Alert archive / Alabama / Areal Flood Warnings in 2015
Areal Flood Warning 3, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this areal flood warning at Apr 13, 2015, 7:18 PM CDT for Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 3 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
- Apr 13, 2015, 7:18 PM CDT (00:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 13, 2015, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Mobile County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 4 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:21 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.
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 Apr 13, 6:47 PM CDT, 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 13, 6:47 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 13, 3:15 PM CDT, 4 hours 3 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 315 PM CDT MON APR 13 2015 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- 315 PM CDT MON APR 13 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 THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ALONG AREA BEACHES. AN ACTIVE HIGH LEVEL SOUTHWEST FLOW BRINGS A SERIES OF MID LEVEL DISTURBANCES ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA IN THE NEAR TERM. WHEN COMBINING WITH A WEAKENING SURFACE BOUNDARY SLIPPING SLOWLY NORTH...AND DEEP LAYER MOISTURE RUNNING WELL ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE MIDDLE OF APRIL...THE STAGE REMAINS SET FOR THE POTENTIAL OF ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS. GIVEN THE HEAVY RAINS THAT HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED AND THE ANTICIPATION OF MORE IN THE SHORT TERM...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED AND EXTENDED FOR THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE THROUGH TONIGHT. THERE WILL BE A BREAK IN THE RAINS THIS EVENING ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA...BUT RAINS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP TO THE WEST LATE TONIGHT AND PERSIST INTO TUESDAY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2-4 INCHES...LOCALLY 3 TO 5 INCHES...WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER PARTS OF THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE THIS EVENING...WITH LESSER TOTALS TO THE WEST. ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OVER THE ALREADY SATURATED GROUND...ESPECIALLY OVER THE COASTAL COUNTIES...COULD LEAD TO ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING. THE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TUESDAY ALONG AREA BEACHES. AN ACTIVE HIGH LEVEL SOUTHWEST FLOW MAINTAINS THE PASSAGE OF A SERIES OF MID LEVELS IMPULSES ACROSS THE GULF COAST TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. DEEP LAYER MOISTURE REMAINS HIGH. TIMING OF EACH IMPULSE IS VERY DIFFICULT AT THIS TIME...SO THERE WILL BE A MIX OF SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PERSISTING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. HOWEVER THE BEST TIME FRAME OF POTENTIAL HEAVY RAIN SHOULD OCCUR TUESDAY NIGHT. WIDESPREAD TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY WILL RANGE FROM 1.25 TO 2.5 INCHES THROUGH THE PERIOD... WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS LIKELY...UP TO FIVE INCHES IN PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM RISK IS LOW THROUGH MID WEEK. CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND STORMS LOOK TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE OUTLOOK AS A STORM SYSTEM SETS UP AGAIN OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN STATES...MAINTAINING A POTENTIALLY ACTIVE SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT OVER THE CENTRAL GULF COAST. SOME OF THE RAINS LOCALLY HEAVY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF SKYWARN SEVERE STORM SPOTTER NETWORKS IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY. 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- 315 PM CDT MON APR 13 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT MARINERS CAN EXPECT WINDS...WAVES AND SEAS TO BE LOCALLY HIGHER WITH THE PASSAGE OF ORGANIZED SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED STORMS. VISIBILITY LIKELY TO BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES WITH THE PASSAGE OF HEAVIER RAINS. INCREASED LIGHTNING ACTIVITY IN AND NEAR STORMS WILL ALSO POSE A HAZARD TO MARINERS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL REMAIN ELEVATED DURING THE UPCOMING WEEK. WIND...WAVES AND SEAS CAN BE LOCALLY HIGHER IN AND NEAR STORMS. ANTICIPATE LIGHTNING ACTIVITY TO BECOME FREQUENT AT TIMES AND VISIBILITY REDUCED TO A MILE OR LESS IN SOME OF THE STORMS THIS WEEK.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 5:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MOB | Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more | 4 days |
| Apr 14, 6:40 AM CDT | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | 6 hr | |
| Apr 14, 7:01 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 14, 12:24 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Clarke, Mobile, Washington | 6 hr |
| Apr 14, 12:53 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 97 min | |
| Apr 14, 1:23 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 3 hr |
| Apr 14, 2:51 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Escambia | 6 hr |
| Apr 14, 3:03 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 3 hr |
| Apr 14, 3:18 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 3 hr |
| Apr 14, 4:01 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Conecuh | 3 hr |
| Apr 14, 4:36 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 12 hr |
| Apr 14, 6:26 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia | 3 hr |
| Apr 14, 9:54 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | George, Stone | 6 hr |
| Apr 14, 3:31 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | George, Stone | 9 hr |
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.