Flash Flood Warning 15, NWS Mobile, AL

Issued

Jun 6, 2003, 4:30 PM CDT (21:30 UTC)

Expired

Jun 6, 2003, 7:30 PM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Mobile, AL

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Baldwin County, AL

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000 
WGUS54 KMOB 062132
FFWMOB
ALC003-070030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
430 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BAY MINETTE

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 419 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED DEVELOPING 
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE MOBILE RIVER DELTA. 
THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY EAST AND PRODUCING BETWEEN ONE AND 
TWO INCHES OF RAIN PER HOUR. THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING NORTHEAST 
AROUND 20 MPH AND WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF BALDWIN 
COUNTY.  SOME AREAS OF BALDWIN COUNTY HAVE RECEIVED BETWEEN THREE 
AND FIVE INCHES OF RAINFALL SINCE LAST EVENING.

ADDITIONALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS 
ALSO MOVING ASHORE ON THE EASTERN SHORE OF MOBILE BAY FROM POINT 
CLEAR TO THE FORT MORGAN PENINSULA.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

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 HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY
IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE.

LAT...LON 3118 8792 3025 8795 3031 8745 3064 8743
          3085 8765 3125 8761 3131 8773

000 
WGUS74 KMOB 062325
FFSMOB
ALC003-053-070015-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
623 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2003

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES...

IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...ESCAMBIA COUNTY UNTIL 7 PM AND BALDWIN COUNTY 
UNTIL 730.

SOME CITIES IN THE WARNED AREA SUBJECT TO FLOOD PROBLEMS 
ARE...CROSSROADS...CARPENTER...DOUGLASVILLE...BAY MINETTE AND ATMORE.

AT 620 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH 
HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING TO MOVE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH...GENERALLY ALONG 
AND NEAR INTERSTATE 65. SOME OF THESE STORMS ARE CAPABABLE OF 
PRODUCING AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN PER HOUR OVER AN 
ALREADY SATURATED GROUND.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING OF
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES...AND OTHER LOW
LYING FLOOD PRONE AREAS. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICIALS HAVE REPORTED SEVERAL ROADS INUNDATED AND IMPASSABLE.

REMEMBER...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING. RESIDENTS LIVING IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING SHOULD TAKE
IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. IF FLASH FLOODING
IS OBSERVED...MOVE QUICKLY TO HIGHER GROUND AND NEVER DRIVE INTO AN
AREA WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

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.

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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.