Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Mobile, AL

Issued

Jan 21, 1993, 4:12 AM CST (10:12 UTC)

Expired

Jan 21, 1993, 7:15 AM CST

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Mobile, AL

Area

Whole counties

County Mobile County, AL

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TTAA00 KMOB 211012
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ALC097-211315-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
412 AM CST THU JAN 21 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  715 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
 
   ...MOBILE COUNTY
 
AT 400 AM THE MOBILE RADAR INDICATED A 20 MILE WIDE BAND OF
THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS ACROSS MOBILE COUNTY MOVING SLOWLY TOWARD THE
EAST. THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE BAND WERE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT
30 MPH.
 
SEVERAL RECENT REPORTS FROM LAW ENFORECEMENT AGENCIES AND THE PUBLIC
INDICATE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE CITY OF MOBILE AND STREETS ARE
BEGINNING TO FLOOD.  ONE MOTORIST ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 10 REPORTED THE
VISIBILITY TO BE ONLY A FEW FEET.
 
IN THE PAST 24 HOURS ABOUT 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE MOBILE
AREA.  THE GROUND IS SATURATED AND MOST STREAMS ARE AT BANKFULL OR
HIGHER.  AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS LIKELY IN THE NEXT 2 OR
3 HOURS OVER MOST OF THE COUNTY AND THIS WILL PRODUCE FLOODING.
 
RESIDENSTS IN LOW AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING SHOULD CONSIDER MOVING TO
HIGHER GROUND NOW AND THOSE NEAR STREAMS SHOULD WATCH THE WATER LEVEL
CLOSELY.
 
PERSONS DRIVING THIS MORNING SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION.  STREETS
AND ROADS WILL BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS IS THE HEAVY RAIN.  DO NOT ATTEMPT
TO CROSS WHERE RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH IS OBSERVED.
 
THE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO END OVER MOST OF MOBILE COUNTY BY 900 AM
AND ONLY LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE IS EXPECTED AFTER THAT TIME.
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CR6OSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
 
 
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In the hours before

ALZ013-015-016-MSZ014-013-210930-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
121 AM CST THU JAN 21 1993

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST
ALABAMA THIS MORNING...

...UNSETTLED WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING...

AT 2 MINUTES PAST MIDNIGHT A WARM FRONT PASSED THE MOBILE AIRPORT...
THE TEMPERATURE WARMED RAPIDLY TO 68 DEGREES.  AT 28 MINUTES PAST
MIDNIGHT...THE FRONT MOVED SOUTH ACROSS THE AIRPORT AS A COLD FRONT
AND THE TEMPERATURE FELL RAPIDLY TO 61 DEGREES.  THEN...AT 1250 AM
THE FRONT MOVED NORTH OF THE AIRPORT AGAIN AS A WARM FRONT AND THE
TEMPERATURE WARMED TO 68 AGAIN AT 100 AM...A TOTAL CHANGE OF 14 DEGREES
IN AN HOUR.

THIS UNSETTLED CONDITION IS TRIGGERING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT HAVE
PRODUCED EXCESSIVE RAINFALL.  RAIN AT MOBILE TOTALLED 4.62 INCHES FOR
WEDNESDAY.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE UNTIL
THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT LATER TODAY.  THE GROUND IS SATURATED AND
STREAMS IN THE AREA ARE AT BANKFULL OR HIGHER AND ANY ADDITONAL HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE THE SITUATION.  RESIDENTS LIVING IS AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RISING WATER.  MOTORISTS
SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION IN DRIVING ON ROADS WITH WATER ON THEM.

THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO ALSO PRODUCE...IN ADDITION TO
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLE HAIL.  IF THE
STORMS CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY...WARNINGS MAY BE ISSUED LATER
THIS MORNING.

Flash Flood Warnings in Alabama, 1993Every flash flood warning in 1993

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