Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Mobile, AL

Issued

May 10, 2006, 5:35 PM CDT (22:35 UTC)

Expired

May 10, 2006, 8:15 PM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Mobile, AL

Area

Whole counties

Counties Choctaw County, AL, Wilcox County, AL

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 154 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WGUS54 KMOB 102238
FFWMOB
ALC023-131-110115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
535 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
  CHOCTAW COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 530 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  FLASH FLOODING FROM NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS THAT CONTINUE TO
  TRACK FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS CHOCTAW AND WILCOX COUNTIES. THE
  SOUTHERNMOST PORTION OF THE LINE WAS MIGRATING SOUTH AT AROUND 5
  MPH.

* THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN WILL EFFECT MOST AREAS ACROSS
  NORTHERN CHOCTAW AND WILCOX COUNTIES THROUGH 815 PM.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED...AND
ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT THREE
HOURS.

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.

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 3227 8743 3205 8716 3206 8690 3185 8692
      3185 8760 3200 8765 3214 8760 3216 8751
      3227 8751 3231 8799 3210 8805 3206 8813
      3193 8808 3193 8807 3182 8819 3171 8810
      3172 8845 3231 8843

$$

000 
WGUS74 KMOB 110025
FFSMOB

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
725 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2006

ALC023-131-110115-
WILCOX AL-CHOCTAW AL-
725 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2006

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR CHOCTAW AND
WILCOX COUNTIES...

AT 715 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE MODERATE RAINS ACROSS THE AREA...POSSIBLY PRODUCING FLASH 
FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 
LAND...YANTLEY...ROCK SPRINGS...RIDERWOOD...PUSHMATAHA...PENNINGTON. 
..OAKCHIA...NAHEOLA...MILLERS FERRY...LISMAN...LAVACA... 
KIMBROUGH...JACHIN...INDIAN SPRINGS...HALSELL...EDNA...DEAS... 
CYRIL...CROMWELL...CATHERINE ...BUTLER...BOYKIN...ANNE 
MARIE...ALBERTA AND ACKERVILLE.

RAINFALL ESTIMATES FROM MOBILE WEATHER RADAR INDICATE THAT 3 TO 4 
INCHES...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 5 INCHES MAY HAVE FELL OVER 
THE WARNED AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. ADDITIONAL 
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY.  DO 
NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

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 3227 8743 3205 8716 3206 8690 3186 8692
      3188 8758 3208 8762 3218 8749 3226 8749
      3230 8801 3212 8805 3208 8813 3196 8813
      3193 8808 3184 8819 3173 8811 3173 8844
      3231 8841

$$

Flash Flood Warnings in Alabama, 2006Every flash flood warning in 2006

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.