Alert archive / Alabama / Flash Flood Warnings in 2001
Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Mar 3, 2001, 5:15 PM CST for 13 counties in Alabama; 5 counties in Mississippi; Escambia County, Florida. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 3, 2001, 5:15 PM CST (23:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 3, 2001, 11:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Baldwin County, AL, Butler County, AL, Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Mobile County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Washington County, AL, Wilcox County, AL, Escambia County, FL, George County, MS, Greene County, MS, Perry County, MS, Stone County, MS, Wayne County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 212 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
- 631 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 152 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 159 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS54 KMOB 032328 COR
FFWMOB
ALC003-013-023-025-035-039-041-053-091-097-099-129-131-FLC033-MSC039-
041-111-131-153-040500-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING...COR TO ADD ASTERISK...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
515 PM CST SAT MAR 3 2001
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 11 PM CST SATURDAY EVENING FOR PEOPLE IN
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES
* IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
STONE...GEORGE...WAYNE...GREENE AND PERRY
* IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
CLARKE...MONROE...CHOCTAW...NORTHERN BALDWIN...COVINGTON...
MARENGO...WILCOX...ESCAMBIA...MOBILE...BUTLER...CONECUH...
WASHINGTON AND CRENSHAW
* IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA
NORTHWESTERN ESCAMBIA
* AT 5 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED ANOTHER AREA
OF HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING EAST ACROSS SOUTHWEST SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND
THE EXTREME NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE...LIGHTER RAIN CONTINUES
OVER SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. MANY ROADS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA ARE
UNDERWATER WITH SEVERAL HIGHWAYS AND ROADS CLOSED. RADAR ESTIMATES
OF TWO DAY RAIN TOTALS ARE AROUND 8 INCHES FROM MARENGO COUTY
SOUTHWEST INTO WAYNE COUNTY MISSISSIPPI. REPORTS FROM AUTOMATED
GAGES AND OBSERVERS INDICATE MOST PLACES WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES AND SOME
PLACES CATCHING 7 TO 8 INCHES.
ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN WITH ISOLATED 1 TO 2 TO INCH RAINS ARE POSSIBLE
BEFORE THE RAIN TAPERS OFF LATER THIS EVENING.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF HAS CAUSED FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND
STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND
FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING
AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.
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 CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO
KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH
CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID CAMPING
ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
MOBILE.
LAT...LON 3242 8803 3255 8787 3250 8754 3208 8719
3198 8619 3101 8618 3098 8735 3078 8732
3075 8800 3035 8815 3039 8840 3073 8845
3067 8933 3180 8880 3191 8850 3231 8842The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 1:11 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Marengo, Washington | 6 hr |
| Mar 3, 1:39 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile, Washington | 36 min |
| Mar 3, 1:55 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Monroe | 65 min |
| Mar 3, 2:45 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh | 45 min |
| Mar 3, 3:09 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler | 51 min |
| Mar 3, 7:15 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Marengo, Washington | 4 hr |
| Mar 3, 11:24 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 36 min |
| Mar 3, 11:25 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington and 7 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 3, 3:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 28 min |
| Mar 3, 8:50 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | George, Stone | 2 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Alabama, 2001Flash Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 2001Flash Flood Warnings in Florida, 2001Every flash flood warning in 2001
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.