Alert archive / Alabama / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 20, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Mar 16, 1990, 8:49 AM CST for Bullock County, Alabama. It was in force for 116 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 16, 1990, 8:49 AM CST (14:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 16, 1990, 10:45 AM CST
- In force
- 116 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Bullock County, AL
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Centreville/Bibb, AL (KCKL), launched 12:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 165 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 599 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 83 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KMGM 161451
FFWMGM
ALC011-161645-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
849 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 COUNTY...
IN SOUTH ALABAMA
...BULLOCK
HEAVY RAIN IS OCCURRING OVER BULLOCK COUNTY AND WILL CONTINUE FOR
ANOTHER COUPLE OF HOURS. FLOODING ON U. S. 82 SEVEN MILES WEST OF
UNION SPRINGS WAS REPORTED AND MANY RURAL ROADS AND STREAMS ARE
MOST LIKELY ALSO EXPERIENCING FLOODING AT THE PRESENT TIME.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR 3IN 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.What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 16, 4:34 AM CST, 4 hours 15 minutes before
FLZ001>004-160630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 435 AM CST FRI MAR 16 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM FOR ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA...OKALOOSA...WALTON...AND HOLMES COUNTIES OF FLORIDA... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA... OKALOOSA AND WALTON COUNTIES OF FLORIDA TODAY AND TONIGHT... AT 430 AM CST...A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA TO MOBILE BAY AND OUT OVER THE GULF TO THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. THE BAND OF STORMS WAS DRIFTING TO THE EAST AT NEAR 5 MILES AN HOUR. LARGE PATCHES OF LIGHT RAIN SURROUNDED THE THUNDERSTORMS AND WERE OVER SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPeI...SOUTH ALABAMA...AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Mar 16, 5:35 AM CST, 3 hours 14 minutes before
FLZ001>004-160630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 535 AM CST FRI MAR 16 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM FOR ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA...OKALOOSA...WALTON...AND HOLMES COUNTIES OF FLORIDA... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA... OKALOOSA AND WALTON COUNTIES OF FLORIDA TODAY AND TONIGHT... AT 530 AM CST...A BAND OF SLOW-MOVING THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM ESCAMBIA COUNTY ALABAMA SOUTHWESTWARD ACROSS NORTHERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY FLORIDA AND BALDWIN COUNTY ALABAMA OUT OVER THE GULF TO THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IS BEING PRODUCED OVER THE AREAS MENTIONED. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND WIDESPREAD LIGHT RAIN WERE OVER SOUTH ALABAMA...THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE...AND THE GULF SOUTH OF MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Mar 16, 6:33 AM CST, 2 hours 16 minutes before
FLZ001>004-161830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 635 AM CST FRI MAR 16 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM FOR ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA...OKALOOSA...WALTON...AND HOLMES COUNTIES OF FLORIDA... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA... OKALOOSA AND WALTON COUNTIES OF FLORIDA TODAY AND TONIGHT... AT 630 AM CST...A BAND OF SLOW-MOVING THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM ESCAMBIA COUNTY ALABAMA SOUTHWESTWARD ACROSS NORTHERN SANTA ROSA AND CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTY FLORIDA TO GULF SHORES AND OUT OVER THE GULF TO THE OUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IS BEING PRODUCED OVER AREAS MENTIONED. SCATTERED. THUNDERSTORMS AND WIDESPREAD LIGHT RAIN WERE OVER SOUTH ALABAMA...THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE...AND THE GULF SOUTH OF MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA. . . MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Mar 16, 7:38 AM CST, 1 hour 11 minutes before
FLZ001>004-161830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 735 AM CST FRI MAR 16 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM FOR ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA...OKALOOSA...WALTON...AND HOLMES COUNTIES OF FLORIDA... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA... OKALOOSA AND WALTON COUNTIES OF FLORIDA TODAY AND TONIGHT... AT 730 AM CST...A BAND OF SLOW-MOVING THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM ESCAMBIA COUNTY ALABAMA SOUTHWESTWARD ACROSS NORTHERN SANTA ROSA AND CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTY FLORIDA TO GULF SHORES AND OUT OVER THE GULF TO THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IS BEING PRODUCED OVER THE AREAS MENTIONED. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS...THOUGH NOT SEVERE...CAN PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS SUFFICIENT ENOUGH TO BLOW TREE LIMBS DOWN OR FLATTEN WIDE SIGNS. . WIDESPREAD LIGHT RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SOUTH ALABAMA... SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...THE WESTERN TIJP OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE... AND THE GULF ADJACENT TO THESE AREAS. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 2:56 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 3 hr |
| Mar 16, 3:35 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Autauga, Elmore, Montgomery | 115 min |
| Mar 16, 3:35 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Dallas, Lowndes | 115 min |
| Mar 16, 4:03 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Coosa | 117 min |
| Mar 16, 4:03 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 117 min |
| Mar 16, 5:37 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Autauga, Lowndes, Montgomery | 2 hr |
| Mar 16, 5:37 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Dallas | 2 hr |
| Mar 16, 5:37 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Coosa | 2 hr |
| Mar 16, 6:07 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 3 hr |
| Mar 16, 6:14 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh | 61 min |
| Mar 16, 7:38 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Coosa, Elmore, Tallapoosa | 2 hr |
| Mar 16, 7:38 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Autauga, Lowndes, Montgomery | 2 hr |
| Mar 16, 7:38 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Dallas | 2 hr |
| Mar 16, 8:39 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Covington | 2 hr |
| Mar 16, 8:39 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Pike | 2 hr |
| Mar 16, 9:15 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 3 hr |
| Mar 16, 10:46 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Washington | 3 hr |
| Mar 16, 10:48 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Covington, Crenshaw, Pike | 117 min |
| Mar 16, 10:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 33 min |
| Mar 16, 11:40 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 2 hr |
| Mar 16, 12:13 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 6 hr |
| Mar 16, 12:13 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 5 hr |
| Mar 16, 12:50 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe | 4 hr |
| Mar 16, 12:50 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 4 hr |
| Mar 16, 1:12 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Autauga, Dallas, Elmore, Lowndes, Montgomery | 3 hr |
| Mar 16, 1:12 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Butler | 3 hr |
| Mar 16, 2:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Bullock, Pike | 68 min |
| Mar 16, 3:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Lee, Macon | 58 min |
| Mar 16, 3:27 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Bullock, Pike | 2 hr |
| Mar 16, 3:27 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Macon | 2 hr |
| Mar 16, 3:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Barbour | 55 min |
| Mar 16, 4:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Coffee | 63 min |
| Mar 16, 4:59 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Barbour, Pike | 2 hr |
| Mar 16, 4:59 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Coffee, Covington | 2 hr |
| Mar 16, 5:11 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Chambers, Lee, Tallapoosa | 2 hr |
| Mar 16, 5:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Barbour | 59 min |
Nearby
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.