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Areal Flood Warning 18, NWS Mobile, AL

October 6, 2021Conecuh County, Covington County, Escambia County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this areal flood warning at Oct 6, 2021, 12:59 AM CDT for Conecuh County, Covington County, Escambia County, 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 6, 2021, 12:59 AM CDT (05:59 UTC)
Expired
Oct 6, 2021, 6:45 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Conecuh County, AL, Covington County, AL, Escambia County, AL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:02 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 00:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 210 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2021-10-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 734 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2021-10-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 90 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
734 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
449 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
90 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
188 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

635 
WGUS44 KMOB 060559
FLWMOB

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1259 AM CDT Wed Oct 6 2021

ALC035-039-053-061145-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FA.W.0018.211006T0559Z-211006T1145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Conecuh AL-Covington AL-Escambia AL-
1259 AM CDT Wed Oct 6 2021

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

* Flood Warning for...
  Southeastern Conecuh County in south central Alabama...
  Northwestern Covington County in south central Alabama...
  Eastern Escambia County in south central Alabama...

* Until 645 AM CDT.

* At 1259 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated that the rain had either 
  ended or tapered off over the warned area, however additional 
  rain, potentially heavy, is expected to move across the area over 
  the next couple of hours. Many locations likely remain inundated 
  from earlier heavy rainfall this  evening, and the additional rain 
  set to move across the area is expected to cause this to persist.  
  A Flash Flood Warning will be issued if heavy rain redevelops.

* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
  Brooklyn, Paul, Melrose, Damascus, Mount Union, Dixie, 
  Centerville, Loango, Cohassett, Old Town, Travis Bridge, Roberts, 
  Brooks and Shreve.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 
deaths occur in vehicles.

&&

LAT...LON 3152 8684 3152 8670 3152 8661 3125 8663
      3116 8670 3112 8673 3100 8689 3100 8702

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 5, 7:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBCovington41 min
Oct 5, 8:41 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMOBEscambia37 hr
Oct 5, 8:46 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMOBEscambia12 hr
Oct 5, 8:53 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMOBEscambia6 days
Oct 5, 11:01 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningMOBConecuh, Escambia12 hr
Oct 5, 11:31 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBButler, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia4 hr
Oct 6, 2:45 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB90 min
Oct 6, 4:45 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB45 min
Oct 6, 10:00 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMOBCovington, Escambia46 hr
Oct 6, 11:01 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningMOBConecuh, Escambia6 hr
Oct 6, 12:21 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMOBCovington, Escambia17 hr
Oct 6, 4:57 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningMOBConecuh, Escambia12 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.