Alert archive / Alabama / Areal Flood Warnings in 2014
Areal Flood Warning 1, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this areal flood warning at Mar 16, 2014, 9:19 AM CDT for 7 counties in Alabama; Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; George County, Mississippi. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 16, 2014, 9:19 AM CDT (14:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 16, 2014, 3:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Baldwin County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Covington County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Mobile County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Escambia County, FL, Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL, George County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:20 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 237 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
- 1142 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 488 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 284 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 283 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.7
- Supercell composite
- 8.6
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this areal flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Mobile, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this areal flood warning went out at Mar 16, 7:29 AM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 16, 7:29 AM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
729 AM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014
.UPDATE...HAVE CLEARED CHOCTAW AND WAYNE COUNTIES FROM THE FLASH
FLOOD WATCH WITH OTHER MINOR ADJUSTMENTS. /29
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
MOBILE 72 52 62 42 68 / 100 70 40 10 05
PENSACOLA 72 57 64 47 66 / 100 80 70 30 05
DESTIN 66 59 66 52 65 / 100 90 70 30 05
EVERGREEN 71 54 62 43 69 / 100 70 60 20 05
WAYNESBORO 73 49 57 37 68 / 70 60 20 10 05
CAMDEN 73 51 60 41 68 / 100 70 40 20 05
CRESTVIEW 70 57 65 43 70 / 100 80 70 30 05
&&
.MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK UNTIL 7 PM SUNDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
LOWER BALDWIN...LOWER MOBILE...
FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 PM SUNDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
BUTLER...CLARKE...CONECUH...COVINGTON...CRENSHAW...
ESCAMBIA...LOWER BALDWIN...LOWER MOBILE...MONROE...UPPER
BALDWIN...UPPER MOBILE...WASHINGTON...WILCOX...
FL...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 PM SUNDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
COASTAL ESCAMBIA...COASTAL OKALOOSA...COASTAL SANTA ROSA...
INLAND ESCAMBIA...INLAND OKALOOSA...INLAND SANTA ROSA...
HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK UNTIL 7 PM SUNDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
COASTAL ESCAMBIA...COASTAL OKALOOSA...COASTAL SANTA ROSA...
MS...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 PM SUNDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
GEORGE...GREENE...PERRY...STONE...
GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 4 PM SUNDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
COASTAL WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL OUT 20 NM...
COASTAL WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS OUT 20
NM...MISSISSIPPI SOUND...SOUTHERN MOBILE BAY...WATERS FROM
DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM...WATERS FROM
PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS FROM 20 TO 60 NM...
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 16, 7:23 AM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 723 AM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014 ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-171230- CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE- LOWER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-WAYNE-PERRY- GREENE-STONE-GEORGE- 723 AM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS FORECAST AREA THIS MORNING AND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. WITH GOOD FORCING IN THE MID LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE COMBINED WITH STRONG VERTICAL SHEAR IN THE LOWER LEVELS THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA THIS MORNING AND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. DAMAGING WINDS...POSSIBLE TORNADOES...PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON. DUE TO HEAVY RAIN WITH SOME OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS AND TRAINING CELLS OVER THE SAME AREA SOME LOCATIONS COULD EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL AREAS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. SHOWERS ALONG WITH A FEW ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY MORNING AS THE MAIN UPPER SYSTEM BEGINS TO MOVE EAST OF THE REGION. THE MAIN CONCERN TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY MORNING WILL BE POSSIBLE SMALL TO MEDIUM SIZE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WITH THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF SKYWARN SEVERE STORM SPOTTER NETWORKS IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY. GMZ630>635-650-655-670-675-171230- NORTHERN MOBILE BAY-SOUTHERN MOBILE BAY-MISSISSIPPI SOUND- PERDIDO BAY-PENSACOLA BAY SYSTEM-CHOCTAWHATCHEE BAY- COASTAL WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS FROM 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 723 AM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT WILL CONTINUE OVER THE MARINE AREA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 16, 7:23 AM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 723 AM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014 ALZ052-053-055-056-059-061>064-FLZ001-MSZ079-161345- CONECUH AL-ESCAMBIA AL-MONROE AL-WASHINGTON AL-INLAND ESCAMBIA FL- UPPER BALDWIN AL-CLARKE AL-LOWER BALDWIN AL-UPPER MOBILE AL- LOWER MOBILE AL-GEORGE MS- 723 AM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014 ...