Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Mobile, AL

Issued

Mar 8, 1998, 2:18 AM CST (08:18 UTC)

Expired

Mar 8, 1998, 6:00 AM CST

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Mobile, AL

Area

Whole counties

Counties Conecuh County, AL, Covington County, AL

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
218 AM CST SUN MAR 8 1998


THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE AL HAS EXTENDED
THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE FOR PEOPLE IN THE
FOLLOWING LOCATIONS UNTIL 6 AM CST...

IN SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA

   ...BALDWIN COUNTY
   ...ESCAMBIA COUNTY
   ...MOBILE COUNTY
   ...CONECUH COUNTY

IN SOUTHERN ALABAMA

   ...COVINGTON COUNTY

RAINS WILL BE TAPERING OFF ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH 6 AM...HOWEVER
FLOOD WATERS WILL BE SLOW TO RECEDE DUE TO THE SATURATED
GROUND CONDITIONS AND CONTINUED RUNOFF. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF
FLOODED ROADS...AND STANDING WATERS IN LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS
HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM ALL OF THE ABOVE COUNTIES.

DURING HEAVY RAINS...STAY AWAY FROM STORM DRAINS...
WATER CATCHMENTS... AND WATERWAYS. SHALLOW... GENTLY FLOWING WATER
CAN BECOME A RAGING TORRENT IN A MATTER OF MINUTES.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY AND THE ROAD BENEATH MAY NOT BE INTACT. VEHICLES
CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. IT ONLY TAKES
A FOOT OR TWO OF FLOWING WATER TO WASH MOST CARS AWAY. REMEMBER...
MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.

Flash Flood Warnings in Alabama, 1998Every flash flood warning in 1998

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.