Flash Flood Watch 4, NWS Mobile, AL

Issued

Mar 26, 2016, 7:46 AM CDT (12:46 UTC)

Expired

Mar 26, 2016, 1:14 PM CDT

In force

5 hr

Issued by

NWS Mobile, AL

Flood severity

None

Counties Baldwin County, AL, Mobile County, AL, Escambia County, FL, Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WGUS64 KMOB 261246
FFAMOB

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
746 AM CDT SAT MAR 26 2016

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL COUNTIES THROUGH 4
PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON...

.THUNDERSTORMS HAVE INCREASED IN COVERAGE FROM THE SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
COAST TO ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI SOUND AND THE ALABAMA...NORTHWEST
FLORIDA COASTAL WATERS OVER THE PAST COUPLE HOURS. STORMS HAVE
DEVELOPED NORTHWARD ACROSS THE WATCH AREA AND HAVE A HISTORY OF
DEPOSITING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN OVER THE
COASTAL WATERS IS ALSO LIFTING NORTHWARD INTO THE WATCH AREA. THE
WATCH AREA ALSO EXPERIENCED HEAVY RAINS BACK ON THURSDAY. THUS...SOIL
MOISTURE IS HIGH AND TODAYS HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY LEAD TO
FLOODING.

ALZ263>266-FLZ201>206-262100-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.A.0004.160326T1246Z-160326T2100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MOBILE CENTRAL-BALDWIN CENTRAL-MOBILE COASTAL-BALDWIN COASTAL-
ESCAMBIA INLAND-ESCAMBIA COASTAL-SANTA ROSA INLAND-
SANTA ROSA COASTAL-OKALOOSA INLAND-OKALOOSA COASTAL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOBILE...PRICHARD...THEODORE...DAPHNE...
FAIRHOPE...FOLEY...SPANISH FORT...BAYOU LA BATRE...
DAUPHIN ISLAND...GRAND BAY...GULF SHORES...CENTURY...MOLINO...
ENSLEY...PENSACOLA...JAY...MILTON...GULF BREEZE...CRESTVIEW...
DESTIN...EGLIN AFB...FORT WALTON BEACH...NICEVILLE...SEMINOLE...
VALPARAISO...WRIGHT
746 AM CDT SAT MAR 26 2016

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND 
  NORTHWEST FLORIDA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN 
  SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...BALDWIN CENTRAL...BALDWIN COASTAL...MOBILE 
  CENTRAL AND MOBILE COASTAL. IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...ESCAMBIA 
  COASTAL...ESCAMBIA INLAND...OKALOOSA COASTAL...OKALOOSA 
  INLAND...SANTA ROSA COASTAL AND SANTA ROSA INLAND. 

* UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON

* RAINS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES FROM THURSDAY'S HEAVY RAIN EVENT HAS CAUSED
  SOIL MOISTURE LEVELS TO BE HIGH IN THE WATCH AREA. ADDITIONAL HEAVY
  RAINS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES...LOCALLY HIGHER IN SOME AREAS WILL LIKELY
  LEAD TO RUNOFF PROBLEMS AND AN INCREASED FLOODING THREAT THROUGH
  MID AFTERNOON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

&&

$$

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WGUS64 KMOB 261814
FFAMOB

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
114 PM CDT SAT MAR 26 2016

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR TODAY HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

.THE WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL FROM EARLIER THIS MORNING HAS NOW
MOVED EAST OF THE WATCH AREA...AND ADDITIONAL WIDESPREAD HEAVY
RAINFALL IS NOT EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED
SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE...BUT THE FLASH FLOODING THREAT FOR TODAY HAS
DIMINISHED. MORE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND
INTO SUNDAY...AND ANOTHER FLASH FLOOD WATCH MAY BE REQUIRED FOR PARTS
OF THE REGION ON SUNDAY. 

ALZ263>266-FLZ201>206-261915-
/O.CAN.KMOB.FF.A.0004.000000T0000Z-160326T2100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MOBILE CENTRAL-BALDWIN CENTRAL-MOBILE COASTAL-BALDWIN COASTAL-
ESCAMBIA INLAND-ESCAMBIA COASTAL-SANTA ROSA INLAND-
SANTA ROSA COASTAL-OKALOOSA INLAND-OKALOOSA COASTAL-
114 PM CDT SAT MAR 26 2016

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND
NORTHWEST FLORIDA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL HAS
ENDED OVER THE WATCH AREA...AND ALTHOUGH THERE WILL BE SOME ISOLATED
TO SCATTERED SHOWERS THROUGH THIS EVENING...THE THREAT OF FLASH
FLOODING FOR TODAY HAS DIMINISHED. 

$$

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