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Areal Flood Warning 18, NWS Mobile, AL
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5, 7:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Covington | 41 min |
| Oct 5, 8:41 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 37 hr |
| Oct 5, 8:46 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 12 hr |
| Oct 5, 8:53 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 6 days |
| Oct 5, 11:01 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Escambia | 12 hr |
| Oct 5, 11:31 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Butler, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia | 4 hr |
| Oct 6, 2:45 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 90 min | |
| Oct 6, 4:45 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 45 min | |
| Oct 6, 10:00 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Covington, Escambia | 46 hr |
| Oct 6, 11:01 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Escambia | 6 hr |
| Oct 6, 12:21 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Covington, Escambia | 17 hr |
| Oct 6, 4:57 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Escambia | 12 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.