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN GEORGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWESTERN CONECUH...WESTERN ESCAMBIA...SOUTHERN MONROE...SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON...SOUTHEASTERN CLARKE...NORTHERN BALDWIN AND MOBILE COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... NORTHWESTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...THROUGH 845 AM CDT... AT 720 AM CDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF MONROEVILLE TO 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF ATMORE TO 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LUCEDALE...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MIDTOWN MOBILE... DOWNTOWN MOBILE... MOWA CHOCTAW RESERVATION... MOVICO... POARCH CREEK RESERVATION... TILLMANS CORNER... SEMMES... SATSUMA... SARALAND... THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS ARE WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG COULD BLOW OFF TREE LIMBS AND ALSO BLOW AROUND SMALL UNSECURED OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED. THESE STORMS MAY CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY AND A WARNING MAY SOON BE NEEDED. PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR FURTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...WHICH IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE LIFE THREATENING FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. PERSONS IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT SUNDAY FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. && JP
Local storm report, Mar 16, 8:40 AM CDT, 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
840 AM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0800 AM TSTM WND DMG 4 N CHICKASAW 30.82N 88.08W
03/16/2014 MOBILE AL LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES REPORTED DOWN ON LINDA LN. AND FERRY AVE. IN
SARALAND.
&&
10Special weather statement, Mar 16, 8:57 AM CDT, 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 857 AM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014 ALZ058>060-FLZ003>006-161500- COVINGTON AL-CRENSHAW AL-ESCAMBIA AL-INLAND OKALOOSA FL- INLAND SANTA ROSA FL-COASTAL OKALOOSA FL-SANTA ROSA FL- 857 AM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014 ...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT COVINGTON...SOUTHERN CRENSHAW AND SOUTHEASTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... NORTHERN OKALOOSA AND NORTHERN SANTA ROSA COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...THROUGH 1000 AM CDT... AT 857 AM CDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTH OF ANDALUSIA TO 19 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ANDALUSIA TO 6 MILES SOUTH OF CENTURY...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WHITFIELD... PINE LEVEL... WHITING FIELD... POINT BAKER... HORN HILL... JAY... LAUREL HILL... CRESTVIEW... BAKER... THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS ARE WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG COULD BLOW OFF TREE LIMBS AND ALSO BLOW AROUND SMALL UNSECURED OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...WHICH IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE LIFE THREATENING FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. PERSONS IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT SUNDAY FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. && JP
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 3:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MOB | Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more | 9 hr |
| Mar 16, 5:06 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke | 24 min |
| Mar 16, 5:30 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke | 30 min |
| Mar 16, 5:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Washington | 52 min |
| Mar 16, 6:00 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke, Wilcox | 45 min |
| Mar 16, 6:31 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Washington | 44 min |
| Mar 16, 6:43 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Mobile | 2 hr |
| Mar 16, 7:09 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 3 hr |
| Mar 16, 7:41 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 4 hr |
| Mar 16, 7:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 44 min |
| Mar 16, 7:59 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 31 min |
| Mar 16, 8:18 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia | 27 min |
| Mar 16, 8:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 62 min |
| Mar 16, 8:31 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 89 min | |
| Mar 16, 8:37 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Covington | 38 min |
| Mar 16, 9:01 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Conecuh, Escambia | 29 min |
| Mar 16, 9:25 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 95 min | |
| Mar 16, 9:48 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 117 min | |
| Mar 16, 9:49 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Covington, Escambia | 3 hr |
| Mar 16, 10:00 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin | 3 hr |
| Mar 16, 10:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 52 min |
| Mar 16, 10:14 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 91 min | |
| Mar 16, 10:59 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 91 min | |
| Mar 16, 2:35 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 85 min | |
| Mar 16, 8:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 33 min |
| Mar 16, 9:25 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 50 min |
| Mar 16, 10:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 26 min |
| Mar 16, 11:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 58 min |
| Mar 16, 11:22 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 12 hr |
| Mar 16, 6:40 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Greene, Perry | 2 hr |
| Mar 16, 7:11 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Perry | 3 hr |
Nearby
Areal Flood Warnings in Alabama, 2014Areal Flood Warnings in Florida, 2014Areal Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 2014Every areal flood warning in 2014
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.