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Flood Watch 4, NWS Mobile, AL

May 12, 202412 counties in Alabama; Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; 5 counties in Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this flood watch at May 12, 2024, 1:52 PM CDT for 12 counties in Alabama; Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; 5 counties in Mississippi. It took effect at May 13, 2024, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 21 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 12, 2024, 1:52 PM CDT (18:52 UTC)
In effect from
May 13, 2024, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired
May 14, 2024, 3:33 AM CDT
In force
21 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, Escambia County, FL, Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL, George County, MS, Greene County, MS, Perry County, MS, Stone County, MS, Wayne County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:55 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 May 12, 12:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 12, 12:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
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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.