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Areal Flood Warning 16, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this areal flood warning at Oct 8, 2017, 5:37 AM CDT for 4 counties in Alabama; Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 6 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
- Oct 8, 2017, 5:37 AM CDT (10:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 8, 2017, 11:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Baldwin County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Escambia County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:36 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
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 245 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
- 599 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 707 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 189 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 5.1
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 Oct 8, 5:12 AM CDT, 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 8, 5:12 AM CDT, 25 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 7, 3:55 PM CDT, 13 hours 42 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED National Weather Service Mobile AL 355 PM CDT Sat Oct 7 2017 ALZ051>060-261>266-FLZ201>206-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-082100- 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- 355 PM CDT Sat Oct 7 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of south central Alabama...southwest Alabama...northwest Florida and southeast Mississippi. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight Please see our tropical products and check our website (www.weather.gov/mob) or the National Hurricane Center (www.hurricanes.gov) for the latest updates on Hurricane Nate. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday Although Nate will be moving away, a lingering threat for dangerous to potentially deadly rip currents continues along area beaches on Sunday. No hazardous weather is expected Monday through Friday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Activation of SkyWarn Severe Storm Spotter networks is not expected through Friday. GMZ630>635-650-655-670-675-082100- 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- 355 PM CDT Sat Oct 7 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of the coastal waters of Alabama and northwest Florida. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight Hurricane Nate lifts quickly northward towards the north central Gulf coast, making landfall late tonight anywhere across the hurricane warning area as a potential category two hurricane. Please refer to the latest marine weather message issued by the National Weather Service in Mobile on specific information on tropical cyclone watches and warnings, expected winds and seas. All interests should continue to monitor the latest forecasts from the National Hurricane Center regarding Hurricane Nate. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday Although Nate clears the area Sunday, seas will be slow to subside. Marine conditions improve markedly by Monday. No hazardous weather is expected next week.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Oct 8, 1:59 AM CDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
159 AM CDT SUN OCT 08 2017
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0125 AM TROPICAL STORM SSE DOWNTOWN MOBILE 30.69N 88.04W
10/08/2017 MOBILE AL MESONET
APRS WXNET / CWOP STATION IN MOBILE REPORTED A WIND GUST
OF 61 MPH.
&&
CLLocal storm report, Oct 8, 2:05 AM CDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
205 AM CDT SUN OCT 08 2017
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0200 AM TROPICAL STORM MOBILE AIRPORT 30.68N 88.24W
10/08/2017 MOBILE AL ASOS
THE KMOB /MOBILE REGIONAL AIRPORT/ ASOS RECORDED A WIND
GUST OF 60 MPH.
&&
CLLocal storm report, Oct 8, 2:09 AM CDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
209 AM CDT SUN OCT 08 2017
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0200 AM STORM SURGE NNW DOWNTOWN MOBILE 30.69N 88.04W
10/08/2017 U0.00 FT MOBILE AL BROADCAST MEDIA
INUNDATION FROM STORM SURGE COVERING WATER STREET IN
DOWNTOWN MOBILE. REPORT FROM BROADCAST MEDIA VIA SOCIAL
MEDIA.
&&
CLLocal storm report, Oct 8, 3:13 AM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
313 AM CDT SUN OCT 08 2017
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1251 AM STORM SURGE 1 SSW BATTLES WHARF 30.49N 87.93W
10/08/2017 U0.00 FT BALDWIN AL FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
WATER OVER SCENIC HWY 98 IN FRONT OF THE GRANT HOTEL
REPORTED BY FAIRHOPE PD.
0102 AM TROPICAL STORM 5 SSE PENSACOLA 30.36N 87.17W
10/08/2017 SANTA ROSA FL MESONET
39MPH WIND GUST OBSERVED AT THE GULF BREEZE HIGH SCHOOL
WEATHERSTEM SITE.
