Alert archive / Alabama / Flash Flood Warnings in 2011
Flash Flood Warning 15, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Mar 9, 2011, 9:36 AM CST for Conecuh County, Covington County, Escambia County, Alabama. It was in force for 114 min. 2 reports 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
- Mar 9, 2011, 9:36 AM CST (15:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 9, 2011, 11:30 AM CST
- In force
- 114 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Conecuh County, AL, Covington County, AL, Escambia County, AL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:37 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 11:10 AM CST | FLASH FLOOD | 4 Ene Andalusia, AL | WATER ACROSS ROAD AT HARTS GROCERY ON ANTIOCH ROAD. TIME ESTIMATED. |
| Mar 9, 11:15 AM CST | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Sse Libertyville, AL | WATER ACROSS ROAD NEAR INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROAD 34 AND HIGHWAY 55. TIME ESTIMATED. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 224 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
- 611 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 348 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 471 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
067 WGUS54 KMOB 091536 FFWMOB ALC035-039-053-091730- /O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0015.110309T1536Z-110309T1730Z/ /00000.0.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 936 AM CST WED MAR 9 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN CONECUH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA... COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...OPP...FLORALA...ANDALUSIA... EASTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA... * UNTIL 1130 AM CST * AT 932 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS COVINGTON...SOUTHEASTERN CONECUH AND EASTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTIES ALABAMA. THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN PRODUCING UP TO 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME WHICH WILL QUICKLY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HORN HILL...BOYKIN...JOHNSONVILLE...SANFORD...RIVER FALLS...ONYCHA... LIBERTYVILLE...HEATH...CAROLINA...BABBIE AND BROOKLYN 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. 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 3100 8618 3100 8692 3141 8692 3134 8619 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 7:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile, Washington | 34 min |
| Mar 8, 8:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Washington | 37 min |
| Mar 8, 9:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 41 min |
| Mar 8, 9:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Washington, Wilcox | 46 min |
| Mar 9, 1:32 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 118 min |
| Mar 9, 4:20 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 6 hr |
| Mar 9, 4:22 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 38 min |
| Mar 9, 4:32 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 33 min |
| Mar 9, 5:07 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 6 hr |
| Mar 9, 5:40 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke | 33 min |
| Mar 9, 5:51 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Clarke, Washington, Wilcox | 6 hr |
| Mar 9, 6:37 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Washington | 17 min |
| Mar 9, 7:08 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile, Washington | 52 min |
| Mar 9, 7:26 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Washington | 6 hr |
| Mar 9, 7:33 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Monroe | 6 hr |
| Mar 9, 7:52 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 83 min |
| Mar 9, 7:54 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 81 min | |
| Mar 9, 8:01 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 44 min |
| Mar 9, 8:14 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Covington, Escambia | 61 min |
| Mar 9, 8:27 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 63 min |
| Mar 9, 8:35 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Covington, Escambia | 40 min |
| Mar 9, 8:41 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 4 hr |
| Mar 9, 8:48 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Escambia | 5 hr |
| Mar 9, 8:50 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw | 40 min |
| Mar 9, 9:02 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Escambia | 58 min |
| Mar 9, 9:10 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia | 65 min |
| Mar 9, 9:10 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 50 min |
| Mar 9, 9:16 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 44 min |
| Mar 9, 9:16 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington | 59 min |
| Mar 9, 9:19 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 116 min | |
| Mar 9, 9:23 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 97 min | |
| Mar 9, 9:25 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 6 hr |
| Mar 9, 9:26 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Escambia | 49 min |
| Mar 9, 9:26 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington, Crenshaw | 26 min |
| Mar 9, 9:40 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 50 min |
| Mar 9, 9:44 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw | 4 hr |
| Mar 9, 9:54 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington | 25 min |
| Mar 9, 10:09 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 66 min |
| Mar 9, 10:22 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 5 hr |
| Mar 9, 10:55 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 80 min | |
| Mar 9, 11:00 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 5 hr |
| Mar 9, 11:14 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 61 min |
| Mar 9, 11:30 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe, Wilcox | 10 days |
| Mar 9, 11:54 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Conecuh, Covington, Escambia | 111 min |
| Mar 9, 11:58 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 2 hr | |
| Mar 9, 12:00 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Clarke, Washington, Wilcox | 4 hr |
| Mar 9, 2:02 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 58 min |
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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.