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Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Mar 11, 2016, 9:28 AM CST for Mobile County, Washington County, Alabama. It was in force for 6 hr. 6 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
- Mar 11, 2016, 9:28 AM CST (15:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 11, 2016, 3:30 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Mobile County, AL, Washington County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 10:22 AM CST | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Nnw Mobile Airport, AL | WATER OVER THE ROADWAY AT TANNER WILLIAMS ROAD AND THE COAST GUARD BASE |
| Mar 11, 10:39 AM CST | FLASH FLOOD | 5 Ssw Theodore, AL | WATER OVER THE ROADWAY AT ONE MILE ROAD AND PADGETT SWITCH ROAD. REPORT FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT RELAYED BY SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Mar 11, 10:50 AM CST | FLASH FLOOD | 5 S Theodore, AL | WATER OVER THE ROADWAY AT BELLINGRATH ROAD AND LANCASTER ROAD. REPORT FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT RELAYED BY SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Mar 11, 10:56 AM CST | HEAVY RAIN 2.98 | Grand Bay, AL | PUBLIC REPORT OF NEARLY 3 INCHES OF RAIN SO FAR IN GRAND BAY |
| Mar 11, 12:00 PM CST | FLASH FLOOD | 5 Sse Chickasaw, AL | WATER OVER THE ROADWAY ON OAK STREET IN MIDTOWN MOBILE. REPORT RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Mar 11, 12:00 PM CST | FLASH FLOOD | 6 S Chickasaw, AL | WATER OVER THE ROADWAYS NEAR MURPHY HIGH SCHOOL ON SOUTH CARLEN DRIVE IN MIDTOWN MOBILE. REPORT 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 12:00Z, 3.5 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
- 1067 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 479 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 320 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 277 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.4
- Supercell composite
- 10.4
The text
As transmitted.
078
WGUS54 KMOB 111528
FFWMOB
ALC097-129-112130-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0011.160311T1528Z-160311T2130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
928 AM CST FRI MAR 11 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
MOBILE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA...
WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 330 PM CST FRIDAY
* AT 925 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN.
FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED THROUGH MID AFTERNOON.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MOBILE...PRICHARD...SARALAND...SATSUMA...CHICKASAW...CITRONELLE...BAYOU
LA BATRE...CREOLA...CHATOM...DAUPHIN ISLAND...GRAND BAY...MIDTOWN
MOBILE...TILLMANS CORNER...THEODORE...REGIONAL AIRPORT IN WEST MOBILE...
MOUNT VERNON...MILLRY...MCINTOSH...MOWA CHOCTAW RESERVATION AND SAINT
STEPHENS.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF NEEDED MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW! ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR
LIFE.
IF YOU ENCOUNTER FLOODED ROADS...TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN! MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3024 8829 3036 8819 3039 8840 3170 8846
3170 8809 3150 8791 3126 8799 3111 8789
3108 8797 3102 8790 3110 8789 3109 8788
3095 8787 3089 8798 3058 8810 3062 8811
3061 8812 3026 8813 3025 8808 3023 8830
$$1 follow-up statement
374
WGUS74 KMOB 112001
FFSMOB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
201 PM CST FRI MAR 11 2016
ALC097-129-112011-
/O.CAN.KMOB.FF.W.0011.000000T0000Z-160311T2130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MOBILE AL-WASHINGTON AL-
201 PM CST FRI MAR 11 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MOBILE AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...
FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3024 8829 3036 8819 3039 8840 3170 8846
3170 8809 3150 8791 3126 8799 3111 8789
3108 8797 3102 8790 3110 8789 3109 8788
3095 8787 3089 8798 3058 8810 3062 8811
3061 8812 3026 8813 3025 8808 3023 8830
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 7:36 PM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 11 days |
| Mar 10, 7:36 PM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 11 days |
| Mar 10, 8:19 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Choctaw | 3 hr |
| Mar 10, 9:16 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 3 hr |
| Mar 10, 10:52 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 9 hr |
| Mar 11, 7:34 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Washington | 6 hr |
| Mar 11, 8:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile, Washington | 30 min |
| Mar 11, 8:42 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Mobile | 3 hr |
| Mar 11, 8:45 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 60 min |
| Mar 11, 8:55 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 65 min | |
| Mar 11, 9:20 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 55 min | |
| Mar 11, 9:41 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile, Washington | 64 min |
| Mar 11, 9:42 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 6 hr |
| Mar 11, 9:59 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 61 min | |
| Mar 11, 10:42 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin | 3 hr |
| Mar 11, 10:45 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin | 45 min |
| Mar 11, 10:50 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Clarke | 4 hr |
| Mar 11, 10:58 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 62 min | |
| Mar 11, 11:04 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 6 hr |
| Mar 11, 11:22 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Clarke | 6 hr |
| Mar 11, 11:29 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin | 61 min |
| Mar 11, 11:59 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 61 min | |
| Mar 11, 12:16 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin | 4 hr |
| Mar 11, 2:14 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 24 hr |
| Mar 11, 3:54 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 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.