Alert archive / Alabama / Flash Flood Warnings in 2015
Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Sep 27, 2015, 5:14 PM CDT for Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 3 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
- Sep 27, 2015, 5:14 PM CDT (22:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 27, 2015, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Mobile County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 27, 6:24 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 Wsw Downtown Mobile, AL | OFF DUTY NWS EMPLOYEE REPORTS APROX 10-12 INCHES OF WATER OVER AIRPORT BLVD., JUST WEST OF I-65, APROX 5 MILES W. OF DOWNTOWN MOBILE. |
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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 69 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -86 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 985 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
475
WGUS54 KMOB 272214
FFWMOB
ALC097-280115-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0018.150927T2214Z-150928T0115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
514 PM CDT SUN SEP 27 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN MOBILE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 815 PM CDT
* AT 512 PM CDT...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS INDICATED OVER THE WARNED
AREA AND RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS
OCCURRED OVER PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA DURING THE THE PAST
HOUR. IN ADDITION...SOME AREAS HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED MORE THAN 5
INCHES OF RAINFALL THIS AFTERNOON.
THIS WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MOBILE... PRICHARD... SARALAND...
CHICKASAW... BAYOU LA BATRE... GRAND BAY...
TILLMANS CORNER... THEODORE... MIDTOWN MOBILE...
REGIONAL AIRPORT IN WEST MOBILE... CODEN...
I65 AND I165...
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 3024 8828 3025 8818 3036 8820 3032 8826
3039 8840 3086 8841 3082 8795 3067 8803
3068 8803 3075 8804 3074 8805 3033 8814
3026 8809 3026 8810 3032 8819 3026 8818
3025 8808 3024 8808 3023 8831
$$1 follow-up statement
006
WGUS74 KMOB 272343
FFSMOB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
643 PM CDT SUN SEP 27 2015
ALC097-280115-
/O.CON.KMOB.FF.W.0018.000000T0000Z-150928T0115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MOBILE AL-
643 PM CDT SUN SEP 27 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHERN MOBILE COUNTY...
...SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING REPORTED IN THE MOBILE METRO
VICINITY...
MULTIPLE REPORTS OF FLASH FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED IN THE CITY OF
MOBILE DURING THE PAST HOUR INCLUDING AIRPORT BLVD NEAR I-65...
WHERE CARS HAVE BEEN STALLED...NEAR SCHILLINGER AND AIRPORT BLVD...
COTTAGE HILL AND DAWES RD...AND ON HWY 90 AND BELLINGRATH RD.
AT 640 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
MONITORING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL
OVER MUCH OF SOUTHERN MOBILE COUNTY...INCLUDING IN AND AROUND THE
CITY OF MOBILE. RADAR ESTIMATES AND SPOTTER REPORTS HAVE CONFIRMED
THAT 4 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE WARNED AREA.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MOBILE... PRICHARD... SARALAND...
CHICKASAW... BAYOU LA BATRE... GRAND BAY...
TILLMANS CORNER... THEODORE... MIDTOWN MOBILE...
REGIONAL AIRPORT IN WEST MOBILE... CODEN...
I65 AND I165...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS A FLOODED ROADWAY!
IF YOU ARE IN DANGER FROM THE FLOOD WATERS AND NEED RESCUE ASSISTANCE
CALL 911. TO REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CALL
(800) 284-9059.
&&
LAT...LON 3024 8828 3025 8818 3036 8820 3032 8826
3039 8840 3086 8841 3082 8795 3067 8803
3068 8803 3075 8804 3074 8805 3033 8814
3026 8809 3026 8810 3032 8819 3026 8818
3025 8808 3024 8808 3023 8831
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 27, 3:41 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 33 hr | |
| Sep 27, 5:44 AM CDT | Rip Current Statement | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 49 hr |
| Sep 27, 2:52 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Mobile | 3 hr |
| Sep 27, 3:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 38 min |
| Sep 27, 4:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 53 min |
| Sep 27, 4:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 49 min |
| Sep 27, 5:01 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 89 min | |
| Sep 27, 5:31 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 89 min | |
| Sep 27, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 57 min |
| Sep 27, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 65 min |
| Sep 27, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 49 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Alabama, 2015Every flash flood warning in 2015
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.