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Flood Watch 1, NWS Mobile, AL

January 24, 20246 counties in Alabama; 5 counties in Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this flood watch at Jan 24, 2024, 3:18 AM CST for 6 counties in Alabama; 5 counties in Mississippi. It took effect at Jan 24, 2024, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 30 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 24, 2024, 3:18 AM CST (09:18 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 24, 2024, 12:00 PM CST
Expired: Jan 25, 2024, 6:00 PM CST
In force: 30 hr
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Flood severity: None

Counties Choctaw County, AL, Clarke 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), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:18 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 24, 12:15 AM CST, 3 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 24, 12:15 AM CST, 3 hours 3 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 24, 2:40 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Choctaw	50 min
Jan 24, 2:48 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	MOB	Baldwin, Mobile, Washington	18 hr
Jan 24, 3:23 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Washington	37 min
Jan 24, 3:28 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Washington	47 min
Jan 24, 1:29 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Wayne	31 min
Jan 24, 2:14 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Wayne	31 min
Jan 24, 2:37 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Wayne	23 min
Jan 24, 4:11 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Greene, Perry, Stone	3 hr
Jan 24, 4:56 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Greene, Perry, Stone	4 hr

Nearby

Flood Watches in Alabama, 2024 Flood Watches in Mississippi, 2024 Every flood watch in 2024

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.