Alert archive / Alabama / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 30, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Jul 22, 2003, 7:23 PM CDT for Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 112 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 22, 2003, 7:23 PM CDT (00:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 2003, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 112 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Baldwin County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:25 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
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 190 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
- 1212 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1110 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 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 230023
FFWMOB
ALC003-230215-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
723 PM CDT TUE JUL 22 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
* UNTIL 915 PM CDT
* AT 710 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLOODING OVER COUNTY ROAD
27...WITH SOME AREAS CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. OTHER FLOODING
PROBLEMS AREA LIKELY ALONG AREA ROADS MAINLY FROM THE LOXLEY AREA
SOUTH TO FOLEY. THUNDERSTORMS...MANY WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WILL
CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THE BAY AND MOVE SLOWLY TO EAST OVER THE
WARNED AREA.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ...CLAY CITY...ELBERTA...
ELSANOR...MAGNOLIA SPRINGS...MARLOW...ROBERTSDALE...SUMMERDALE.
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.
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.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE.
LAT...LON 3062 8792 3059 8747 3039 8744 3028 8774
3041 8792
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 7:06 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 84 min | |
| Jul 22, 7:06 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 84 min | |
| Jul 22, 8:35 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 55 min | |
| Jul 22, 8:35 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 55 min | |
| Jul 23, 8:56 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 94 min | |
| Jul 23, 8:56 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 94 min | |
| Jul 23, 10:00 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 90 min | |
| Jul 23, 10:00 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 90 min | |
| Jul 23, 10:00 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 90 min | |
| Jul 23, 10:00 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 90 min |
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.