Alert archive / Alabama / Flash Flood Warnings in 1998
Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Mar 8, 1998, 12:19 AM CST for Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 2 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
- Mar 8, 1998, 12:19 AM CST (06:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 8, 1998, 2:20 AM CST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Baldwin County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 192 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
- 65 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -254 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 520 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 77 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 530 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 619 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMOB 080617 FFWMOB ALC003-080820- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1219 AM CST SUN MAR 8 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE AL HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 220 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA ...BALDWIN COUNTY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES MORE THAN TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED OVER PARTS OF BALDWIN COUNTY...PRIMARILY NORTH OF INTERSTATE-10. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS BALDWIN COUNTY AS A LINE OF STRONG STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH 220 AM. FLASH FLOODING WILL BE LIKELY. 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. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AT NIGHT TO TELL HOW MUCH WATER IS ON ROADS. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 11:14 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 116 min |
| Mar 8, 12:46 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh | 64 min |
| Mar 8, 12:59 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 3 hr |
| Mar 8, 1:08 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Escambia | 2 hr |
| Mar 8, 1:33 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Covington | 117 min |
| Mar 8, 2:18 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Escambia, Mobile | 4 hr |
| Mar 8, 2:18 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Covington | 4 hr |
| Mar 8, 3:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 63 min |
| Mar 8, 4:27 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Conecuh | 2 hr |
| Mar 8, 5:38 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 4 hr |
| Mar 8, 5:58 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Conecuh, Covington, Escambia | 4 hr |
| Mar 8, 5:58 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 4 hr |
| Mar 8, 10:09 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler | 61 min |
| Mar 8, 10:14 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Covington, Escambia | 5 hr |
| Mar 8, 10:14 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 5 hr |
| Mar 8, 10:14 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh | 5 hr |
| Mar 8, 10:14 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 5 hr |
| Mar 8, 10:14 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 5 hr |
| Mar 8, 1:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Covington, Escambia | 62 min |
| Mar 8, 2:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 62 min |
| Mar 8, 2:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Butler | 50 min |
| Mar 8, 2:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington, Escambia | 63 min |
| Mar 8, 2:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh | 63 min |
| Mar 8, 3:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler | 62 min |
| Mar 8, 3:30 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Escambia | 6 hr |
| Mar 8, 3:30 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Covington | 6 hr |
| Mar 8, 3:30 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 6 hr |
| Mar 8, 3:30 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 6 hr |
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.