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Areal Flood Warning 1, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this areal flood warning at Mar 10, 2016, 10:52 PM CST for Choctaw County, Alabama; Greene County, Perry County, Wayne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 9 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
- Mar 10, 2016, 10:52 PM CST (04:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 11, 2016, 7:45 AM CST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Choctaw County, AL, Greene County, MS, Perry County, MS, Wayne County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:51 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
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 687 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 512 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 463 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 470 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.6
- Supercell composite
- 14.9
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 Mar 10, 10:06 PM CST, 46 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 10, 10:06 PM CST, 46 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 10, 1:33 PM CST, 9 hours 19 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 133 PM CST THU MAR 10 2016 ALZ051>060-261>266-FLZ201>206-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-112000- 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- 133 PM CST THU MAR 10 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 30 MPH...OR SLIGHTLY HIGHER...EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. A HIGH RISK OF POTENTIALLY DEADLY RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS AREA BEACHES THROUGH TONIGHT WITH TALL BREAKER ACTION OF 5 TO 7 FEET POUNDING INTO THE SURF ZONE. TIDES BETWEEN 2 AND 3 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL BRINGS THE POTENTIAL OF MINOR COASTAL FLOODING THROUGH TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND SPREAD SLOWLY EAST OVER SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. A FEW STRONG STORMS POSSIBLE MAINLY OVER SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE DUE TO PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN LATE TONIGHT OVER SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS AND A HIGH RISK OF POTENTIALLY DEADLY RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS COASTAL ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA. TALL BREAKERS OF 5 TO 7 FEET WILL CONTINUE TO POUND AREA BEACHES ON FRIDAY...THEN SLOWLY SUBSIDE THROUGH SATURDAY. TIDES BETWEEN 2 AND 3 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL BRINGS THE POTENTIAL OF MINOR COASTAL FLOODING THROUGH FRIDAY...ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AND TYPICAL COASTAL FLOOD PRONE AREAS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND SPREAD SLOWLY EAST OVER THE AREA FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. A PROLONGED PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN MAY BRING RISING RIVERS AND LOCALIZED FLOODING PROBLEMS...ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST ALABAMA FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. RAINFALL TOTALS FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES EXPECTED...WITH THESE AMOUNTS POTENTIALLY DOUBLED WHERE HEAVIER RAINS MOVE REPEATEDLY OVER THE SAME AREAS FROM EARLY FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH OVER SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI HAS BEEN EXPANDED EASTWARD TO INCLUDE CHOCTAW COUNTY IN ALABAMA...SOUTH TO MOBILE COUNTY. THERE IS ALSO THE POTENTIAL FOR AN ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ON FRIDAY. STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS EVOLVING WEATHER SITUATION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF SKYWARN SEVERE STORM SPOTTER NETWORKS IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY. GMZ630>635-650-655-670-675-112000- 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- 133 PM CST THU MAR 10 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND THE COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS FROM 20 TO 30 KNOTS IN FREQUENT GUSTS...ROUGH WATERS ON BAYS AND SOUNDS AND HIGH SEAS FROM 8 TO 11 FEET WILL BRING HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS FROM 20 TO 30 KNOTS IN FREQUENT GUSTS...ROUGH WATERS ON BAYS AND SOUNDS AND HIGH SEAS WILL BRING HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 7:36 PM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 11 days |
| Mar 10, 7:36 PM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 11 days |
| Mar 10, 8:19 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Choctaw | 3 hr |
| Mar 10, 9:16 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 3 hr |
| Mar 11, 7:34 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Washington | 6 hr |
| Mar 11, 8:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile, Washington | 30 min |
| Mar 11, 8:42 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Mobile | 3 hr |
| Mar 11, 8:45 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 60 min |
| Mar 11, 8:55 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 65 min | |
| Mar 11, 9:20 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 55 min | |
| Mar 11, 9:28 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile, Washington | 6 hr |
| Mar 11, 9:41 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile, Washington | 64 min |
| Mar 11, 9:42 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 6 hr |
| Mar 11, 9:59 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 61 min | |
| Mar 11, 10:42 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin | 3 hr |
| Mar 11, 10:45 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin | 45 min |
| Mar 11, 10:50 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Clarke | 4 hr |
| Mar 11, 10:58 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 62 min | |
| Mar 11, 11:04 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 6 hr |
| Mar 11, 11:22 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Clarke | 6 hr |
| Mar 11, 11:29 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin | 61 min |
| Mar 11, 11:59 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 61 min | |
| Mar 11, 12:16 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin | 4 hr |
| Mar 11, 2:14 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 24 hr |
| Mar 11, 3:54 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 12 hr |
| Mar 11, 12:32 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia | 43 min |
| Mar 11, 2:28 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Santa Rosa | 32 min |
| Mar 11, 2:32 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 118 min |
| Mar 10, 8:39 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Greene, Perry, Wayne | 2 hr |
| Mar 11, 2:14 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Perry | 6 days |
| Mar 11, 2:22 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry | 13 days |
| Mar 11, 2:30 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Wayne | 15 days |
| Mar 11, 2:40 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Jackson | 13 days |
| Mar 11, 6:42 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Perry, Stone | 63 min |
| Mar 11, 7:28 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Perry, Stone | 3 hr |
| Mar 11, 7:36 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Greene, Wayne | 6 days |
| Mar 11, 8:01 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | George | 44 min |
| Mar 11, 8:48 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | George | 3 hr |
| Mar 11, 9:15 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Greene, Wayne | 5 hr |
| Mar 11, 10:29 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Perry, Stone | 6 hr |
| Mar 11, 11:43 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | George | 5 hr |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.