Alert archive / Alabama / Flash Flood Warnings in 2010
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Jan 20, 2010, 9:30 PM CST for Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 2 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 20, 2010, 9:30 PM CST (03:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 20, 2010, 11:30 PM CST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Baldwin County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:30 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 20, 10:40 PM CST | FLASH FLOOD | Spanish Fort, AL | DAPHNE POLICE REPORTED A MUDSLIDE ON THE BYPASS AND THE WEST BOUND LANES ARE CLOSED. THE MUDSLIDE WAS CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL (KVPS), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 123 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 626 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 190 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 244 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
229
WGUS54 KMOB 210330
FFWMOB
ALC003-210530-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0002.100121T0330Z-100121T0530Z/
/00000.0.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
930 PM CST WED JAN 20 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BAY MINETTE...SPANISH FORT...DAPHNE AND LOXLEY...
* UNTIL 1130 PM CST
* AT 923 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA. RADAR
ESTIMATES THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED DURING THE PAST HOUR.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
STAPLETON...WHITEHOUSE FORKS...STOCKTON...RABUN...I65 AND CR 47...
I65 AND AL 59...I65 AND AL 287...I65 AND AL 225...HURRICANE...
DYAS...DOUGLASVILLE...CROSSROADS...CARPENTER AND CARNEY
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 1130 PM.
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.
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.
TO REPORT FLASH FLOODING TO YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...CALL TOLL
FREE AT 1 8 7 7 6 3 3 6 7 7 2.
LAT...LON 3050 8791 3098 8792 3109 8766 3096 8761
3088 8765 3068 8748
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 20, 7:05 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 55 min | |
| Jan 20, 7:42 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Mobile | 3 hr |
| Jan 20, 8:02 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 58 min | |
| Jan 20, 8:21 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 114 min |
| Jan 20, 9:29 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 46 min | |
| Jan 20, 9:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 52 min |
| Jan 20, 10:13 PM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 3 days |
| Jan 20, 10:13 PM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 68 hr |
| Jan 20, 10:13 PM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 26 days |
| Jan 20, 11:30 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 2 hr |
| Jan 21, 12:29 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Escambia | 6 hr |
| Jan 21, 2:49 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Escambia, Monroe | 41 min |
| Jan 21, 5:33 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 117 min | |
| Jan 21, 6:31 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Covington, Escambia | 62 hr |
| Jan 21, 9:45 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 35 hr |
| Jan 21, 9:45 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Covington, Escambia | 49 hr |
| Jan 21, 9:45 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Covington | 26 hr |
| Jan 21, 9:45 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 10 hr |
| Jan 21, 11:29 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 21 hr |
| Jan 21, 11:29 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 24 hr |
| Jan 21, 5:18 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | 7 hr | |
| Jan 21, 5:20 PM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | 5 hr |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.