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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at May 17, 2024, 5:17 PM CDT for Covington County, Alabama. It was in force for 3 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
- May 17, 2024, 5:17 PM CDT (22:17 UTC)
- Expired
- May 17, 2024, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Covington County, AL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 6:10 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Florala, AL | Water over roadway at 3rd Street and 5th Avenue in Florala. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 215 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
- 1201 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 367 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
286
WGUS54 KMOB 172217
FFWMOB
ALC039-180115-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0013.240517T2217Z-240518T0115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
517 PM CDT Fri May 17 2024
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southern Covington County in south central Alabama...
* Until 815 PM CDT.
* At 517 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 3 inches of rain
have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are
possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected
to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
other poor drainage and low-lying areas.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Florala, Lockhart, Red Oak, Huckaville, Stanley, Carolina,
Stedman, Beda, Green Bay, Horn Hill, Onycha, Falco, McRae, Wing,
Rome, Beulah, Howells and Estothel.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3099 8619 3100 8670 3125 8670 3126 8619
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 7:35 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 14 hr |
| May 17, 12:28 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 92 min | |
| May 17, 1:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 37 min |
| May 17, 1:56 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 94 min | |
| May 17, 2:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 50 min |
| May 17, 2:44 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 91 min | |
| May 17, 3:02 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin | 3 hr |
| May 17, 3:18 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 13 hr | |
| May 17, 5:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin | 41 min |
| May 17, 6:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile, Washington | 32 min |
| May 17, 6:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin | 37 min |
| May 17, 6:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 43 min |
| May 17, 6:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Washington | 43 min |
| May 17, 7:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia | 33 min |
| May 17, 7:53 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Choctaw | 44 min |
| May 17, 8:37 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 4 hr |
| May 17, 9:06 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Wilcox | 83 min |
| May 17, 10:29 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 3 hr |
| May 17, 2:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Covington | 51 min |
| May 17, 3:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Covington, Escambia | 43 min |
| May 17, 3:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 40 min |
| May 17, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 47 min |
| May 17, 3:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington | 43 min |
| May 17, 3:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 49 min |
| May 17, 4:01 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Conecuh, Covington, Escambia | 3 hr |
| May 17, 4:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia | 55 min |
| May 17, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 52 min |
| May 17, 4:09 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 96 min | |
| May 17, 4:15 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Mobile | 3 hr |
| May 17, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 27 min |
| May 17, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 50 min |
| May 17, 5:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Covington | 60 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.