Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Mobile, AL

Issued

Mar 16, 1990, 8:39 AM CST (14:39 UTC)

Expired

Mar 16, 1990, 10:45 AM CST

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Mobile, AL

Area

Whole counties

County Pike 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
839 AM CST FRI MAR 16 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MONTGOMERY HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN SOUTH ALABAMA
          ...COVINGTON...PIKE
 
AT 830 AM RADAR SHOWED PERSISTENT RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE
WARNED COUNTIES. SATELLITE INDICATIONS SUGGEST THAT 1 OR 2 INCHES OF
RAIN OR MORE MAY HAVE FALLEN DURING THE PAST HOUR OR TWO. U.S. 331
NORTH OF OPP WAS REPORTED TO BE UNDER AROUND 1 FOOT OF WATER FOR A
30-40 YARD SECTION.
 
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 CROSS 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.