Alert archive / Alabama / Flash Flood Warnings in 2015
Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at May 15, 2015, 10:04 PM CDT for Mobile 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 15, 2015, 10:04 PM CDT (03:04 UTC)
- Expired
- May 16, 2015, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Mobile County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:06 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 15, 10:57 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Sw Downtown Mobile, AL | FLOODING REPORTED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF GOVERNMENT ST AND MCDONALD AVE. RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
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, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 166 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
- 2319 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 577 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
203
WGUS54 KMOB 160304
FFWMOB
ALC097-160900-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0006.150516T0304Z-150516T0900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1004 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL MOBILE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 400 AM CDT
* AT 1003 PM CDT...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS INDICATED OVER THE WARNED
AREA AND RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS
OCCURRED OVER THE PAST HOUR WITH ADDITIONAL EARLIER HEAVY RAINS.
THIS WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MOBILE... PRICHARD... SARALAND...
SATSUMA... CHICKASAW... DOWNTOWN MOBILE...
I65 AND I165... I10 AND I65... I65 AND US 43...
I65 AND US 45... I65 AND AL 158... BROOKWOOD...
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 3054 8808 3060 8812 3061 8810 3061 8812
3064 8814 3090 8809 3088 8799 3083 8794
3081 8799 3079 8799 3077 8803 3073 8802
3074 8803 3068 8803 3071 8804 3066 8803
3066 8806 3060 8806 3057 8809
$$2 follow-up statements
520
WGUS74 KMOB 160601
FFSMOB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
101 AM CDT SAT MAY 16 2015
ALC097-160900-
/O.CON.KMOB.FF.W.0006.000000T0000Z-150516T0900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MOBILE AL-
101 AM CDT SAT MAY 16 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT FOR
CENTRAL MOBILE COUNTY...
AT 1057 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED FLOODING NEAR THE INTERSECTION
OF GOVERNMENT STREET AND MCDONALD AVENUE IN DOWNTOWN MOBILE.
AT 100 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER
THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2
INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED OVER THE PAST HOUR...WITH STORM
TOTAL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES OVER THE WARNED AREA SINCE FRIDAY
EVENING.
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS FALLING ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND WILL
LIKELY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MOBILE... PRICHARD... SARALAND...
SATSUMA... CHICKASAW... DOWNTOWN MOBILE...
I65 AND I165... I10 AND I65... I65 AND US 43...
I65 AND US 45... I65 AND AL 158... BROOKWOOD...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. SEEK
HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK INTO AREAS WHERE
WATER CROSSES A ROAD. TURN AROUND - DON'T DROWN!
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
IF YOU ARE IN DANGER FROM THE FLOOD WATERS AND NEED RESCUE ASSISTANCE
CALL 911.
&&
LAT...LON 3054 8808 3060 8812 3061 8810 3061 8812
3064 8814 3090 8809 3088 8799 3083 8794
3081 8799 3079 8799 3077 8803 3073 8802
3074 8803 3068 8803 3071 8804 3066 8803
3066 8806 3060 8806 3057 8809
$$495
WGUS74 KMOB 160754
FFSMOB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
254 AM CDT SAT MAY 16 2015
ALC097-160803-
/O.CAN.KMOB.FF.W.0006.000000T0000Z-150516T0900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MOBILE AL-
254 AM CDT SAT MAY 16 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL MOBILE COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...
AT 253 AM CDT...THE HEAVY RAINS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR
CENTRAL MOBILE COUNTY HAVE ENDED. THUS...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS
BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3054 8808 3060 8812 3061 8810 3061 8812
3064 8814 3090 8809 3088 8799 3083 8794
3081 8799 3079 8799 3077 8803 3073 8802
3074 8803 3068 8803 3071 8804 3066 8803
3066 8806 3060 8806 3057 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 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 |
| May 16, 5:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 8 hr |
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.