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Flash Flood Warning 24, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at May 18, 2016, 8:05 PM CDT for Escambia County, Alabama. It was in force for 3 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 18, 2016, 8:05 PM CDT (01:05 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 2016, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Escambia County, AL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 225 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
- 790 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 993 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
930 WGUS54 KMOB 190105 FFWMOB ALC053-190400- /O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0024.160519T0105Z-160519T0400Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 805 PM CDT WED MAY 18 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... EASTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA... * UNTIL 1100 PM CDT * AT 804 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. * FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. && LAT...LON 3125 8682 3110 8676 3103 8698 3118 8703 $$
1 follow-up statement
601 WGUS74 KMOB 190142 FFSMOB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 842 PM CDT WED MAY 18 2016 ALC053-190151- /O.CAN.KMOB.FF.W.0024.000000T0000Z-160519T0400Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ESCAMBIA AL- 842 PM CDT WED MAY 18 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EASTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES. LAT...LON 3125 8682 3110 8676 3103 8698 3118 8703 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 7:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Covington | 46 min |
| May 18, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 28 min |
| May 18, 7:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 37 min |
| May 18, 8:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Conecuh | 28 min |
| May 18, 8:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Covington | 47 min |
| May 19, 5:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Covington | 46 min |
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.