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Areal Flood Warning 24, NWS Mobile, AL

October 23, 2017Baldwin County, Alabama; Escambia County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this areal flood warning at Oct 23, 2017, 10:28 AM CDT for Baldwin County, Alabama; Escambia 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 23, 2017, 10:28 AM CDT (15:28 UTC)
Expired: Oct 23, 2017, 4:30 PM CDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

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 15:28 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 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 23, 6:39 AM CDT, 3 hours 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 23, 6:39 AM CDT, 3 hours 49 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
Oct 22, 7:14 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		61 min
Oct 22, 7:52 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia	4 hr
Oct 22, 8:02 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MOB	Baldwin	66 hr
Oct 22, 10:45 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	MOB	Baldwin	12 hr
Oct 22, 11:02 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		28 min
Oct 23, 1:00 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Covington, Crenshaw	3 hr
Oct 23, 4:32 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	MOB		11 hr
Oct 23, 10:38 AM CDT	Rip Current Statement	MOB	Baldwin, Mobile	17 hr
Oct 22, 10:12 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Okaloosa	3 hr
Oct 23, 1:14 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	MOB	Okaloosa	12 hr

Nearby

Areal Flood Warnings in Alabama, 2017 Areal Flood Warnings in Florida, 2017 Every areal flood warning in 2017

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.