Alert archive / Alabama / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Jun 6, 2003, 3:30 PM CDT for Mobile 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 outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 6, 2003, 3:30 PM CDT (20:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2003, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Mobile County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 547 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 788 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 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 062030 FFWMOB ALC097-062230- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 330 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... MOBILE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA * UNTIL 530 PM CDT * AT 330 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER MUCH OF MOBILE COUNTY...WITH THE HEAVIEST BAND OF RAINFALL EXTENDING FROM TANNER WILLIAMS...TO THE MOBILE REGIONAL AIRPORT...TO THE LADD STADIUM AND PRICHARD AREAS. THE AREA OF RAINFALL WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THE STORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE... 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF OAK GROVE AT 340 PM CDT OVER CHUNCHULA AT 345 PM CDT 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF CELESTE AT 350 PM CDT OVER TURNERVILLE AT 400 PM CDT OVER BUCKS AT 415 PM CDT OVER CHASTANG AT 420 PM CDT EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH 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 FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE. LAT...LON 3110 8841 3041 8839 3039 8815 3113 8798
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 3:28 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 62 min | |
| Jun 6, 4:29 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 61 min | |
| Jun 6, 4:29 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 61 min | |
| Jun 6, 6:01 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 59 min | |
| Jun 6, 12:29 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 61 min | |
| Jun 6, 12:29 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 61 min | |
| Jun 6, 2:43 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 2 hr | |
| Jun 6, 2:43 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 2 hr | |
| Jun 6, 4:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 3 hr |
| Jun 6, 5:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 2 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.