Alert archive / Alabama / Flash Flood Warnings in 2018
Flash Flood Warning 26, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Sep 5, 2018, 9:06 AM CDT for 4 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
- Sep 5, 2018, 9:06 AM CDT (14:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 5, 2018, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Clarke County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Wilcox County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:05 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
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 303 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 693 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 172 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 228 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.1
The text
As transmitted.
470
WGUS54 KMOB 051406
FFWMOB
ALC025-035-099-131-052000-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0026.180905T1406Z-180905T2000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
906 AM CDT WED SEP 5 2018
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Monroe County in south central Alabama...
Northeastern Clarke County in southwestern Alabama...
Wilcox County in south central Alabama...
Conecuh County in south central Alabama...
* Until 300 PM CDT.
* At 906 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain across the warned
area. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly.
* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Monroeville, Thomasville, Evergreen, Camden, Frisco City, Peterman,
Uriah, Pine Hill, Castleberry, Excel, Beatrice, Vredenburgh,
Fulton, Repton, Yellow Bluff, Pine Apple, I65 And US 84, Shawnee
and Dannelly Reservoir.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3220 8736 3220 8733 3214 8728 3214 8725
3212 8726 3208 8719 3205 8718 3205 8686
3196 8686 3196 8691 3162 8690 3126 8694
3127 8749 3170 8773 3199 8781 3200 8763
3213 8762 3213 8752 3226 8752 3227 8745
$$1 follow-up statement
356
WGUS74 KMOB 051655
FFSMOB
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1155 AM CDT WED SEP 5 2018
ALC025-035-099-131-052000-
/O.CON.KMOB.FF.W.0026.000000T0000Z-180905T2000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Monroe AL-Clarke AL-Wilcox AL-Conecuh AL-
1155 AM CDT WED SEP 5 2018
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR
MONROE...NORTHEASTERN CLARKE...WILCOX AND CONECUH COUNTIES...
At 1154 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain across the warned
area. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly.
Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Monroeville, Thomasville, Evergreen, Camden, Frisco City, Peterman,
Uriah, Pine Hill, Castleberry, Excel, Beatrice, Vredenburgh, Fulton,
Repton, Yellow Bluff, Pine Apple, I65 And US 84, Shawnee and Dannelly
Reservoir.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3220 8736 3220 8733 3214 8728 3214 8725
3212 8726 3208 8719 3205 8718 3205 8686
3196 8686 3196 8691 3162 8690 3126 8694
3127 8749 3170 8773 3199 8781 3200 8763
3213 8762 3213 8752 3226 8752 3227 8745
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 8:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 12 hr |
| Sep 4, 8:24 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 40 hr |
| Sep 4, 8:31 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 4 days |
| Sep 4, 8:32 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 70 hr |
| Sep 4, 9:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 6 hr |
| Sep 4, 10:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Escambia | 12 hr |
| Sep 5, 12:53 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 25 min |
| Sep 5, 2:06 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe, Washington | 6 hr |
| Sep 5, 3:19 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 26 min | |
| Sep 5, 3:32 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 28 min | |
| Sep 5, 4:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke | 6 hr |
| Sep 5, 4:57 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 5 hr | |
| Sep 5, 5:15 AM CDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 9 hr |
| Sep 5, 5:15 AM CDT | High Surf Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 9 hr |
| Sep 5, 7:54 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 5, 8:06 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Monroe, Washington | 6 hr |
| Sep 5, 9:35 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 115 min | |
| Sep 5, 10:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke | 5 hr |
| Sep 5, 12:53 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Mobile | 52 min |
| Sep 5, 1:50 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Escambia | 6 hr |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.