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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Mobile, AL

May 10, 1995Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at May 10, 1995, 3:55 AM CDT for Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 10, 1995, 3:55 AM CDT (08:55 UTC)
Expired: May 10, 1995, 7:00 AM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Whole counties

Counties Baldwin County, AL, Mobile County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 172 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 3211 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 896 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 64 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.9
Supercell composite: 4.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMOB 100856
FFWMOB
ALC003-097-101200-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
355 AM CDT WED MAY 10 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  700 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
 
   ...BALDWIN COUNTY...MOBILE COUNTY
 
AT 350 AM A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EASTWARD FROM
MISSISSIPPI AND WILL OVERSPREAD MOBILE AND BALDWIN COUNTIES DURING THE
NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.
 
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 10 INCHES IN THE PAST 36 HOURS HAVE BEEN INDICATED
BY DOPPLER RADAR OVER THE CENTRAL SECTIONS OF BOTH MOBILE AND BALDWIN
COUNTIES.  WULFF ROAD AND PARTS OF HIGHWAY 98 IN THE SEMMES AREA OF
MOBILE COUNTY ARE UNDER WATER.  OTHER ROADS AND STREETS IN THE COUNTY
LIKELY HAVE HAVE WATER ON THEM.
 
AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN IS LIKELY OVER MOBILE AND BALDWIN
COUNTIES BEFORE 800 AM AND THIS WILL AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING.
 
MOTORISTS ARE REMINDED TO NOT DRIVE IN AREAS WHERE WATER IS FLOWING OVER
THE ROADWAY OR WHERE WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH IS LOCATED.
 
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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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 9, 9:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Crenshaw	54 min
May 10, 12:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Escambia	46 min
May 10, 12:37 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Escambia	53 min
May 10, 12:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Wilcox	31 min
May 10, 1:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Mobile	56 min
May 10, 1:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin	55 min
May 10, 1:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Dallas	34 min
May 10, 1:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Escambia	30 min
May 10, 1:45 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Covington	60 min
May 10, 2:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin	27 min
May 10, 2:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Geneva	39 min
May 10, 3:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Mobile	62 min
May 10, 3:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Barbour	44 min
May 10, 4:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin	49 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.