Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Mobile, AL

Issued

Jun 20, 1989, 12:37 PM CDT (17:37 UTC)

Expired

Jun 20, 1989, 2:45 PM CDT

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Mobile, AL

Area

Whole counties

County Montgomery County, AL

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
1237 PM CDT TUE JUN 20 1989
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MONTGOMERY HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  245 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN SOUTH ALABAMA
          ...ELMORE...MONTGOMERY...TALLAPOOSA
 
WEATHER RADAR AT MONTGOMERY SHOWS THAT THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN
CONTINUES TO MOVE IN A TRAIN OVER PARTS OF MONTGOMERY...ELMORE AND
TALLAPOOSA COUNTIES. MONTGOMERY HAS RECEIVED ANOTHER ONE HALF INCH
OF RAIN IN THE PAST HOUR WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS OVER THE MONTGOMERY
COUNTY AREA. HEAVIER AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN FALLING IN ELMORE COUNTY.
TALLAPOOSA COUNTY IS ONCE AGAIN EXPERIENCING SOME FLOODING OF ROADS
AND LOW LYING AREAS.
 
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT.  IT'S
IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR
CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOBME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS.  CAMPERS SHOULD
AVOID CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.

In the hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
1035 AM CDT MON JUN 19 1989

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE OVER NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND
THE COASTAL WATERS...

AT 1030 AM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY
WINDS...WERE OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND THE ADJOINING COASTAL
WATERS.
THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE HEAVIER RAINS WERE ALONG THE COAST FROM EAST
OF PENSACOLA TO AROUND DESTIN...NEAR MILTON...AND NEAR DE FUNIAK
SPRINGS.
THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW WITH HEAVY RAIN...WERE SCATTERED OVER THE
FLORIDA PANHANDLE...SOUTH ALABAMA...AND OVER THE GULF TO 100 MILES FROM
PASCAGOULA MISSISSIPPI TO PORT ST JOE FLORIDA.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS CAUSING SOME STREET
AND POOR DRAINAGE AREA FLOODING...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...POSSIBLE SMALL
HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND ROUGH SEAS...ALSO CONDITIONS MrAY FAVOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF WATERSPOUTS FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
PERSONS SHOULD TAKE ANY NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS FOR THESE CONDITIONS.

Flash Flood Warnings in Alabama, 1989Every flash flood warning in 1989

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.