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Areal Flood Warning 7, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this areal flood warning at Apr 14, 2018, 11:54 PM CDT for Clarke County, Washington County, Wilcox County, Alabama. It was in force for 12 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
- Apr 14, 2018, 11:54 PM CDT (04:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 2018, 12:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Clarke County, AL, Washington County, AL, Wilcox County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 228 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
- 60 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 473 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 271 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Apr 14, 10:54 PM CDT, 1 hour earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 14, 10:54 PM CDT, 1 hour before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED National Weather Service Mobile AL 612 PM CDT Sat Apr 14 2018 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-160000- Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal-Santa Rosa Coastal- 612 PM CDT Sat Apr 14 2018 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT SUNDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT SUNDAY... ...TORNADO WATCH 48 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southwest Alabama and northwest Florida. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov/mob (see Fast Access Product Section) for more information about the following hazards. Wind Advisory. Tornado Watch. Flash Flood Watch. High Surf Advisory. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov/mob (see Fast Access Product Section) for more information about the following hazards. High Surf Advisory. High Rip Current Risk. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed through tonight. ALZ052>057-059-261>264-FLZ201-203-MSZ076-078-079-160000- Washington-Clarke-Wilcox-Monroe-Conecuh-Butler-Escambia- Mobile Inland-Baldwin Inland-Mobile Central-Baldwin Central- Escambia Inland-Santa Rosa Inland-Greene-Stone-George- 612 PM CDT Sat Apr 14 2018 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT SUNDAY... ...TORNADO WATCH 48 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for south central Alabama, southwest Alabama, northwest Florida and southeast Mississippi. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov/mob (see Fast Access Product Section) for more information about the following hazards. Tornado Watch. Flash Flood Watch. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed through tonight. ALZ051-MSZ067-075-160000- Choctaw-Wayne-Perry- 612 PM CDT Sat Apr 14 2018 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT SUNDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southwest Alabama and southeast Mississippi. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov/mob (see Fast Access Product Section) for more information about the following hazards. Flash Flood Watch. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed through tonight. ALZ058-060-FLZ205-160000- Crenshaw-Covington-Okaloosa Inland- 612 PM CDT Sat Apr 14 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for south central Alabama and northwest Florida. .DAY ONE...Tonight. A line of storms over interior southeast Mississippi and interior southwest Alabama is forecast to move east tonight and bring an enhanced risk of severe weather with the potential of damaging winds in excess of 60 mph and a few tornadoes. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed through tonight. FLZ206-160000- Okaloosa Coastal- 612 PM CDT Sat Apr 14 2018 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT SUNDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northwest Florida. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov/mob (see Fast Access Product Section) for more information about the following hazards. High Surf Advisory. Wind Advisory. A line of storms over interior southeast Mississippi and interior southwest Alabama is forecast to move east tonight and bring an enhanced risk of severe weather with the potential of damaging winds in excess of 60 mph and a few tornadoes. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov/mob (see Fast Access Product Section) for more information about the following hazards. High Surf Advisory. High Rip Current Risk. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed through tonight. GMZ630-160000- Northern Mobile Bay- 612 PM CDT Sat Apr 14 2018 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT MONDAY... ...TORNADO WATCH 48 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the coastal waters of Alabama and northwest Florida. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov/mob (see Fast Access Product Section) for more information about the following hazards. Tornado Watch. Small Craft Advisory. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov/mob (see Fast Access Product Section) for more information about the following hazards. Small Craft Advisory. GMZ650-160000- Coastal waters from Pensacola FL to Pascagoula MS out 20 NM- 612 PM CDT Sat Apr 14 2018 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT SUNDAY... ...TORNADO WATCH 48 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SUNDAY TO 10 AM CDT MONDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the coastal waters of Alabama and northwest Florida. