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Flood Watch 1, NWS Mobile, AL

January 3, 202312 counties in Alabama; 5 counties in Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this flood watch at Jan 3, 2023, 2:28 AM CST for 12 counties in Alabama; 5 counties in Mississippi. It took effect at Jan 3, 2023, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 3, 2023, 2:28 AM CST (08:28 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 3, 2023, 12:00 PM CST
Expired: Jan 4, 2023, 6:00 AM CST
In force: 18 hr
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Flood severity: None

Counties Baldwin County, AL, Butler County, AL, Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Mobile County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Washington County, AL, Wilcox County, AL, George County, MS, Greene County, MS, Perry County, MS, Stone County, MS, Wayne County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:27 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 flood watch 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 flood watch went out at Jan 3, 12:09 AM CST, 2 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 3, 12:09 AM CST, 2 hours 19 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
Jan 3, 12:10 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Choctaw	3 hr
Jan 3, 12:44 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		91 min
Jan 3, 2:12 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Clarke	48 min
Jan 3, 2:28 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Clarke, Monroe, Wilcox	47 min
Jan 3, 3:03 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Butler, Monroe, Wilcox	42 min
Jan 3, 3:14 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Monroe, Wilcox	46 min
Jan 3, 5:26 PM CST	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	MOB		14 hr
Jan 3, 2:32 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Okaloosa, Santa Rosa	28 min
Jan 3, 9:45 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Wayne	45 min
Jan 3, 1:25 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Greene, Perry, Wayne	3 hr

Nearby

Flood Watches in Alabama, 2023 Flood Watches in Mississippi, 2023 Every flood watch in 2023

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.