Alert archive / Alabama / Flash Flood Warnings in 2014
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Apr 14, 2014, 7:57 PM CDT for Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 3 hr. 8 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
- Apr 14, 2014, 7:57 PM CDT (00:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 14, 2014, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Baldwin County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:58 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 8:07 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Sw Fairhope, AL | STREET FLOODING REPORTED ON NORMAN LN. |
| Apr 14, 8:07 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Sw Fairhope, AL | STREET FLOODING REPORTED ON SATSUMA ST. |
| Apr 14, 8:07 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 Se Fairhope, AL | STREET FLOODING REPORTED SOUTHEAST OF FAIRHOPE ON HWY 181 BETWEEN CO RD 32 AND 44. |
| Apr 14, 8:22 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 N Foley, AL | STREET FLOODING IN SUMMERDALE REPORTED AT COUNTY ROAD 73 AND SANBORN AVE. |
| Apr 14, 8:22 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 0 | Fairhope, AL | 7.09 INCHES PAST 3 HOURS. UNVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA MESONET SITE. |
| Apr 14, 8:22 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 7.09 | Fairhope, AL | 7.09 INCHES PAST 3 HOURS. UNVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA MESONET SITE. |
| Apr 14, 9:27 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Fairhope, AL | HIGHWAY DEPT PLACING WARNING BARRICADES UP ACROSS ROADS EXPERIENCING HIGH WATER. 1 PERSON BEING RESCUED FROM A RESIDENCE DUE TO FLOODING. |
| Apr 14, 10:00 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Loxley, AL | REPORTS OF HIGHWAY 90 JUST EAST OF HIGHWAY 59 FLOODED. FLOODING ON PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 59 AND COUNTY ROAD 49. NUMEROUS ROADS CLOSED IN FAIRHOPE, ROBERTSDALE, AND SILVERHILL. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 294 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
- 620 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 256 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
247
WGUS54 KMOB 150057
FFWMOB
ALC003-150400-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0013.140415T0057Z-140415T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
757 PM CDT MON APR 14 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
* AT 755 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER DETECTED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE WARNED AREA. RADAR
ESTIMATES SHOW THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE
PAST HOUR. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS WILL SPREAD OVER THE WARNED AREA
DURING THE NEXT HOUR. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING
IN THE WARNED AREA.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SUMMERDALE... SILVERHILL... ROBERTSDALE...
POINT CLEAR... LOXLEY... FAIRHOPE...
DAPHNE...
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!
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 3047 8793 3048 8795 3054 8791 3064 8793
3076 8754 3065 8740 3051 8746 3041 8792
$$2 follow-up statements
289
WGUS74 KMOB 150202
FFSMOB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
902 PM CDT MON APR 14 2014
ALC003-150400-
/O.CON.KMOB.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140415T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BALDWIN AL-
902 PM CDT MON APR 14 2014
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHERN BALDWIN COUNTY...
BALDWIN COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORT SEVERAL STREETS
FLOODED IN SOUTHERN BALDWIN COUNTY...INCLUDING IN AND NEAR THE
COMMUNITIES OF FAIRHOPE AND SUMMERDALE.
AT 857 PM...THE CHILI MESONET SITE REPORTED A STORM TOTAL RAINFALL
OF 7.04 INCHES IN FAIRHOPE.
AT 900 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER
MUCH OF SOUTHERN BALDWIN COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 4 TO 6 INCHES
OF RAIN...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OVER 7 INCHES HAS FALLEN OVER THE
WARNED AREA...AND AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE.
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY CAUSE CONTINUED FLASH FLOODING IN
THE WARNED AREA...SOME OF WHICH COULD BE SIGNIFICANT IN THE MORE
FLOOD PRONE LOCATIONS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SUMMERDALE... SILVERHILL... ROBERTSDALE...
POINT CLEAR... LOXLEY... FAIRHOPE...
DAPHNE...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. SEEK
HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK INTO AREAS WHERE
WATER CROSSES A ROAD. TURN AROUND - DON'T DROWN!
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 3047 8793 3048 8795 3054 8791 3064 8793
3076 8754 3065 8740 3051 8746 3041 8792
$$541
WGUS74 KMOB 150236
FFSMOB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
936 PM CDT MON APR 14 2014
ALC003-150400-
/O.CON.KMOB.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140415T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BALDWIN AL-
936 PM CDT MON APR 14 2014
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHERN BALDWIN COUNTY...
AT 927 PM CDT...BALDWIN COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS
REPORTED THAT SEVERAL ROADS WERE BARRICADED IN AREAS AROUND
FAIRHOPE...AND THAT A RESCUE WAS TAKING PLACE FROM A FLOODED
RESIDENCE IN FAIRHOPE.
RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS
OVER 7 INCHES HAS FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SUMMERDALE... SILVERHILL... ROBERTSDALE...
POINT CLEAR... LOXLEY... FAIRHOPE...
DAPHNE...
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!
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT
TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.
&&
LAT...LON 3047 8793 3048 8795 3054 8791 3064 8793
3076 8754 3065 8740 3051 8746 3041 8792
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 7:09 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin | 111 min |
| Apr 14, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 50 min |
| Apr 14, 8:09 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 66 min | |
| Apr 14, 8:20 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 85 min | |
| Apr 14, 8:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 3 hr |
| Apr 14, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Escambia | 62 min |
| Apr 14, 9:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 3 hr |
| Apr 14, 9:42 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 93 min | |
| Apr 14, 9:55 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 24 hr |
| Apr 14, 9:55 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 46 hr |
| Apr 14, 11:03 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 6 hr |
| Apr 14, 11:16 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 6 hr |
| Apr 15, 12:47 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 6 hr |
| Apr 15, 4:49 AM CDT | Freeze Watch | MOB | 9 hr | |
| Apr 15, 4:49 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | MOB | Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more | 26 hr |
| Apr 15, 4:49 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | MOB | Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more | 13 hr |
| Apr 15, 9:30 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 14 hr |
| Apr 15, 9:42 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 8 hr |
| Apr 15, 5:30 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 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.