Alert archive / Alabama / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Jun 9, 2012, 8:31 AM CDT for Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 6 hr. 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
- Jun 9, 2012, 8:31 AM CDT (13:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 2012, 2:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Emergency
- Flash flood emergency
- Flood severity
- None
County Mobile County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 8:52 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 Nw Tillmans Corner, AL | SEVERAL LOWER LYING SPOTS ALONG DAWES ROAD EXPERIENCING WATER MOVING OVER THE ROAD AND FROM PROPERTY TO PROPERTY. JOHNSON/DAWES ROAD INTERSECTION HAS WATER FLOWING OVER THE ROAD WITH MANY CULVERTS TO CAPACITY. |
| Jun 9, 9:55 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 S Mobile Airport, AL | SEVERAL ROADS FLOODED ACROSS SOUTHERN MOBILE COUNTY. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 136 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
- 1279 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 503 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
685
WGUS54 KMOB 091331
FFWMOB
ALC097-091930-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0014.120609T1331Z-120609T1930Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
831 AM CDT SAT JUN 9 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN MOBILE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 230 PM CDT SATURDAY
* AT 825 AM CDT...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS INDICATED OVER THE WARNED
AREA AND RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 4 INCHES PER
HOUR. THIS WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MIDTOWN MOBILE... WEST MOBILE... CODEN...
TILLMANS CORNER... THEODORE... TANNER WILLIAMS...
I10 AND I65... GRAND BAY... FOREST HILL...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
NEVER TRY TO CROSS OR PLAY IN AN URBAN SPILLWAY OR FLOWING CREEK...
EVEN A SMALL ONE. URBAN FLASH FLOODING IS A MAJOR KILLER.
TO REPORT FLOODING...CALL (800) 284-9059.
&&
LAT...LON 3034 8827 3037 8826 3038 8829 3036 8832
3039 8833 3037 8839 3039 8840 3048 8841
3078 8842 3072 8808 3036 8821 3037 8825
3033 8825
$$1 follow-up statement
163
WGUS74 KMOB 091533
FFSMOB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1033 AM CDT SAT JUN 9 2012
ALC097-091930-
/O.CON.KMOB.FF.W.0014.000000T0000Z-120609T1930Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MOBILE AL-
1033 AM CDT SAT JUN 9 2012
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHERN MOBILE COUNTY...
...A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN
ONE-THIRD OF MOBILE COUNTY BETWEEN COUNTY ROAD 59 AND THE
MISSISSIPPI/ALABAMA STATE LINE...
AT 1032 AM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WIDESPREAD
FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA AND RADAR ESTIMATES CONTINUE TO
SHOW RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS
FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING IN THE WARNED AREA.
LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND FIRST RESPONDERS ARE CONDUCTING WATER
RESCUES IN THE GUNN ROAD...MERWOOD COURT AND WAKEFIELD ROAD
AREAS. THIS IS AN EXTREME EVENT...NOT A TYPICAL FLASH FLOOD.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MIDTOWN MOBILE... WEST MOBILE... CODEN...
TILLMANS CORNER... THEODORE... TANNER WILLIAMS...
I10 AND I65... GRAND BAY... FOREST HILL...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING FLOODING SITUATION. YOU
SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL. STAY HOME UNLESS YOU ARE FORCED TO
EVACUATE TO HIGHER GROUND.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. SEEK
HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK INTO AREAS WHERE
WATER CROSSES A ROAD. TURN AROUND - DON'T DROWN!
NEVER TRY TO CROSS OR PLAY IN AN URBAN SPILLWAY OR FLOWING CREEK...
EVEN A SMALL ONE. URBAN FLASH FLOODING IS A MAJOR KILLER.
TO REPORT FLOODING...CALL (800) 284-9059.
&&
LAT...LON 3034 8827 3037 8826 3038 8829 3036 8832
3039 8833 3037 8839 3039 8840 3048 8841
3078 8842 3072 8808 3036 8821 3037 8825
3033 8825
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 7:56 PM CDT | Rip Current Statement | MOB | 23 hr | |
| Jun 8, 11:51 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Mobile | 114 min |
| Jun 9, 7:28 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Mobile | 3 hr |
| Jun 9, 12:11 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 34 min | |
| Jun 9, 12:15 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin | 2 hr |
| Jun 9, 1:01 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 44 min | |
| Jun 9, 1:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 4 hr |
| Jun 9, 2:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 4 hr |
| Jun 9, 3:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MOB | 37 hr | |
| Jun 9, 4:33 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Conecuh, Covington, Escambia | 117 min |
| Jun 9, 5:04 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 12 hr |
| Jun 9, 5:56 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 12 hr |
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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.