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Flash Flood Warning 35, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Sep 5, 2016, 9:35 AM CDT for Baldwin 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
- Sep 5, 2016, 9:35 AM CDT (14:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 5, 2016, 12:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Baldwin County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 1407 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 659 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
691
WGUS54 KMOB 051435
FFWMOB
ALC003-051730-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0035.160905T1435Z-160905T1730Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
935 AM CDT MON SEP 5 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 1230 PM CDT
* AT 930 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE FROM WEEKS BAY, SOUTHEAST TOWARD GASQUE,
AND EXTENDING INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO FOR MORE THAN 20 MILES.
DOPPLER RADAR AND OBSERVATIONAL NETWORKS INDICATED BETWEEN 3 AND 4
INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE PAST 3 HOURS, WITH 1.5 TO 2
INCHES FALLING SINCE 8 AM. WITH HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
OVER THE SAME AREA FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS, FLASH FLOODING IS
EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
GULF SHORES...FOLEY...MAGNOLIA SPRINGS...BON SECOUR...
SUMMERDALE AND FORT MORGAN.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF MORE THAN 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3022 8804 3029 8799 3026 8788 3029 8778
3040 8792 3046 8792 3050 8768 3023 8761
3022 8783
$$
BUTTS1 follow-up statement
880
WGUS74 KMOB 051614
FFSMOB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1114 AM CDT MON SEP 5 2016
ALC003-051730-
/O.CON.KMOB.FF.W.0035.000000T0000Z-160905T1730Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BALDWIN AL-
1114 AM CDT MON SEP 5 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN BALDWIN COUNTY...
AT 1113 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. THREE TO
FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
GULF SHORES...FOLEY...MAGNOLIA SPRINGS...BON SECOUR...
SUMMERDALE AND FORT MORGAN.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3022 8804 3029 8799 3026 8788 3029 8778
3040 8792 3046 8792 3050 8768 3023 8761
3022 8783
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 7:50 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin | 3 hr |
| Sep 5, 10:30 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 60 min | |
| Sep 5, 11:17 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 58 min | |
| Sep 5, 11:54 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 66 min | |
| Sep 5, 12:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 6 hr |
| Sep 5, 1:38 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 67 min | |
| Sep 5, 1:46 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 29 min | |
| Sep 5, 1:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin | 25 min |
| Sep 5, 1:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 49 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.