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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Apr 6, 2005, 4:27 PM CDT for Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 93 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
- Apr 6, 2005, 4:27 PM CDT (21:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 6, 2005, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 93 min
- 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), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:28 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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 182 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
- 1199 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 645 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 199 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 279 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 8.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS54 KMOB 062127
FFWMOB
ALC003-097-062300-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
427 PM CDT WED APR 6 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
MOBILE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
* UNTIL 600 PM CDT
* AT 427 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
CLUSTERS OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST OFF THE GULF
AND ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF MOBILE AND BALDWIN COUNTY.
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PASS ACROSS THESE AREAS
THROUGH 6 PM.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES IN A SHORT PERIOD OF
TIME ARE LIKELY OVER THE WARNED AREA.
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 3040 8840 3021 8796 3031 8746 3045 8741
3054 8747 3065 8741 3074 8753 3074 8839
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS74 KMOB 062210
FFSMOB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
506 PM CDT WED APR 6 2005
ALC003-097-062300-
BALDWIN AL-MOBILE AL-
510 PM CDT WED APR 6 2005
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
MOBILE AND SOUTHERN BALDWIN COUNTIES...
AT 510 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE TRACKING EAST ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF MOBILE AND BALDWIN COUNTIES. LATEST DOPPLER
WEATHER RADAR ONE HOUR RAINFALL ESTIMATES SUGGEST THAT AN ADDITIONAL
1 TO LOCALLY AS HIGH AS 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THESE
AREAS.
SEVERAL ROADS HAVE BEEN REPORTED CLOSED OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF
MOBILE AND BALDWIN COUNTIES.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.
REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHO WILL
THEN RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN MOBILE.
LAT...LON 3040 8840 3021 8796 3031 8746 3045 8741
3054 8747 3065 8741 3074 8753 3074 8839
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 1:37 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 53 min | |
| Apr 6, 2:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 37 min |
| Apr 6, 2:30 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 90 min | |
| Apr 6, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 47 min |
| Apr 6, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 28 min |
| Apr 6, 3:57 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 93 min | |
| Apr 6, 4:38 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 67 min | |
| Apr 6, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington, Escambia | 29 min |
| Apr 6, 5:44 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 61 min | |
| Apr 6, 5:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 2 hr |
| Apr 6, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 45 min |
| Apr 6, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 42 min |
| Apr 6, 6:45 PM 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.