Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Mobile, AL

Issued

Mar 16, 1990, 7:38 AM CST (13:38 UTC)

Expired

Mar 16, 1990, 9:45 AM CST

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Mobile, AL

Area

Whole counties

Counties Autauga County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, 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
738 AM CST FRI MAR 16 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MONTGOMERY HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  945 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN SOUTH ALABAMA
          ...AUTAUGA...COOSA...DALLAS...ELMORE...LOWNDES...MONTGOMERY
          ...TALLAPOOSA
 
WEATHER RADAR CONTINUES TO SHOW HEAVY RAINS OVER THESE COUNTIES AND
FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED. NUMEROUS ROADS ARE COVERED WITH WATER.
SOME EVACUATIONS ARE GOING ON AT THE PRESENT TIME. RAIN IS EXPECTED
TO CONTINUE. AMOUNTS HAVE VARIED FROM 5 TO 9 INCHES OVER SOME OF THE
WARNED AREAS.
 
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT.  MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY.  NEVER TRY TO CROSSM A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT.  TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.

Flash Flood Warnings in Alabama, 1990Every flash flood warning in 1990

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.