Alert archive / Alabama / Flash Flood Warnings in 2017
Flash Flood Warning 80, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Oct 8, 2017, 2:53 AM CDT for 5 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 6 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
- Oct 8, 2017, 2:53 AM CDT (07:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 8, 2017, 8:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Butler County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Covington County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Wilcox County, AL
The radar
The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 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
- 599 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 707 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 189 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 5.1
The text
As transmitted.
099 WGUS54 KMOB 080753 FFWMOB ALC013-035-039-099-131-081345- /O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0080.171008T0753Z-171008T1345Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Flash Flood Warning National Weather Service Mobile AL 253 AM CDT SUN OCT 8 2017 The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Butler County in south central Alabama... Northeastern Monroe County in south central Alabama... Southeastern Wilcox County in south central Alabama... Eastern Conecuh County in south central Alabama... Northwestern Covington County in south central Alabama... * Until 845 AM CDT * At 252 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain streaming north across the warned area. Up to two inches of rain have already fallen. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly. * Some locations that will experience flooding include... Greenville, Evergreen, Georgiana, McKenzie, River Falls, Red Level, Pine Apple and I65 And US 84. Additional rainfall amounts of two to three 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. Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the dangers of flooding. && LAT...LON 3196 8664 3129 8648 3129 8699 3190 8720 $$
1 follow-up statement
897 WGUS74 KMOB 080925 FFSMOB Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service Mobile AL 425 AM CDT SUN OCT 8 2017 ALC013-035-039-099-131-081345- /O.CON.KMOB.FF.W.0080.000000T0000Z-171008T1345Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Butler AL-Monroe AL-Wilcox AL-Conecuh AL-Covington AL- 425 AM CDT SUN OCT 8 2017 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 AM CDT FOR BUTLER...NORTHEASTERN MONROE...SOUTHEASTERN WILCOX...EASTERN CONECUH AND NORTHWESTERN COVINGTON COUNTIES... At 424 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated widespread heavy rain and thunderstorms streaming north across the warned area. Up to three inches of rain have already fallen. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly, if not already occurring. Some locations that will experience flooding include... Greenville, Evergreen, Georgiana, McKenzie, River Falls, Red Level, Pine Apple and I65 And US 84. Additional rainfall amounts of one to three inches are possible in the warned area. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the dangers of flooding. && LAT...LON 3196 8664 3129 8648 3129 8699 3190 8720 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 7, 7:23 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 67 min | |
| Oct 7, 7:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile, Washington | 47 min |
| Oct 7, 7:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 32 min |
| Oct 7, 7:33 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 57 min | |
| Oct 7, 8:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Washington | 20 min |
| Oct 7, 8:21 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 54 min | |
| Oct 7, 9:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 32 min |
| Oct 7, 9:18 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 57 min | |
| Oct 7, 9:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 48 min |
| Oct 7, 9:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 32 min |
| Oct 7, 9:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 6 hr |
| Oct 7, 10:39 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 36 min | |
| Oct 7, 11:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe, Washington | 6 hr |
| Oct 7, 11:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe | 6 hr |
| Oct 8, 1:31 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Monroe, Washington, Wilcox | 6 hr |
| Oct 8, 2:06 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Covington, Escambia | 7 hr |
| Oct 8, 3:41 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 6 hr |
| Oct 8, 3:51 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 6 hr |
| Oct 8, 4:46 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Butler, Wilcox | 4 hr |
| Oct 8, 4:58 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe, Washington | 6 hr |
| Oct 8, 5:37 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe | 6 hr |
| Oct 8, 6:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Butler, Covington, Crenshaw | 3 hr |
| Oct 8, 7:20 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Monroe, Washington, Wilcox | 6 hr |
| Oct 8, 8:13 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 17 hr | |
| Oct 8, 10:14 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Covington, Escambia | 63 hr |
| Oct 8, 10:19 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 11 hr |
| Oct 8, 10:20 AM CDT | High Surf Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 21 hr |
| Oct 8, 11:09 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Escambia | 6 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.