Alert archive / Alabama / Flash Flood Warnings in 2008
Flash Flood Warning 15, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Jul 26, 2008, 3:26 PM CDT for Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 109 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
- Jul 26, 2008, 3:26 PM CDT (20:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 2008, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 109 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Mobile County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:28 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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 1518 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -61 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 901 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 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 262026
FFWMOB
ALC097-262215-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0015.080726T2026Z-080726T2215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
326 PM CDT SAT JUL 26 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL MOBILE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
THIS INCLUDES THE MOBILE METROPOLITAN AREA...
* UNTIL 515 PM CDT
* AT 320 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.
RADAR ESTIMATES DETECT BETWEEN 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAD ALREADY
FALLEN FROM NEAR CREOLA TO WEST MOBILE.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WHISTLER...
SEMMES...SATSUMA...SARALAND...MOBILE...MOBILE REGIONAL AIRPORT...
DEES...AND MUCH OF I65 AND I-10.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA AS THE STORMS ARE NOW MOVING SLOWLY TO THE SOUTH.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
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 3041 8841 3071 8842 3104 8796 3092 8795
3088 8799 3085 8795 3083 8795 3083 8797
3080 8802 3067 8800 3065 8805 3061 8805
3058 8808
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS74 KMOB 262051
FFSMOB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
351 PM CDT SAT JUL 26 2008
ALC097-262215-
/O.CON.KMOB.FF.W.0015.000000T0000Z-080726T2215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MOBILE AL-
351 PM CDT SAT JUL 26 2008
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR
CENTRAL MOBILE COUNTY...
AT 342 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE
A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED
AREA.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO I65 AND
I165...WHISTLER...SEMMES...SATSUMA...SARALAND...SALCO...OAK GROVE...
KUSHLA...I65 AND US 43...I65 AND AL 158...EIGHT MILE...CREOLA...
CHICKASAW...CELESTE AND AXIS
RAINFALL MEASUREMENTS FROM RAIN GAGES AT MOBILE AIRPORT INDICATE
ALMOST TWO AND ONE TENTH INCHES OF RAIN FALLING IN APPROXIMATELY 40
MINUTES. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES.
ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF
CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW
INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
LAT...LON 3041 8841 3071 8842 3104 8796 3092 8795
3088 8799 3085 8795 3083 8795 3083 8797
3080 8802 3067 8800 3065 8805 3061 8805
3058 8808
$$000
WGUS74 KMOB 262114
FFSMOB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
414 PM CDT SAT JUL 26 2008
ALC097-262215-
/O.CON.KMOB.FF.W.0015.000000T0000Z-080726T2215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MOBILE AL-
414 PM CDT SAT JUL 26 2008
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR
CENTRAL MOBILE COUNTY...
AT 400 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. RAIN
SHOULD BEGIN TAPERING OFF NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM BIG CREEK
LAKE AND BATES AIRPORT TO MOUNT VERNON AS OF 415 PM. DECREASING RAIN
WILL EXTEND NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM BAY MINETTE TO BAYOU LA BATRE
BY 515 PM.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DOWNTOWN
MOBILE...WALLACE TUNNEL...UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA...TILLMANS
CORNER...THEODORE...SAINT ELMO...SPRING HILL COLLEGE...SNOW AT
TANNER WILLIAMS...SEVEN HILLS...SEMMES...SCHILLINGER AT THREE
NOTCH...SATSUMA...SARALAND...PRICHARD...MOBILE AIRPORT...MAGNOLIA
GROVE GOLF COURSE...LADD STADIUM...IRVINGTON...GRAND BAY...
CHICKASAW...BROOKLEY FIELD AIRPORT...BIG CREEK LAKE DAM...AND
AIRPORT AT UNIVERSITY.
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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
LAT...LON 3041 8841 3071 8842 3104 8796 3092 8795
3088 8799 3085 8795 3083 8795 3083 8797
3080 8802 3067 8800 3065 8805 3061 8805
3058 8808
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 8:20 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 25 min | |
| Jul 26, 2:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 40 min |
| Jul 26, 2:53 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 82 min | |
| Jul 26, 4:36 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 114 min | |
| Jul 26, 6:35 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 40 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.