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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Mobile, AL

November 25, 1992Chambers County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Nov 25, 1992, 2:51 AM CST for Chambers County, Alabama. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 25, 1992, 2:51 AM CST (08:51 UTC)
Expired
Nov 25, 1992, 7:00 AM CST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Chambers County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Centreville/Bibb, AL (KCKL), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 169 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Centreville/Bibb, AL at 00:00Z on 1992-11-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Centreville/Bibb, AL at 00:00Z on 1992-11-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 147 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
690 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
147 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
247 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMGM 250855
FFWMGM
ALC017-251300-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
251 AM CST WED NOV 25 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MONTGOMERY HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  700 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN EAST ALABAMA
 
   ...CHAMBERS COUNTY
 
LEE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ARE REPORTING STREET FLOODING
IN LAFAYETTE. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE COUNTY FOR
THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS MAKING THIS SITUATION MUCH WORSE.
 
 
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.
 
 
 
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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, Nov 25, 12:32 AM CST, 2 hours 19 minutes before
ALZ013-015-016-MSZ013-014-250800-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1230 AM CST WED NOV 25 1992

...TORNADO WATCH  CONTINUES FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA UNTIL 3 AM CST...

AT 1225 AM CST RAIN...OCCASIONALLY HEAVY CONTINUES ACROSS PARTS OF
SOUTHWEST ALABAMA FROM MOBILE AND BALDWIN COUNTIES NORTHEASTWARD.

SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES IN THE LAST 5 HOURS
ARE INDICATED FROM SOUTHEAST MOBILE COUNTY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL BALDWIN
TO WESTERN CONECUH COUNTY. RAINFALL REPORTS FROM THE AREA SHOW BETWEEN
2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL ON TUESDAY.

NEEDLESS TO SAY THE RAIN HAS CAUSED SOME ISOLATED FLOODING OF STREETS
AND PONDING OF WATER ON AREA HIGHWAYS. JACKSON COUNTY MISSISSIPPI REPORTED
STREET FLOODING SOUTH OF US 90 ON BAYOU HERRIN AND ON PECAN ROAD.

THE MOBILE POLIC DEPARTMENT FLOODED STREETS BETWEEN AT SUMERVILLE COURT
BETWEEN SPRINGHILL AND OLD SHELL. GOVERNMENT BETWEEN MONTERREY
AND HOUSTON. AND AT GOVERNMENT AND PARK TERRACE. AT OLD GOVERNMENT AND
AIRPORT  AND THE 400 BLOCK OF ROYAL STREET SOUTH. FLOODED STREETS
ALSO BETWEEN TELEGRAPH AND THE CUTOFF AT SCOTT PAPER.

WITH THE RAIN CONTINUING ACROSS THE AREA LITTLE IMPROVEMENT WILL TAKE
PLACE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. NO FLOODING WAS REPORTED FROM BALDWIN
COUNTY AS OF MIDNIGHT...HOWEVER THE FLOOD PRONE AREAS IN THE LOW AREAS
ALONG THE FISH RIVER WILL LIKELY FLOOD AS THE RAIN CONTINUES.

PERSONS THAT LIVE IN LOW LYING AREAS SHOULD STAY AWARE OF THE WATER
LEVEL AND BE PREPARED TO LEAVE IF THE WATER RISES RAPIDLY OR A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT TORNADOES AND SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.  RESIDENTS
OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA SHOULD KEEP A WEATHER EYE OUT TONIGHT AND BE
BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION SHOULD A WARNING BE  ISSUED.
Special weather statement, Nov 25, 12:44 AM CST, 2 hours 7 minutes before
FLZ001>004-ALZ010-013>018-MSZ012>014-250730-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
1230 AM CST WED NOV 25 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM THE MOBILE AREA EAST OVER MOST OF
NORTHWEST FLORIDA UNTIL 300 AM CST. IT INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES
IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA. ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA...OKALOOSA...WALTON...BAY
...WASHINGTON...AND HOLMES...

AT 1230 AM CST...A LINE OF SHOWERS AND NUMEROUS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDS FROM NEAR MONTGOMERY ALABAMA SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE NORTHWEST TIP
OF ESCAMBIA COUNTY FLORIDA...ACROSS MOBILE BAY ALABAMA THEN 250 MILES
IMTO THE GULF. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS.

OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...AHEAD OF THE LINE...WERE IN CLUSTERS
OVER THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND GULF.

THE LINE WAS MOVING SLOWLY EAST WHILE THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE SLIDING
NORTHEASTWARD AT 40 MPH.
Special weather statement, Nov 25, 1:10 AM CST, 1 hour 41 minutes before
ALZ013-015-016-MSZ014-013-250915-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
111 AM CST WED NOV 25 1992

...THE TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA HAS BEEN REDEFINED AND
INCLUDES BALDWIN...CONECUH AND ESCAMBIA COUNTIES UNTIL 8 AM CST...

