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Areal Flood Advisory 199, NWS Mobile, AL

August 31, 2021Covington County, Escambia County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this areal flood advisory at Aug 31, 2021, 8:47 PM CDT for Covington County, Escambia County, Alabama. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 31, 2021, 8:47 PM CDT (01:47 UTC)
Expired
Aug 31, 2021, 11:45 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Covington County, AL, Escambia County, AL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:50 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 Aug 31, 7:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 31, 7:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 31, 8:30 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
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        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 1, 4:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBButler, Crenshaw, Wilcox54 min
Sep 1, 4:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBChoctaw66 min
Sep 1, 5:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBButler, Crenshaw, Monroe, Wilcox64 min
Sep 1, 5:38 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBWilcox3 hr
Sep 1, 6:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBChoctaw, Clarke43 min
Sep 1, 6:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBConecuh, Covington, Monroe64 min
Sep 1, 6:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBChoctaw, Clarke46 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.