Alert archive / Alabama / Flash Flood Warnings in 2006
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at May 10, 2006, 3:13 PM CDT for Wilcox 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 10, 2006, 3:13 PM CDT (20:13 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 2006, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Wilcox County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:15 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
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 137 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
- 379 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -268 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 531 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 188 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 222 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS54 KMOB 102017
FFWMOB
ALC131-102215-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
313 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WILCOX COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA
* UNTIL 515 PM CDT
* AT 308 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO NORTHERN
WILCOX COUNTY. A LINE OF STORMS WILL SLOWLY MOVE SOUTH ACROSS
WILCOX COUNTY THROUGH 5 PM. INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS CELLS
WILL MOVE FROM WEST TO EAST AS THE LINE SAGS SOUTHWARD. THESE
STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ONE HOUR RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO
5 INCHES IN AN HOUR.
* THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN WILL EFFECT AREAS AROUND...
CATHERINE AND PRAIRIE BY 320 PM CDT
REHOBOTH BY 325 PM CDT
MILLERS FERRY AND YELLOW BLUFF BY 330 PM CDT
BOYKIN AND CANTON BEND BY 335 PM CDT
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE RAPID FLOODING OF
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND LOW LYING AREAS ALONG ROADS AND
HIGHWAYS.
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 3212 8761 3201 8766 3191 8765 3185 8758
3186 8694 3197 8693 3198 8685 3206 8686
3206 8714 3228 8747 3215 8752
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS74 KMOB 102056
FFSMOB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
352 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2006
ALC131-102215-
WILCOX AL-
352 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2006
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR WILCOX
COUNTY...
AT 348 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE
WARNED AREA. THROUGH 515 PM CDT...THE PRIMARY FLASH FLOOD THREAT
AREA WILL BE THE NORTHERN THIRD OF WILCOX COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES
THAT A MAXIMUM OF THREE TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS
EXTREME NORTHERN WILCOX COUNTY.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ABOUT TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER
NORTHERN WILCOX COUNTY THROUGH 515 PM CDT AS STORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE
FROM WEST TO EAST THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. ADDITIONAL
FLASH FLOOD WARNING ISSUANCES ARE POSSIBLE.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
LAT...LON 3212 8761 3201 8766 3191 8765 3185 8758
3186 8694 3197 8693 3198 8685 3206 8686
3206 8714 3228 8747 3215 8752
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 7:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Monroe | 34 min |
| May 9, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Monroe | 17 min |
| May 9, 7:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Escambia | 47 min |
| May 9, 8:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke | 47 min |
| May 9, 8:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia | 50 min |
| May 9, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Washington | 40 min |
| May 9, 9:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Monroe | 28 min |
| May 9, 10:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 39 min |
| May 10, 2:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 50 min |
| May 10, 3:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 19 min |
| May 10, 3:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 42 min |
| May 10, 4:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 60 min |
| May 10, 4:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 21 min |
| May 10, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 66 min |
| May 10, 5:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Wilcox | 3 hr |
| May 10, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke | 26 min |
| May 10, 5:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 38 min |
| May 10, 5:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke, Wilcox | 31 min |
| May 10, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Wilcox | 44 min |
| May 10, 6:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Monroe | 47 min |
| May 10, 6:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe | 47 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.