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Areal Flood Warning 11, NWS Mobile, AL

August 4, 2017Mobile County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this areal flood warning at Aug 4, 2017, 7:45 PM CDT for Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Aug 4, 2017, 7:45 PM CDT (00:45 UTC)
Expired: Aug 4, 2017, 9:45 PM CDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Mobile County, AL

The radar

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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 Aug 4, 7:02 PM CDT, 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 4, 7:02 PM CDT, 43 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 4, 5:24 AM CDT, 14 hours 21 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 4, 5:37 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 4, 6:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
604 PM CDT FRI AUG 04 2017

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0545 PM     FLASH FLOOD      2 WNW I10 AND I65 INTER 30.64N 88.14W
08/04/2017                   MOBILE             AL   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            WATER OVER ROADWAY AT THE INTERSECTION OF US 90 AND
            AZALEA ROAD

0545 PM     FLASH FLOOD      3 WSW COTTAGE HILL PARK 30.64N 88.22W
08/04/2017                   MOBILE             AL   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            WATER OVER THE ROADWAY NEAR SCHILLINGER AND COTTAGE HILL.

0554 PM     FLASH FLOOD      2 NNE SCHILLINGER AND T 30.61N 88.21W
08/04/2017                   MOBILE             AL   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            FLOODING OVER SOLLIE ROAD NEAR HALLS MILL CREEK.

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DJOHNSON

Special weather statement, Aug 4, 6:09 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 4, 6:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 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
Aug 4, 10:42 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	MOB	Crenshaw	3 hr
Aug 5, 10:18 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Baldwin	3 hr
Aug 5, 4:14 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Covington	2 hr
Aug 5, 5:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Washington	29 min
Aug 5, 6:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Washington	32 min
Aug 5, 6:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Washington	40 min
Aug 5, 10:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Escambia	87 min
Aug 5, 6:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Greene	34 min

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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.