Alert archive / Alabama / Flash Flood Warnings in 2006
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at May 10, 2006, 4:15 PM CDT for Choctaw 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
- May 10, 2006, 4:15 PM CDT (21:15 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 2006, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Choctaw County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 166 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 166 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 102115
FFWMOB
ALC023-102215-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
415 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN CHOCTAW COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
* UNTIL 515 PM CDT
* AT 412 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS THAT CONTINUE TO TRACK
FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF CHOCTAW COUNTY.
* THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN WILL EFFECT MOST AREAS ACROSS
NORTHERN CHOCTAW COUNTY THROUGH 515 PM CDT.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED OVER THE
PAST 90 MINUTES...AND ANOTHER 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE
NEXT TWO HOURS.
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 3203 8812 3203 8846 3231 8843 3231 8802
3232 8793 3229 8793 3229 8801 3226 8803
3217 8801 3215 8805 3208 8806 3208 8812
$$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, 3:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 2 hr |
| 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, 4:24 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.