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov/mob (see Fast Access Product Section) for more information about the following hazards. Tornado Watch. Gale Warning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov/mob (see Fast Access Product Section) for more information about the following hazards. Gale Warning. Small Craft Advisory. GMZ655-670-675-160000- Coastal waters from Okaloosa Walton County Line FL to Pensacola FL out 20 NM-Waters from Pensacola FL to Pascagoula MS from 20 to 60 NM- Waters from Okaloosa Walton County Line FL to Pensacola FL from 20 to 60 NM- 612 PM CDT Sat Apr 14 2018 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT SUNDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SUNDAY TO 10 AM CDT MONDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the coastal waters of Alabama and northwest Florida. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov/mob (see Fast Access Product Section) for more information about the following hazards. Gale Warning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov/mob (see Fast Access Product Section) for more information about the following hazards. Gale Warning. Small Craft Advisory. GMZ635-636-160000- Western Choctawhatchee Bay-Eastern Choctawhatchee Bay- 612 PM CDT Sat Apr 14 2018 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT SUNDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the coastal waters of Alabama and northwest Florida. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov/mob (see Fast Access Product Section) for more information about the following hazards. Small Craft Advisory. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov/mob (see Fast Access Product Section) for more information about the following hazards. Small Craft Advisory. GMZ633-634-160000- Perdido Bay-Pensacola Bay System- 612 PM CDT Sat Apr 14 2018 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT SUNDAY... ...TORNADO WATCH 48 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the coastal waters of Alabama and northwest Florida. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov/mob (see Fast Access Product Section) for more information about the following hazards. Tornado Watch. Small Craft Advisory. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov/mob (see Fast Access Product Section) for more information about the following hazards. Small Craft Advisory. GMZ631-632-160000- Southern Mobile Bay-Mississippi Sound- 612 PM CDT Sat Apr 14 2018 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT MONDAY... ...TORNADO WATCH 48 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the coastal waters of Alabama and northwest Florida. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov/mob (see Fast Access Product Section) for more information about the following hazards. Tornado Watch. Small Craft Advisory. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov/mob (see Fast Access Product Section) for more information about the following hazards. Small Craft Advisory.
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Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 7:32 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 58 min | |
| Apr 14, 7:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Wilcox | 33 min |
| Apr 14, 8:07 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Washington | 3 hr |
| Apr 14, 8:20 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 85 min | |
| Apr 14, 8:27 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Washington | 13 hr |
| Apr 14, 8:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin | 59 min |
| Apr 14, 8:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Wilcox | 43 min |
| Apr 14, 9:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 42 min |
| Apr 14, 9:18 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Escambia, Monroe | 3 hr |
| Apr 14, 9:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Conecuh, Escambia | 66 min |
| Apr 14, 9:36 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 84 min | |
| Apr 14, 9:39 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 15 hr |
| Apr 14, 9:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Covington | 40 min |
| Apr 14, 10:10 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Conecuh, Escambia | 3 hr |
| Apr 14, 10:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Butler | 56 min |
| Apr 14, 10:47 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Conecuh, Escambia | 3 hr |
| Apr 14, 10:54 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Washington | 12 hr |
| Apr 14, 10:59 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 61 min | |
| Apr 14, 11:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Crenshaw | 30 min |
| Apr 15, 1:17 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 58 min | |
| Apr 15, 1:58 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 47 min | |
| Apr 15, 2:14 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 46 min | |
| Apr 15, 3:50 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 11 hr |
| Apr 15, 4:04 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 116 min | |
| Apr 15, 5:16 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 119 min | |
| Apr 15, 5:59 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 2 hr | |
| Apr 14, 9:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia | 63 min |
| Apr 14, 10:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Santa Rosa | 62 min |
| Apr 15, 2:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Okaloosa | 27 min |
| Apr 14, 7:42 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Perry, Stone | 6 hr |
| Apr 14, 7:57 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Greene, Perry, Wayne | 6 hr |
| Apr 14, 8:39 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Jackson | 6 days |
| Apr 14, 9:43 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Stone | 5 hr |
| Apr 15, 1:51 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | George, Stone | 6 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.