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Areal Flood Advisory 224, NWS Mobile, AL

September 17, 2021Baldwin County, Escambia County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this areal flood advisory at Sep 17, 2021, 9:13 PM CDT for Baldwin County, Escambia County, Alabama. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 17, 2021, 9:13 PM CDT (02:13 UTC)
Expired: Sep 18, 2021, 12:15 AM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Baldwin County, AL, Escambia County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:16 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 Sep 17, 8:38 PM CDT, 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 17, 8:38 PM CDT, 35 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 17, 3:16 PM CDT, 5 hours 57 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
Sep 18, 7:54 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Baldwin	3 hr
Sep 18, 10:46 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Clarke	3 hr
Sep 18, 11:20 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Baldwin	3 hr
Sep 18, 11:25 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Conecuh, Escambia	3 hr
Sep 18, 1:25 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Conecuh, Escambia	3 hr
Sep 18, 2:02 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Washington	3 hr
Sep 18, 2:28 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Clarke, Monroe, Washington	6 hr
Sep 18, 3:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Clarke	30 min
Sep 18, 4:15 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Choctaw	3 hr
Sep 18, 4:23 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Crenshaw	3 hr
Sep 18, 5:00 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Washington	3 hr
Sep 18, 5:47 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Wilcox	3 hr
Sep 18, 6:13 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Butler, Crenshaw	3 hr
Sep 18, 6:37 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Covington	3 hr
Sep 18, 3:04 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Greene, Perry, Wayne	4 hr
Sep 18, 4:01 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Greene, Perry	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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.