Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Mobile, AL

Issued

Mar 28, 2009, 3:01 AM CDT (08:01 UTC)

Expired

Mar 28, 2009, 4:30 AM CDT

In force

89 min

Issued by

NWS Mobile, AL

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County Mobile County, AL

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WGUS54 KMOB 280801
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ALC097-280930-
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
301 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  MOBILE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 430 AM CDT

* AT 254 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM      
  SIDNEY TO 21 MILES WEST OF GRAND BAY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  MOFFET...WILMER...GULFCREST...GEORGETOWN...BIG CREEK LAKE...TANNER
  WILLIAMS...LOTT AND COLEMAN DAIRY RO...CHUNCHULA...BIG CREEK LAKE
  DAM...PINEOLA...DEES...SEMMES...BAYOU LA BATRE...TURNERVILLE...OAK
  GROVE...DIXON CORNER...SEVEN HILLS...SNOW AND TANNER WILLIAMS...
  SAINT ELMO...IRVINGTON...I10 AND MCDONALD ROAD...MOUNT VERNON...
  DAWES...HUTCHENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL...CELESTE...KUSHLA...CHASTANG...
  MAGNOLIA GROVE GOLF COURSE...MOBILE AIRPORT...SCHILLINGER AND THREE
  NOTCH...MOBILE GREYHOUND PARK...LAURENDINE...FORT STODDARD...
  BUCKS...SOUTH ORCHARD...THEODORE...SALCO...TILLMANS CORNER...
  KNOLLWOOD HOSPITAL...UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA...MEDAL OF HONOR
  PARK...AXIS...EIGHT MILE...I65 AND AL 158...FOREST HILL...LANGAN
  PARK...CREOLA...AIRPORT AND UNIVERSITY...I65 AND US 43...SATSUMA...
  I10 AND I65 INTERSECTION...WHISTLER...SARALAND...SPRING HILL
  COLLEGE...I65 AND AIRPORT BLVD...I65 AND US 45...I65 AND I165...I65
  AND MOFFETT ROAD...PRICHARD...MOBILE INFIRMARY...AIRPORT AND
  GOVERNMENT...CRICHTON AND CHICKASAW

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 
WARNED AREA...WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN FALLING FROM CENTRAL MOBILE 
COUNTY SOUTHWARD.

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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.

LAT...LON 3039 8841 3086 8842 3114 8817 3114 8794
      3112 8794 3110 8797 3107 8796 3040 8816

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.