Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Smithport, Alabama
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
138 AM CDT Fri May 17 2024
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southwestern Mobile County in southwestern Alabama...
Southwestern Baldwin County in southwestern Alabama...
* Until 215 AM CDT.
* At 137 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 6 miles southwest of Coden to 24 miles south of
Dauphin Island to 26 miles south of Petit Bois Island, moving east
at 55 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Gulf Shores, Grand Bay, Bayou La Batre, Point Clear, Dauphin
Island, Magnolia Springs, Bon Secour, Coden, Fort Morgan, and
Alabama Port.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 300 AM CDT for southwestern
Alabama.
LAT...LON 3022 8765 3022 8838 3048 8840 3048 8776
TIME...MOT...LOC 0637Z 256DEG 49KT 3033 8833 2992 8822 2983 8839
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
Tornado Watch for Smithport, Alabama
WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION FOR WATCH 252
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
111 AM CDT FRI MAY 17 2024
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TORNADO WATCH 252 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 3 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING
FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
IN ALABAMA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 1 COUNTY
IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
MOBILE
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF MOBILE, PRICHARD, SARALAND,
AND TILLMANS CORNER.
Rip Current Statement for Smithport, Alabama
Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Mobile AL
947 PM CDT Thu May 16 2024
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Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal-
Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal-
947 PM CDT Thu May 16 2024
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CDT FRIDAY
THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.
* WHERE...In Alabama, Mobile Coastal and Baldwin Coastal
Counties. In Florida, Escambia Coastal, Santa Rosa Coastal and
Okaloosa Coastal Counties.
* WHEN...From 6 AM CDT Friday through Sunday afternoon.
* IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away
from shore into deeper water.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and
float. Don`t swim against the current. If able, swim in a
direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the
shore and call or wave for help.
Flood Watch for Smithport, Alabama
Flood Watch
National Weather Service Mobile AL
739 PM CDT Thu May 16 2024
ALZ051>060-261>266-FLZ201>206-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-171100-
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Choctaw-Washington-Clarke-Wilcox-Monroe-Conecuh-Butler-Crenshaw-
Escambia-Covington-Mobile Inland-Baldwin Inland-Mobile Central-
Baldwin Central-Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Inland-
Escambia Coastal-Santa Rosa Inland-Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa
Inland-Okaloosa Coastal-Wayne-Perry-Greene-Stone-George-
Including the cities of Foley, Bayou La Batre, Walnut Hill,
Fairhope, Gulf Shores, Niceville, Perdido Bay, Grand Bay,
Saraland, Daphne, Molino, Lisman, Eglin AFB, Century, Mobile,
Greenville, Theodore, Seminole, Waynesboro, Millry, Destin,
Atmore, Andalusia, Flomaton, Dauphin Island, Valparaiso, McLain,
Richton, Beaumont, Pine Hill, Opp, Homewood, Bay Minette,
Jackson, Chatom, Fort Morgan, Gulf Breeze, Brantley, Fort
Pickens, Pensacola Beach, Milton, Fort Walton Beach, New Augusta,
Silas, Lucedale, Butler, Leakesville, Camden, Thomasville,
Stockton, Crestview, Brewton, Wiggins, Pensacola, Jay, Bagdad,
Grove Hill, Wright, Citronelle, Prichard, Spanish Fort,
Evergreen, Orange Beach, Beulah, Luverne, Ensley, Navarre, and
Monroeville
739 PM CDT Thu May 16 2024
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be
possible.
* WHERE...Portions of Alabama, including the following areas,
Baldwin Central, Baldwin Coastal, Baldwin Inland, Butler, Choctaw,
Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia, Mobile Central,
Mobile Coastal, Mobile Inland, Monroe, Washington and Wilcox,
northwest Florida, including the following areas, Escambia
Coastal, Escambia Inland, Okaloosa Coastal, Okaloosa Inland, Santa
Rosa Coastal and Santa Rosa Inland, and southeast Mississippi,
including the following areas, George, Greene, Perry, Stone and
Wayne.
* WHEN...From midnight CDT tonight through Saturday afternoon.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers,
creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- Multiple rounds of heavy rainfall are expected to pass across
the area through Saturday afternoon. Widespread rainfall
amounts of 2 to 5 inches are expected, with localized totals
above 6 inches possible. These totals, in addition to wet
antecedent conditions from previous rainfall could result in
flooding.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible Flood
Warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared
to take action should flooding develop.