Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS Mobile, AL

Issued

Apr 1, 2016, 8:44 AM CDT (13:44 UTC)

Expired

Apr 1, 2016, 10:45 AM CDT

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Mobile, AL

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

Counties Baldwin County, AL, Mobile County, AL

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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170 
WGUS54 KMOB 011344
FFWMOB
ALC003-097-011545-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0018.160401T1344Z-160401T1545Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
844 AM CDT FRI APR 1 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA...
  MOBILE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 1045 AM CDT

* AT 838 AM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDED
  ALONG A LINE FROM JUST NORTHWEST OF THE MOBILE REGIONAL AIRPORT TO
  STOCKTON.  BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN
  ACROSS MOBILE AND BALDWIN COUNTIES THIS MORNING.  AN ADDITIONAL 2
  INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH LATE MORNING AS ADDITIONAL
  THUNDERSTORMS MOVE TO THE WARNED AREA FROM SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  MOBILE...PRICHARD...SARALAND...BAY MINETTE...SPANISH FORT...SATSUMA...
  CHICKASAW...CREOLA...MIDTOWN MOBILE...DOWNTOWN MOBILE...TILLMANS
  CORNER...THEODORE...REGIONAL AIRPORT IN WEST MOBILE...GRAND BAY...I65
  AND AL 59...I65 AND I165...I10 AND I65...CHUNCHULA...I65 AND CR 47 AND
  I65 AND AL 287.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS
WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

&&

LAT...LON 3047 8840 3097 8842 3112 8762 3096 8759
      3089 8762 3079 8789 3063 8791 3063 8792
      3075 8792 3065 8793 3072 8797 3074 8803
      3067 8802 3067 8803 3075 8804 3074 8805
      3066 8803 3055 8808

$$

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306 
WGUS74 KMOB 011556
FFSMOB

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1056 AM CDT FRI APR 1 2016

ALC003-097-011602-
/O.EXP.KMOB.FF.W.0018.000000T0000Z-160401T1545Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BALDWIN AL-MOBILE AL-
1056 AM CDT FRI APR 1 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING EXPIRED AT 1045 AM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN
BALDWIN AND MOBILE COUNTIES...

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM CENTRAL MOBILE COUNTY INTO
NORTHWESTERN BALDWIN COUNTY ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO RESULT IN
FLASH FLOODING.  THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WAS ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...WILL
CONTINUE AFFECTING THE REGION THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.  SOME PONDING
OF WATER IN LOW-LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS MAY CONTINUE TO BE SEEN.

STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
MOBILE.

LAT...LON 3047 8840 3097 8842 3112 8762 3096 8759
      3089 8762 3079 8789 3063 8791 3063 8792
      3075 8792 3065 8793 3072 8797 3074 8803
      3067 8802 3067 8803 3075 8804 3074 8805
      3066 8803 3055 8808

$$

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Flash Flood Warnings in Alabama, 2016Every flash flood warning in 2016

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.