Alert archive / Alabama / Flash Flood Warnings in 2015
Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at May 16, 2015, 5:33 PM CDT for Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 8 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 16, 2015, 5:33 PM CDT (22:33 UTC)
- Expired
- May 17, 2015, 2:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Mobile County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 1551 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 642 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
193
WGUS54 KMOB 162233
FFWMOB
ALC097-170430-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0011.150516T2233Z-150517T0430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
533 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN MOBILE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT
* AT 533 PM CDT...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS INDICATED OVER THE WARNED
AREA AND RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER
HOUR. THIS WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MOBILE... SARALAND... SATSUMA...
CREOLA... AXIS... BUCKS...
I65 AND US 43... I65 AND AL 158... SALCO...
SPANISH TRACE... COLLEGE WOODS... LE MOYNE...
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!
IF YOU ARE IN DANGER FROM THE FLOOD WATERS AND NEED RESCUE ASSISTANCE
CALL 911. TO REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CALL
(800) 284-9059.
&&
LAT...LON 3076 8816 3080 8813 3103 8813 3104 8796
3076 8809
$$1 follow-up statement
792
WGUS54 KMOB 170341
FFWMOB
ALC097-170700-
/O.EXT.KMOB.FF.W.0011.000000T0000Z-150517T0700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1041 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN MOBILE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 200 AM CDT
* AT 1040 PM CDT...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BEGIN MOVING INTO THE
WARNED AREA SHORTLY WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2
INCHES THAT WILL FALL ON SATURATED GROUND. THIS WILL LIKELY CAUSE
FLASH FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MOBILE... SARALAND... SATSUMA...
CREOLA... AXIS... BUCKS...
I65 AND US 43... I65 AND AL 158... SALCO...
SPANISH TRACE... COLLEGE WOODS... LE MOYNE...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. SEEK
HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK INTO AREAS WHERE
WATER CROSSES A ROAD. TURN AROUND - DON'T DROWN!
IF YOU ARE IN DANGER FROM THE FLOOD WATERS AND NEED RESCUE ASSISTANCE
CALL 911. TO REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CALL
(800) 284-9059.
&&
LAT...LON 3076 8816 3080 8813 3103 8813 3104 8796
3076 8809
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 8:04 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Mobile | 3 hr |
| May 15, 10:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 6 hr |
| May 16, 1:09 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 6 hr |
| May 16, 1:38 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin | 3 hr |
| May 16, 2:02 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke | 6 hr |
| May 16, 4:25 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Escambia, Mobile, Washington | 3 hr |
| May 16, 4:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 9 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.