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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Mobile, AL

May 13, 2024Baldwin County, Alabama; Escambia County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at May 13, 2024, 10:06 AM CDT for Baldwin County, Alabama; Escambia County, Florida. 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 13, 2024, 10:06 AM CDT (15:06 UTC)
Expired
May 13, 2024, 1:15 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Baldwin County, AL, Escambia County, FL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 13, 10:45 AM CDTFLASH FLOOD3 Sse Summerdale, ALWater over roadway on Foley Beach Express.

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 12:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 198 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2024-05-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2253 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2024-05-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 262 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 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
2253 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
507 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
262 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
365 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
3.9
Supercell composite
19.6

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The text

As transmitted.

529 
WGUS54 KMOB 131506
FFWMOB
ALC003-FLC033-131815-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0007.240513T1506Z-240513T1815Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1006 AM CDT Mon May 13 2024

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Southern Baldwin County in southwestern Alabama...
  West Central Escambia County in northwestern Florida...

* Until 115 PM CDT.

* At 1006 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2.5 and 3.5 inches of 
  rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 2 to 3 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...
  Daphne, Fairhope, Spanish Fort, Robertsdale, Point Clear, Loxley, 
  Summerdale, Silverhill, Rosinton, Elsanor, Gateswood, Clay City, 
  Steelwood, Marlow, Belforest, Pine Haven, Seminole, River Park, 
  Malbis and Turkey Branch.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3073 8793 3076 8754 3077 8742 3050 8732
      3047 8743 3039 8784 3037 8794

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

RD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 3:23 AM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMOB23 hr
May 13, 3:29 AM CDTRip Current StatementMOBBaldwin, Mobile63 hr
May 13, 4:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw, Washington45 min
May 13, 5:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWashington52 min
May 13, 5:33 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBClarke42 min
May 13, 6:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatMOBBaldwin, Clarke, Escambia, Monroe, Washington43 min
May 13, 6:38 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia37 min
May 13, 7:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBConecuh44 min
May 13, 7:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh, Covington, Escambia41 min
May 13, 8:04 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWashington41 min
May 13, 8:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington21 min
May 13, 8:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile, Washington43 min
May 13, 8:50 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB85 min
May 13, 8:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threatMOBBaldwin, Clarke, Escambia, Mobile, Washington38 min
May 13, 9:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile43 min
May 13, 9:25 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBMobile3 hr
May 13, 9:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threatMOBBaldwin, Escambia44 min
May 13, 9:42 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB78 min
May 13, 9:48 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBBaldwin3 hr
May 13, 10:02 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBMobile3 hr
May 13, 10:09 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB96 min
May 13, 10:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatMOBBaldwin46 min
May 13, 10:49 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB71 min
May 13, 10:56 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB64 min
May 13, 11:48 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB87 min
May 13, 12:37 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB113 min
May 13, 10:16 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBOkaloosa, Santa Rosa31 min
May 13, 10:33 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa3 hr
May 13, 10:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threatMOBEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa37 min
May 13, 11:11 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBEscambia3 hr
May 13, 11:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatMOBEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa31 min
May 13, 11:32 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBOkaloosa, Santa Rosa3 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.