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Flash Flood Warning 52, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Sep 28, 1998, 7:59 PM CDT for Baldwin County, Mobile County, Washington County, Alabama. It was in force for 8 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 28, 1998, 7:59 PM CDT (00:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 29, 1998, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Baldwin County, AL, Mobile County, AL, Washington County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 174 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 615 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 132 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMOB 290059 RRA FFWMOB ALC003-013-039-053-097-129-FLC033-091-113-MSC039-131-290900- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 759 PM CDT MON SEP 28 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS EXTENDED THE FLOOD WARNINGS FOR * BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ALABAMA COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ALABAMA ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA MOBILE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA GEORGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI STONE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN FLORIDA OKALOOSA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN FLORIDA SANTA ROSA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN FLORIDA * UNTIL 400 AM CDT * AT 755 PM CDT...AS TROPICAL STORM GEORGES TRACKS SLOWLY ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI DURING THE NIGHT...SEVERAL BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND A PORTION OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. * THIS WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS TO CONTINUE IN THE COUNTIES LISTED ABOVE. FOR ALL OF THE ABOVE COUNTIES....MANY COUNTY AND SECONDARY ROADS WILL REMAIN CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER THROUGH THE NIGHT. IN ADDITION... RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES OVERNIGHT WILL ADD TO THE FLOODING PROBLEMS DUE THE SATURATED GROUND CONDITIONS. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE AROUND ROAD BARRIERS OR ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH WATER COVERED ROADWAYS. NEARLY HALF OF ALL FLASH FLOOD DEATHS ARE AUTO RELATED. TWO FEET OF WATER WILL CARRY AWAY MOST AUTOMOBILES. IN YOUR AUTOMOBILE...LOOK OUT FOR FLOODING IN HIGHWAY DIPS...BRIDGES AND LOW AREAS. THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF SOME OF THE LARGER RAINFALL AMOUNTS SINCE SATURDAY... IN ALABAMA... ALABAMA PORT 13.66 INCHES ATMORE 6.61 INCHES AXIS 10.00 INCHES BAY MINETTE 14.55 INCHES BREWTON 8.00 INCHES CHATOM 9.80 INCHES FRISCO CITY 4.00 INCHES JACKSON 4.00 INCHES MOBILE 12.20 INCHES DOWNTOWN MOBILE 10.99 INCHES PENNINGTON 6.00 INCHES SEMINOLE 9.43 INCHES THOMASVILLE 2.60 INCHES WHATELY 4.25 INCHES IN FLORIDA... MUNSON 25.06 INCHES NICEVILLE 10.08 INCHES PENSACOLA AIRPORT 10.08 INCHES SHALIMBAR 13.40 INCHES IN MISSISSIPPPI... BUCKATUNNA 3.00 INCHES LEAKESVILLE 8.29 INCHES
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 28, 7:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington | 37 min |
| Sep 28, 7:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Butler, Covington | 8 hr |
| Sep 28, 7:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 8 hr |
| Sep 28, 8:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington | 36 min |
| Sep 28, 9:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington | 73 min |
| Sep 29, 4:02 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Escambia | 7 hr |
| Sep 29, 4:02 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile, Washington | 7 hr |
| Sep 29, 4:02 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Butler, Covington | 7 hr |
| Sep 29, 9:03 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 8 hr |
| Sep 29, 11:59 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile, Washington | 8 hr |
| Sep 29, 11:59 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Butler, Covington, Crenshaw | 8 hr |
| Sep 29, 11:59 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Escambia | 8 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Alabama, 1998Every flash flood warning in 1998
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.