Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Mobile, AL

Issued

Aug 24, 2008, 11:58 PM CDT (04:58 UTC)

Expired

Aug 25, 2008, 5:00 AM CDT

In force

5 hr

Issued by

NWS Mobile, AL

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

Counties Baldwin County, AL, Mobile County, AL

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

000 
WGUS54 KMOB 250458
FFWMOB
ALC003-097-250700-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0017.080825T0458Z-080825T0700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1158 PM CDT SUN AUG 24 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BAY MINETTE...
  MOBILE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DOWNTOWN MOBILE...

* UNTIL 200 AM CDT

* AT 1145 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER
  THE WARNED AREA.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO I65 AND AL
  225...WHITEHOUSE FORKS...TURKEY BRANCH...SUMMERDALE...STEELWOOD...
  STAPLETON...SPANISH FORT...SILVERHILL...ROSINTON...ROBERTSDALE...
  RABUN...POINT CLEAR...PARK CITY...OAK...MOUTH OF WEEKS BAY...
  MONTROSE...MIFLIN...MARLOW...MALBIS...MAGNOLIA SPRINGS...LOXLEY...
  JACKSON OAK...I65 AND AL 59...I65 AND AL 287...HOUSTONVILLE...
  FOLEY...FAIRHOPE...ELSANOR...ELBERTA...DOUGLASVILLE...DAPHNE...
  CROSSROADS...CLAY CITY...CARPENTER...CARNEY...BRIDGEHEAD...BON
  SECOUR AND BATTLES WHARF

RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL PER HOUR IS 
OCCURRING IN STRONG RAINBANDS MOVING NORTH-NORTHEAST ACROSS MUCH OF 
MOBILE AND BALDWIN COUNTIES IN ALABAMA. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL
MOVE ACROSS THE SAME AREAS THROUGH AT LEAST 200 AM MONDAY MORNING. 
DUE TO THIS...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE 
IN THE WARNED AREA. THIS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING IN THE
WARNED AREA. 

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

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 3033 8826 3037 8827 3035 8819 3036 8819
      3038 8825 3038 8839 3035 8839 3106 8834
      3114 8772 3072 8764 3053 8750 3030 8757
      3029 8776 3040 8790 3064 8793 3067 8800
      3065 8805 3052 8809 3028 8810

$$

000 
WGUS54 KMOB 250706
FFWMOB
ALC003-097-251000-
/O.EXT.KMOB.FF.W.0017.000000T0000Z-080825T1000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
206 AM CDT MON AUG 25 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF SPANISH FORT AND DAPHNE...
  MOBILE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DOWNTOWN MOBILE...THEODORE AND DELCHAMPS...

* UNTIL 500 AM CDT

* AT 147 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER
  THE WARNED AREA.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE PRIMARILY EASTERN MOBILE COUNTY AND 
  ALL OF BALDWIN COUNTY. 

RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED
OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF MOBILE COUNTY...AND 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL
HAS OCCURRED ALONG THE EASTERN SHORE OF MOBILE BAY FROM NEAR SPANISH
FORT TO JUST NORTH OF SPANISH FORT DURING THE PAST THREE HOURS. SOME 
LOCALLY HIGHER RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE LIKELY OCCURRED. ADDITIONAL HEAVY 
RAINFALL WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SAME AREAS THROUGH 500 AM MONDAY MORNING. 
DUE TO THIS...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE 
OVER EASTERN MOBILE COUNTY...AND 2 TO 4 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 
WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF BALDWIN COUNTY. THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
WILL LIKELY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA. 

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

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 3033 8826 3037 8827 3035 8819 3036 8819
      3038 8825 3038 8839 3035 8839 3106 8834
      3114 8772 3072 8764 3053 8750 3030 8757
      3029 8776 3040 8790 3064 8793 3067 8800
      3065 8805 3052 8809 3028 8810

$$

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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.