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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Apr 6, 2025, 8:42 PM CDT for Baldwin County, Alabama; Escambia County, Florida. It was in force for 3 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
- Apr 6, 2025, 8:42 PM CDT (01:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 6, 2025, 11:45 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), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:44 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
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 470 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted.
567
WGUS54 KMOB 070142
FFWMOB
ALC003-FLC033-070445-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0013.250407T0142Z-250407T0445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
842 PM CDT Sun Apr 6 2025
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 1145 PM CDT.
* At 842 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 3 and 5 inches of rain
have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 2 to 4 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, Robertsdale, Point Clear, Loxley, Silverhill,
Rosinton, Gateswood, Belforest, Clay City, Tenile, Barrineau Park,
Bay Springs, Montrose and Battles Wharf.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3047 8794 3059 8792 3060 8791 3077 8754
3079 8748 3064 8733 3062 8740 3047 8780
3042 8792
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
RD1 follow-up statement
964
WGUS74 KMOB 070443
FFSMOB
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1143 PM CDT Sun Apr 6 2025
ALC003-FLC033-070453-
/O.EXP.KMOB.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-250407T0445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Baldwin AL-Escambia FL-
1143 PM CDT Sun Apr 6 2025
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING AT 1145 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR SOUTHERN
BALDWIN AND WEST CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTIES HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH A
FLOOD WARNING...
&&
LAT...LON 3047 8794 3059 8792 3060 8791 3077 8754
3079 8748 3064 8733 3062 8740 3047 8780
3042 8792
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 7:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 3 hr |
| Apr 6, 7:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Escambia | 4 hr |
| Apr 6, 8:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia | 26 min |
| Apr 6, 9:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Covington | 45 min |
| Apr 6, 9:28 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 69 hr |
| Apr 6, 9:29 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Dallas, Monroe, Wilcox | 6 days |
| Apr 6, 9:31 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 24 hr |
| Apr 6, 9:32 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 3 days |
| Apr 6, 10:16 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 119 min |
| Apr 6, 10:26 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 2 hr |
| Apr 6, 11:43 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 2 hr |
| Apr 6, 11:58 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 2 hr |
| Apr 7, 12:06 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Escambia | 114 min |
| Apr 7, 12:27 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 2 hr |
| Apr 7, 1:13 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 28 hr |
| Apr 7, 1:15 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe, Wilcox | 8 days |
| Apr 7, 1:16 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 5 days |
| Apr 6, 10:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 3 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.