Alert archive / Alabama / Flash Flood Warnings in 2018
Flash Flood Warning 15, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Jun 3, 2018, 9:29 PM CDT for Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 95 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 3, 2018, 9:29 PM CDT (02:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 2018, 11:04 PM CDT
- In force
- 95 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Mobile County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:32 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 3866 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1101 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
441
WGUS54 KMOB 040229
FFWMOB
ALC097-040530-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0015.180604T0229Z-180604T0530Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
929 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2018
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Central Mobile County in southwestern Alabama...
* Until 1230 AM CDT.
* At 928 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Up to two to three inches of
rain have already fallen. Flash flooding is expected to begin
shortly.
* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Midtown Mobile, Downtown Mobile, Prichard, Tillmans Corner,
Chickasaw, Semmes, I65 And I165, I65 And AL 158, Mobile Regional
Airport and I10 And I65.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3057 8838 3081 8836 3080 8799 3079 8799
3077 8802 3076 8802 3078 8800 3074 8800
3074 8801 3068 8800 3054 8802
$$1 follow-up statement
484
WGUS74 KMOB 040404
FFSMOB
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1104 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2018
ALC097-040414-
/O.CAN.KMOB.FF.W.0015.000000T0000Z-180604T0530Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Mobile AL-
1104 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2018
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL MOBILE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
Flooding is no longer expected to pose a threat. Please continue to
heed any remaining road closures.
LAT...LON 3057 8838 3081 8836 3080 8799 3079 8799
3077 8802 3076 8802 3078 8800 3074 8800
3074 8801 3068 8800 3054 8802
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 7:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin | 55 min |
| Jun 3, 7:28 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 62 min | |
| Jun 3, 7:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Washington | 43 min |
| Jun 3, 7:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin | 56 min |
| Jun 3, 8:22 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 53 min | |
| Jun 3, 8:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 58 min |
| Jun 3, 8:53 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 9:10 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 65 min | |
| Jun 3, 9:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 55 min |
| Jun 3, 9:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin | 38 min |
| Jun 3, 10:06 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 54 min | |
| Jun 3, 10:10 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 65 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.