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Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at May 18, 2003, 8:25 AM CDT for Baldwin County, 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
- May 18, 2003, 8:25 AM CDT (13:25 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 2003, 10:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Baldwin County, AL, Mobile County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:26 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 12:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 424 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -67 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 706 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 4.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS54 KMOB 181327 FFWMOB ALC003-097-181530- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 825 AM CDT SUN MAY 18 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BAY MINETTE SOUTHERN MOBILE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DOWNTOWN MOBILE * UNTIL 1030 AM CDT * AT 825 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM 11 MILES EAST OF BAY MINETTE TO DEES...OR FROM 11 MILES EAST OF BAY MINETTE TO 13 MILES EAST OF ESCATAWPA. THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. * THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE... OVER SCHILLINGER AND THREE NOTCH ROADS... KNOLLWOOD HOSPITAL AT 830 AM CDT OVER PINTO ISLAND AT 845 AM CDT OVER I10 AND I65 INTERSECTION AT 900 AM CDT OVER TILLMANS CORNER AT 905 AM CDT OVER BROOKLEY FIELD AIRPORT AT 910 AM CDT OVER I10 NEAR THE BATTLESHIP AT 915 AM CDT 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 FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE. LAT...LON 3096 8776 3058 8844 3047 8817 3081 8759
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 7:36 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 24 min | |
| May 17, 9:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Washington | 37 min |
| May 17, 10:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke | 35 min |
| May 18, 6:38 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 112 min |
| May 18, 10:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 2 hr |
| May 18, 10:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 84 min |
| May 18, 12:04 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 3 hr | |
| May 18, 12:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 6 hr |
| May 18, 2:58 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 2 hr | |
| May 18, 4:58 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 3 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.