Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Mobile, AL

Issued

Mar 16, 1990, 2:56 AM CST (08:56 UTC)

Expired

Mar 16, 1990, 6:00 AM CST

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Mobile, AL

Area

Whole counties

Counties Mobile County, AL, George County, MS, Jackson County, MS

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

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ALC097-MSC039-059-161200-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
256 AM CST FRI MAR 16 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
 
   ...MOBILE COUNTY
 
 
IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...EASTERN GEORGE COUNTY...EASTERN JACKSON COUNTY
 
THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL HAVE BEEN MOVING NORTHEAST
ACROSS EASTERN JACKSON AND EASTERN GEORGE COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI AND MOBILE COUNTY OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. SINCE MIDNIGHT THE
TRACK OF THE STORMS HAS MOVED ONLY ABOUT 10 MILES EAST.
 
MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY 613 NEAR HURLEY MISSISSIPPI IS UNDER WATER.
STREET FLOODING IS OCCURRING IN MOBILE ALABAMA.
 
IN THE PAST HOUR MOBILE AIRPORT HAS RECEIVED OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN
WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL STILL OCCURRING. PARTS OF THE WARNED COUNTIES
MAY HAVE HAD OVER 5 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE MIDNIGHT.
 
PERSONS IN FLASH FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD TAKE ACTIONS NOW TO SAVE
LIVES AND PROPERTY.
 
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE BUT SHOULD PARK THEIR VEHICLES IN A SAFE
PLACE UNTIL THE RAINFALL SLACKENS.
 
 
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.  IF FLASH FLOODING IS
OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY.  MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.  DO
NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

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