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Areal Flood Advisory 49, NWS Mobile, AL

May 31, 2017Baldwin County, Alabama; Escambia County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this areal flood advisory at May 31, 2017, 2:19 PM CDT for Baldwin County, Alabama; Escambia County, Florida. It was in force for 116 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 31, 2017, 2:19 PM CDT (19:19 UTC)
Expired: May 31, 2017, 4:15 PM CDT
In force: 116 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Baldwin County, AL, Escambia County, FL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:20 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 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 May 30, 6:55 PM CDT, 19 hours 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 30, 6:55 PM CDT, 19 hours 24 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 30, 3:25 PM CDT, 22 hours 54 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 31, 10:24 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		66 min
May 31, 11:04 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		26 min
May 31, 11:08 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Washington	3 hr
May 31, 11:21 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		54 min
May 31, 11:52 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		23 min
May 31, 12:03 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		57 min
May 31, 12:22 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		53 min
May 31, 12:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Mobile	43 min
May 31, 12:53 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		67 min
May 31, 12:55 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		65 min
May 31, 1:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Baldwin	66 min
May 31, 1:13 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		62 min
May 31, 1:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Escambia	53 min
May 31, 2:02 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		88 min
May 31, 2:11 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		64 min
May 31, 2:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Escambia	57 min
May 31, 2:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Mobile	53 min
May 31, 3:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Conecuh, Covington, Escambia	62 min
May 31, 3:16 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		89 min
May 31, 4:47 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		58 min
May 31, 5:41 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		64 min
May 31, 1:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	George	42 min
May 31, 2:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	George	52 min
May 31, 2:18 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	George, Greene, Perry, Stone	117 min

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.