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Areal Flood Advisory 277, NWS Mobile, AL

October 5, 20215 counties in Alabama; Santa Rosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this areal flood advisory at Oct 5, 2021, 5:53 PM CDT for 5 counties in Alabama; Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 5, 2021, 5:53 PM CDT (22:53 UTC)
Expired
Oct 5, 2021, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Butler County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Covington County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Santa Rosa County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:56 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, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 5, 3:38 PM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 4, 7:51 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBBaldwin, Clarke, Monroe, Washington114 min
Oct 4, 8:46 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBBaldwin, Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe3 hr
Oct 4, 8:59 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBButler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw3 hr
Oct 4, 9:41 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBButler, Conecuh6 hr
Oct 4, 10:46 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBBaldwin3 hr
Oct 4, 11:37 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBBaldwin6 hr
Oct 5, 1:38 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBButler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia4 hr
Oct 5, 2:28 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBCovington3 hr
Oct 5, 4:17 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBConecuh, Escambia3 hr
Oct 5, 4:51 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBConecuh, Escambia6 hr
Oct 5, 6:57 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBConecuh, Covington, Escambia6 hr
Oct 5, 1:03 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBEscambia6 hr
Oct 5, 10:29 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMOBOkaloosa15 hr

Nearby

Areal Flood Advisories in Alabama, 2021Areal Flood Advisories in Florida, 2021Every 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.