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Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at May 2, 2013, 5:46 AM CDT for Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 6 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
- May 2, 2013, 5:46 AM CDT (10:46 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 2013, 11:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Baldwin County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:46 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 6:13 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Foley, AL | SEVERAL ROADS FLOODED 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 00:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 179 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
- 183 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 622 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
004
WGUS54 KMOB 021046
FFWMOB
ALC003-021645-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0018.130502T1046Z-130502T1645Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
546 AM CDT THU MAY 2 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 1145 AM CDT
* AT 543 AM CDT...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS INDICATED OVER THE WARNED
AREA AND RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW 2 TO 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS
OCCURRED OVER THE PAST THREE HOURS. WATER HAS BEEN REPORTED OVER
ROADS AT HIGHWAY 98 SOUTH OF FAIRHOPE...THE INTERSECTION OF
HIGHWAY 98 AND SCENIC HIGHWAY 98...THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROAD
24 AND HIGHWAY 98...THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROAD 64 AND COUNTY
ROAD 71...AND THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROAD 181 AND COUNTY ROAD
48. THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR
OR CONTINUE IN THE WARNED AREA.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SUMMERDALE... SILVERHILL... ROBERTSDALE...
POINT CLEAR... MAGNOLIA SPRINGS... FOLEY...
FAIRHOPE... ELBERTA... BON SECOUR...
LAT...LON 3022 8797 3025 8796 3027 8794 3024 8787
3028 8777 3030 8777 3037 8785 3041 8792
3047 8793 3048 8795 3054 8791 3058 8792
3068 8743 3034 8750 3022 8785
$$1 follow-up statement
092
WGUS74 KMOB 021528
FFSMOB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1028 AM CDT THU MAY 2 2013
ALC003-021537-
/O.CAN.KMOB.FF.W.0018.000000T0000Z-130502T1645Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BALDWIN AL-
1028 AM CDT THU MAY 2 2013
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SOUTHERN BALDWIN
COUNTY...
AT 1024 AM CDT...THE HEAVY RAINFALL THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR
SOUTHERN BALDWIN COUNTY HAS ENDED...THUS THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS
BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...PONDING OF WATER MAY STILL BE ENCOUNTERED.
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL
LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND POSSIBLY INTO THE EVENING.
LAT...LON 3022 8797 3025 8796 3027 8794 3024 8787
3028 8777 3030 8777 3037 8785 3041 8792
3047 8793 3048 8795 3054 8791 3058 8792
3068 8743 3034 8750 3022 8785
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 8:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 4 hr |
| May 1, 9:32 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 88 min | |
| May 1, 10:08 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 112 min |
| May 1, 10:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 4 hr |
| May 1, 11:03 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 87 min | |
| May 2, 12:32 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 88 min | |
| May 2, 12:45 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin | 2 hr |
| May 2, 2:28 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 12 hr |
| May 2, 2:57 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 3 hr |
| May 2, 3:08 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 12 hr |
| May 2, 5:02 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 88 min | |
| May 2, 5:04 AM CDT | Coastal Flood Statement | MOB | 8 hr | |
| May 2, 9:02 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 26 hr |
| May 2, 10:50 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 36 hr |
| May 2, 12:29 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 26 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.