Alert archive / Alabama / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Oct 19, 2004, 10:45 AM CDT for Escambia County, Alabama. It was in force for 60 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
- Oct 19, 2004, 10:45 AM CDT (15:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 19, 2004, 11:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Escambia County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:45 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
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 239 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
- 1233 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 574 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 4.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS54 KMOB 191547 FFWMOB ALC053-191645- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1045 AM CDT TUE OCT 19 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA * UNTIL 1145 AM CDT * AT 1045 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF ESCAMBIA COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH AND WERE PRODUCING RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR. * THE HEAVY RAIN WILL EFFECT AREAS AROUND... ATMORE...MCCULLOUGH...HOLMAN PRISON...ROARCH...SARDINE... FREEMANVILLE...LITTLE ROCK AND BREWTON THROUGH 1145 AM CDT LOCAL SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED STREET FLOODING IN ATMORE AND BREWTON. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES...AS WELL AS OTHER POUR DRAINAGE AND LOW LYING AREAS. RESIDENTS LIVING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. REMEMBER...IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY. LAT...LON 3111 8760 3102 8761 3101 8701 3118 8705 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 19, 7:20 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile | 40 min |
| Oct 19, 7:58 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile | 32 min |
| Oct 19, 5:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 37 min |
| Oct 19, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 11 min |
| Oct 19, 6:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Monroe, Wilcox | 37 min |
| Oct 19, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Monroe | 32 min |
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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.