Alert archive / Alabama / Flash Flood Warnings in 2021
Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Apr 24, 2021, 6:20 AM CDT for Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama; Escambia County, Florida. It was in force for 4 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 24, 2021, 6:20 AM CDT (11:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 24, 2021, 10:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Baldwin County, AL, Mobile County, AL, Escambia County, FL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:22 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 8:00 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 W Downtown Mobile, AL | WATER COVERING ROADWAYS NEAR DOWNTOWN MOBILE. PHOTOS TAKEN AT 1006 OLD SHELL RD NEAR BROAD ST AND SURROUNDING AREA SHOWS WATER UP TO HEADLIGHTS ON VEHICLES PARKED ON ROADS. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 186 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 873 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 156 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 263 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
048
WGUS54 KMOB 241120
FFWMOB
ALC003-097-FLC033-241515-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0016.210424T1120Z-210424T1515Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
620 AM CDT Sat Apr 24 2021
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Central Mobile County in southwestern Alabama...
Northwestern Baldwin County in southwestern Alabama...
Northwestern Escambia County in northwestern Florida...
* Until 1015 AM CDT.
* At 619 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Up to two inches of rain have
already fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin
shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other
drainage and low lying areas.
* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Midtown Mobile, Downtown Mobile, Prichard, Saraland, Bay Minette,
Chickasaw, Satsuma, Creola, Stockton, Axis, Semmes, Tanner
Williams, I65 And I165, Bratt, Mobile Regional Airport, I65 And AL
225 and I65 And AL 158.
Additional rainfall amounts up to two 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.
Stay away or be swept away. River banks and culverts can become
unstable and unsafe.
In hilly terrain there are hundreds of low water crossings which are
potentially dangerous in heavy rain. Do not attempt to cross flooded
roads. Find an alternate route.
&&
LAT...LON 3055 8840 3077 8842 3107 8778 3102 8762
3100 8761 3100 8752 3095 8737
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 7:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MOB | Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington and 6 more | 17 hr |
| Apr 24, 3:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Washington | 65 min |
| Apr 24, 3:48 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 4 hr |
| Apr 24, 3:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe, Washington | 39 min |
| Apr 24, 4:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Monroe, Washington | 50 min |
| Apr 24, 4:27 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Washington | 13 min |
| Apr 24, 4:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Clarke, Conecuh, Monroe | 44 min |
| Apr 24, 4:49 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 56 min | |
| Apr 24, 5:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Butler, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Escambia and 2 more | 51 min |
| Apr 24, 5:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 46 min |
| Apr 24, 5:42 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 93 min | |
| Apr 24, 5:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Wilcox | 48 min |
| Apr 24, 5:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia | 54 min |
| Apr 24, 5:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 63 min |
| Apr 24, 6:21 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington, Crenshaw | 24 min |
| Apr 24, 6:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia | 48 min |
| Apr 24, 6:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 47 min |
| Apr 24, 7:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 30 min |
| Apr 24, 7:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Covington | 45 min |
| Apr 24, 9:22 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Clarke | 6 hr |
| Apr 24, 11:16 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 5 hr |
| Apr 24, 11:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia | 39 min |
| Apr 24, 12:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Mobile, Washington | 38 min |
| Apr 24, 12:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 44 min |
| Apr 24, 12:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Monroe, Washington | 39 min |
| Apr 24, 1:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington | 18 min |
| Apr 24, 1:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe | 45 min |
| Apr 24, 1:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 26 min |
| Apr 24, 2:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Monroe | 46 min |
| Apr 24, 2:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Conecuh | 38 min |
| Apr 24, 2:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw | 47 min |
| Apr 24, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke | 45 min |
| Apr 24, 3:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Covington, Crenshaw | 40 min |
| Apr 24, 3:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke | 25 min |
| Apr 24, 3:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Monroe, Wilcox | 49 min |
| Apr 24, 3:43 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Monroe, Washington, Wilcox | 2 hr |
| Apr 24, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 47 min |
| Apr 24, 3:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Monroe, Wilcox | 44 min |
| Apr 24, 3:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Washington | 46 min |
| Apr 24, 4:05 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Monroe, Wilcox | 4 hr |
| Apr 24, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Conecuh, Monroe | 50 min |
| Apr 24, 4:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Monroe, Wilcox | 35 min |
| Apr 24, 4:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Butler | 27 min |
| Apr 24, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 43 min |
| Apr 24, 4:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Washington | 20 min |
| Apr 24, 4:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Covington, Crenshaw | 43 min |
| Apr 24, 4:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Monroe | 39 min |
| Apr 24, 4:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Crenshaw | 51 min |
| Apr 24, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Monroe | 46 min |
| Apr 24, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 40 min |
| Apr 24, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Covington, Crenshaw | 39 min |
| Apr 24, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Monroe | 66 min |
| Apr 24, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington, Crenshaw | 64 min |
| Apr 24, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 48 min |
| Apr 24, 6:05 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Covington | 110 min |
| Apr 24, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe | 29 min |
| Apr 24, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Escambia | 48 min |
| Apr 24, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh | 31 min |
| Apr 24, 6:33 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Conecuh, Covington, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe | 3 hr |
| Apr 24, 7:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 46 min |
| Apr 24, 8:24 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 111 min |
| Apr 24, 8:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 16 min |
| Apr 24, 9:51 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Okaloosa | 39 min |
| Apr 24, 10:01 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 14 min |
| Apr 24, 10:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 46 min |
| Apr 24, 10:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 4 hr |
| Apr 24, 10:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 36 min |
| Apr 24, 11:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Santa Rosa | 51 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.