...MOBILE...WASHINGTON...CLARKE AND MONROE COUNTIES ARE NO LONGER IN THE
WATCH AREA...

AT 110 AM CST RADAR SHOWS RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG WITH HEAY
RAIN FROM NEAR ATMORE TO FAIRHOPE ANS SOUTHWEST ACROSS DAUPHIN ISLAND
INTO THE GULF. THE LINE WAS MOVING SLOWLY EAST.

SOME STREET FLOODING IS LIKELY AS THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVE ACROSS
BALDWIN AND ESCAMBIA COUNTIES OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS.  THE STRONGEST
STORMS WERE MOVING INTO FAIRHOPE AND DAPHNE AND ANOTHER JUST SOUTH OF
ATMORE.

A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
AND ISOLATED TORNADOES IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA.

PLEASE STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION AND STAY ALERT TO C(HANGING WEATHER
CONDITIONS.
Special weather statement, Nov 25, 1:49 AM CST, 1 hour 2 minutes before
FLZ001>004-ALZ010-013>018-MSZ012>014-250830-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
140 AM CST WED NOV 25 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST
FLORIDA UNTIL 8 AM CST THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING...ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA..
OKALOOSA...WALTON...BAY...WASHINGTON...HOLMES...AND JACKSON...AND THE
ADJOINING COASTAL WATERS.

AT 130 AM CST...THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR
MONTGOMERY ALABAMA SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE NORTHWEST TIP OF NORTHWEST
FLORIDA AND MOBILE BAY ALABAMA HAD MOVED LITTLE DURING THE PAST HOUR.
HOWEVER THE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LINE WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS IN LINES WERE MOVING FROM THE GULF INTO THE FLORIDA
PANHANDLE FROM PENSACOLA TO CRESTVIEW.

THE HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW
AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD AVOID STREETS AND ROADS WITH STANDING WATER.
Special weather statement, Nov 25, 2:36 AM CST, 15 minutes before
ALZ013-015-016-MSZ014-013-251030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
235 AM CST WED NOV 25 1992

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BALDWIN...CONECUH AND ESCAMBIA
COUNTIES UNTIL 8 AM...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MONROE...CONECUH AND ESCAMBIA
COUNTIES FOR THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT...

AT 230 AM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A 30 MILE WIDE BAND OF HEAVY RAINSHOWERS
AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING SOUTHWEST FROM EVERGREEN TO
GULFSHORES AND THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.  HEAVIEST RAINSHOWERS
NTHUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN SOUTHERN BALDWIN COUNTY NEAR
SEMINOLE...ELBERTA AND GULFSHORES...AND ALSO MOVING INTO SOUTHERN ESCAMB
COUNTY BETWEEN ATMORE AND DIXONVILLE. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE
CONTINUALLY MOVING FROM THE SOUTHWEST TO THE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE SAME
AREAS.

BALDWIN COUNTY EMA REPORTS THAT STATE ROAD 287 BETWEEN BAY MINETTE AND
RABUN HAS BEEN CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.  WATER HAD BEEN RUNNING OVER
ALABAMA 83 IN EVERGREEN BUT HAS SINCE DRAINED OFF. MOTORIST DRIVING
THROUGH THE FLASH FLOOD AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR WATER ON THE ROADS.
DONT DRIVE IN FLOODED AREAS WHERE YOU ARE UNCERTAIN OF THE WATER DEPTHS.

REMEMBER... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WITHIN
THE WATCH AREA AND PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA ARE ADVISED TO KEEP ABREAST
OF THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS.

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Special weather statement, Nov 25, 2:46 AM CST, 5 minutes before
FLZ001>004-ALZ010>018-MSZ012>014-250930-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT[AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
 240 AM CST WED NOV 25 1992

...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST FOR NORTHWEST FLORIDA
FROM ESCAMBIA COUNTY EAST TO THE APALACHICOLA RIVER...

AT 230 AM CST...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE IN A
LINE FROM NEAR COLUMBUS GEORGIA SOUTHWEST ACROSS ALABAMA AND THE WEST
FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER DELTA.

THE LINE WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST NEAR 10 MPH WHILE THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE
MOVING NORTHEAST...ALONG THE LINE...AT 40 MPH.

AS THE STORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE STRONG GUSTY
WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED.

FLOODING IS LIKELY IN LOW AREAS WITH POOR RUNOFF AS HEAVY RAIN MOVES
OVER NORTHWEST FLORIDA. MOTORISTS SHOULD AVOID ROADS AND AREAS WITH
STANDING WATER.

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 24, 7:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin29 min
Nov 24, 10:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh45 min
Nov 25, 1:31 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningMOBButler4 hr
Nov 25, 2:14 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningMOBCrenshaw4 hr
Nov 25, 2:40 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningMOBLee, Macon4 hr
Nov 25, 2:40 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningMOBBullock, Pike4 hr
Nov 25, 3:46 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington119 min
Nov 25, 7:05 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningMOBPike3 hr

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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.