Alert archive / Alabama / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Jun 2, 2004, 10:15 AM CDT for Escambia County, Alabama. It was in force for 3 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
- Jun 2, 2004, 10:15 AM CDT (15:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 2004, 1:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Escambia County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:16 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
Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL (KVPS), launched 12:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 1184 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -64 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 937 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 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 021517 FFWMOB ALC053-021815- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1015 AM CDT WED JUN 2 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... WESTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA * UNTIL 115 PM CDT * AT 1006 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR HOLMAN PRISON...OR ABOUT 22 MILES WEST OF BREWTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES IN A SHORT PERIOD WERE DETECTED NEAR POARCH...CARNEY...AND ALONG INTERSTATE-10. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES... DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM... EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. LAT...LON 3118 8759 3101 8760 3105 8727 3124 8729 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS74 KMOB 021702 FFSMOB ALC053-021715- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1159 AM CDT WED JUN 2 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY... IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...WESTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY. AT 1158 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE PROLONGED PERIOD OF THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN OVER AN ALREADY SATURATED GROUND...HAD MOVED EAST OF THE WARNED AREA. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES... AND OTHER LOW LYING FLOOD PRONE AREAS. REMEMBER...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RESIDENTS LIVING IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...MOVE QUICKLY TO HIGHER GROUND. MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES... DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. $$
000 WGUS74 KMOB 021741 CCA FFSMOB ALC053-021815- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL...COR EXPIRATION TIME 1159 AM CDT WED JUN 2 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY... IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...WESTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY. AT 1158 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE PROLONGED PERIOD OF THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN OVER AN ALREADY SATURATED GROUND...HAD MOVED EAST OF THE WARNED AREA. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES... AND OTHER LOW LYING FLOOD PRONE AREAS. 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. MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES... DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 8:47 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 118 min | |
| Jun 2, 8:47 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 118 min | |
| Jun 2, 10:40 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 95 min | |
| Jun 2, 11:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 61 min |
| Jun 2, 12:14 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 16 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Alabama, 2004Every flash flood warning in 2004
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.