0111 AM TROPICAL STORM 2 NNW FERRY PASS 30.55N 87.22W
10/08/2017 ESCAMBIA FL MESONET
46MPH WIND GUST OBSERVED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WEST
FLORIDA WEATHERSTEM SITE.
0122 AM TROPICAL STORM 2 S NAVARRE 30.38N 86.86W
10/08/2017 SANTA ROSA FL MESONET
46MPH WIND GUST OBSERVED AT THE NAVARRE BEACH MARINE
SCIENCE STATION WEATHERSTEM SITE.
0206 AM STORM SURGE 2 ESE SEMINOLE 30.51N 87.45W
10/08/2017 U0.00 FT BALDWIN AL FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
LOST RIVER RD IMPASSABLE DUE TO WATER OVER THE ROAD.
&&
MBLocal storm report, Oct 8, 3:18 AM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
318 AM CDT SUN OCT 08 2017
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0230 AM STORM SURGE SSW BAYOU LA BATRE 30.40N 88.25W
10/08/2017 M5.80 FT MOBILE AL MESONET
TIDAL GAUGE AT BAYOU LA BATRE BRIDGE REPORTING 5.8 FT
MHHW.
0242 AM STORM SURGE 3 SSW DOWNTOWN MOBILE 30.65N 88.07W
10/08/2017 M5.40 FT MOBILE AL MESONET
THE TIDAL GAUGE AT COAST SECTOR MOBILE REPORTS 5.4 FT
MHHW.
0300 AM STORM SURGE 2 SW DELCHAMPS 30.38N 88.17W
10/08/2017 M5.60 FT MOBILE AL MESONET
THE TIDAL GAUGE AT WEST FOWL RIVER BRIDGE REPORTS 5.6 FT
MHHW.
&&
CLLocal storm report, Oct 8, 3:26 AM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
326 AM CDT SUN OCT 08 2017
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0118 AM TROPICAL STORM 1 W WOODLAWN BEACH 30.39N 87.01W
10/08/2017 SANTA ROSA FL MESONET
47MPH WIND GUST AT THE WOODLAWN BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL
WEATHERSTEM SITE.
&&
MBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 7, 7:23 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 67 min | |
| Oct 7, 7:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile, Washington | 47 min |
| Oct 7, 7:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 32 min |
| Oct 7, 7:33 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 57 min | |
| Oct 7, 8:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Washington | 20 min |
| Oct 7, 8:21 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 54 min | |
| Oct 7, 9:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 32 min |
| Oct 7, 9:18 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 57 min | |
| Oct 7, 9:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 48 min |
| Oct 7, 9:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 32 min |
| Oct 7, 9:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 6 hr |
| Oct 7, 10:39 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 36 min | |
| Oct 7, 11:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe, Washington | 6 hr |
| Oct 7, 11:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe | 6 hr |
| Oct 8, 1:31 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Monroe, Washington, Wilcox | 6 hr |
| Oct 8, 2:06 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Covington, Escambia | 7 hr |
| Oct 8, 2:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Monroe, Wilcox | 6 hr |
| Oct 8, 3:41 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 6 hr |
| Oct 8, 3:51 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 6 hr |
| Oct 8, 4:46 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Butler, Wilcox | 4 hr |
| Oct 8, 4:58 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe, Washington | 6 hr |
| Oct 8, 6:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Butler, Covington, Crenshaw | 3 hr |
| Oct 8, 7:20 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Monroe, Washington, Wilcox | 6 hr |
| Oct 8, 8:13 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 17 hr | |
| Oct 8, 10:14 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Covington, Escambia | 63 hr |
| Oct 8, 10:19 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 11 hr |
| Oct 8, 10:20 AM CDT | High Surf Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 21 hr |
| Oct 8, 11:09 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Escambia | 6 hr |
| Oct 8, 12:58 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 32 min |
| Oct 8, 1:18 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 27 min |
| Oct 8, 10:06 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 45 hr |
| Oct 7, 9:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Stone | 6 hr |
| Oct 8, 1:43 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Wayne | 64 hr |
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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.