Alert archive / Alabama / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Jun 9, 2012, 1:16 PM CDT for Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 4 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
- Jun 9, 2012, 1:16 PM CDT (18:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 2012, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Baldwin County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:15 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, 2:33 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Foley, AL | NUMEROUS ROADS COVERED WITH WATER IN SOUTHERN BALDWIN 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, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 194 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.
943
WGUS54 KMOB 091816
FFWMOB
ALC003-092215-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0017.120609T1816Z-120609T2215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
116 PM CDT SAT JUN 9 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 515 PM CDT
* AT 115 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED HEAVY RAINFALL AND
WATER OVER ROADS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR IS INDICATING
VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR SET
TO MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN BALDWIN COUNTY THROUGH MID AFTERNOON...
RESULTING IN RAPID WATER RISES AND SERIOUS FLOODING.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PERDIDO BEACH... ORANGE BEACH... GULF SHORES...
SUMMERDALE... SILVERHILL... POINT CLEAR...
MAGNOLIA SPRINGS... LILLIAN... FOLEY...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3023 8793 3026 8793 3024 8787 3028 8777
3037 8785 3041 8792 3049 8795 3056 8791
3052 8745 3046 8742 3045 8739 3042 8739
3039 8744 3036 8745 3033 8751 3030 8751
3027 8755 3022 8780
$$1 follow-up statement
204
WGUS74 KMOB 092008
FFSMOB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
308 PM CDT SAT JUN 9 2012
ALC003-092215-
/O.CON.KMOB.FF.W.0017.000000T0000Z-120609T2215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BALDWIN AL-
308 PM CDT SAT JUN 9 2012
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHERN BALDWIN COUNTY...
AT 259 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED WATER OVER NUMEROUS
ROADS IN SOUTHERN BALDWIN COUNTY. 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN
OVER MUCH OF SOUTHERN BALDWIN COUNTY...WITH TOTALS OF 7 TO 11 INCHES
OVER EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN BALDWIN COUNTY. WHILE THE HEAVIEST RAIN
HAS SHIFTED EAST OF THE AREA...LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE
FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. THIS RAINFALL COMBINED WITH ABUNDANT
RUNOFF WILL STILL CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION WITH WATER REMAINING
OVER SEVERAL ROADWAYS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PERDIDO BEACH... ORANGE BEACH... GULF SHORES...
SUMMERDALE... SILVERHILL... POINT CLEAR...
MAGNOLIA SPRINGS... LILLIAN... FOLEY...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. SEEK
HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK INTO AREAS WHERE
WATER CROSSES A ROAD. TURN AROUND - DON'T DROWN!
NEVER TRY TO CROSS OR PLAY IN AN URBAN SPILLWAY OR FLOWING CREEK...
EVEN A SMALL ONE. URBAN FLASH FLOODING IS A MAJOR KILLER.
&&
LAT...LON 3023 8793 3026 8793 3024 8787 3028 8777
3037 8785 3041 8792 3049 8795 3056 8791
3052 8745 3046 8742 3045 8739 3042 8739
3039 8744 3036 8745 3033 8751 3030 8751
3027 8755 3022 8780
$$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, 8:31 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 6 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, 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 |
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.