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Areal Flood Advisory 276, NWS Mobile, AL

October 5, 2021Conecuh County, Escambia County, Alabama; Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this areal flood advisory at Oct 5, 2021, 4:17 PM CDT for Conecuh County, Escambia County, Alabama; Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 5, 2021, 4:17 PM CDT (21:17 UTC)
Expired: Oct 5, 2021, 7:30 PM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Conecuh County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Escambia County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:20 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 Oct 5, 3:38 PM CDT, 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 5, 3:38 PM CDT, 39 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 4, 7:51 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Baldwin, Clarke, Monroe, Washington	114 min
Oct 4, 8:46 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Baldwin, Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe	3 hr
Oct 4, 8:59 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw	3 hr
Oct 4, 9:41 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Butler, Conecuh	6 hr
Oct 4, 10:46 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Baldwin	3 hr
Oct 4, 11:37 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Baldwin	6 hr
Oct 5, 1:38 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia	4 hr
Oct 5, 2:28 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Covington	3 hr
Oct 5, 4:51 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Conecuh, Escambia	6 hr
Oct 5, 5:53 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Escambia, Monroe	4 hr
Oct 5, 6:57 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Conecuh, Covington, Escambia	6 hr
Oct 5, 1:03 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Escambia	6 hr
Oct 5, 10:29 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MOB	Okaloosa	15 hr

Nearby

Areal Flood Advisories in Alabama, 2021 Areal Flood Advisories in Florida, 2021 Every areal flood advisory in 2021

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.