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Flash Flood Warning 64, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Aug 4, 2017, 5:42 PM CDT for Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 2 hr. 4 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
- Aug 4, 2017, 5:42 PM CDT (22:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 4, 2017, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Mobile County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 8 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:44 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 5:45 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Wnw I10 And I65 Inter, AL | WATER OVER ROADWAY AT THE INTERSECTION OF US 90 AND AZALEA ROAD |
| Aug 4, 5:45 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 Wsw Cottage Hill Park, AL | WATER OVER THE ROADWAY NEAR SCHILLINGER AND COTTAGE HILL. |
| Aug 4, 5:54 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Nne Schillinger And T, AL | FLOODING OVER SOLLIE ROAD NEAR HALLS MILL CREEK. |
| Aug 4, 6:13 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Wsw I10 And I65 Inter, AL | ROAD MADE IMPASSABLE DUE TO FLOODING NEAR HALLS MILL RD AND RIVIERE DU CHIEN RD. |
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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 1794 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 644 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
195 WGUS54 KMOB 042242 FFWMOB ALC097-050045- /O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0064.170804T2242Z-170805T0045Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Flash Flood Warning National Weather Service Mobile AL 542 PM CDT FRI AUG 4 2017 The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Central Mobile County in southwestern Alabama... * Until 745 PM CDT * At 541 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. 3 to 5 inches of rain has fallen. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly. * Some locations that will experience flooding include... Midtown Mobile, Tillmans Corner, I10 And I65 and Mobile Regional Airport. Additional rainfall amounts of 2 to 3 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. Please report flooding to your local law enforcement agency when you can do so safely. 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 3068 8805 3054 8809 3061 8833 3071 8829 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 6:03 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 57 min | |
| Aug 4, 6:22 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 23 min | |
| Aug 4, 7:20 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 55 min | |
| Aug 4, 7:39 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 96 min | |
| Aug 4, 8:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin | 58 min |
| Aug 4, 8:22 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin | 3 hr |
| Aug 4, 8:38 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 3 hr |
| Aug 4, 9:14 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 2 hr | |
| Aug 4, 11:23 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin | 3 hr |
| Aug 4, 12:22 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 83 min | |
| Aug 4, 1:17 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 88 min | |
| Aug 4, 5:09 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin | 2 hr |
| Aug 4, 5:15 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Mobile | 2 hr |
| Aug 4, 5:29 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Mobile | 2 hr |
| Aug 4, 5:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 23 min |
| Aug 4, 6:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia | 51 min |
Nearby
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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.