:55 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Monroe | 3 hr |
| Dec 24, 10:02 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Butler | 3 hr |
| Dec 24, 11:48 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Monroe | 6 hr |
| Dec 24, 12:27 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 21 hr |
| Dec 24, 1:04 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Covington, Crenshaw | 3 hr |
| Dec 24, 1:22 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Covington | 38 min |
| Dec 24, 1:28 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Escambia | 6 hr |
| Dec 24, 1:50 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Covington, Crenshaw | 3 hr |
| Dec 24, 2:49 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Monroe | 4 hr |
| Dec 24, 3:07 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 4 hr |
| Dec 24, 4:44 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Covington, Crenshaw | 3 hr |
| Dec 24, 5:22 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Conecuh | 3 hr |
| Dec 24, 9:11 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry | 10 days |
| Dec 24, 9:11 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Wayne | 11 days |
Nearby
Areal Flood Warnings in Alabama, 2015Every areal flood warning 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.