Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Mobile, AL

Issued

Jun 6, 2003, 5:30 PM CDT (22:30 UTC)

Expired

Jun 6, 2003, 7:30 PM CDT

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Mobile, AL

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Escambia County, AL

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000 
WGUS54 KMOB 062234
FFWMOB
ALC053-070000-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA

* UNTIL 7 PM CDT

* AT 532 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY
  RAIN 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FREEMANVILLE...OR ABOUT 9 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF BAY MINETTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE MOVE ACROSS       
  ATMORE BETWEEN 540 AND 6 PM...IT WILL BE 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF 
CARNEY AT  600 PM CDT AND 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF POARCH AT 605 PM CDT. 

UNOFFICIAL REPORTS FROM ATMORE OF UP TO 3 AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN 
HAVE BEEN NOTED. ATMORE POLICE REPORT DITCHES RUNNING FULL AND THIS 
ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL CAUSE WATER TO OVERFLOW ONTO AREA ROADS AND 
STREETS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING 
OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. 

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 3107 8761 3100 8761 3103 8756 3105 8745
          3120 8751

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.

Flash Flood Warnings in Alabama, 2003Every flash flood warning in 2003

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.