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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Mobile, AL

April 6, 2025Baldwin County, Alabama; Escambia County, Florida

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 2025-04-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 2025-04-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -4 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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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

$$

RD
1 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 6, 7:05 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBMobile3 hr
Apr 6, 7:47 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBBaldwin, Escambia4 hr
Apr 6, 8:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia26 min
Apr 6, 9:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBCovington45 min
Apr 6, 9:28 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMOBBaldwin69 hr
Apr 6, 9:29 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMOBDallas, Monroe, Wilcox6 days
Apr 6, 9:31 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMOBMobile24 hr
Apr 6, 9:32 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMOBBaldwin3 days
Apr 6, 10:16 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningMOBMobile119 min
Apr 6, 10:26 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningMOBMobile2 hr
Apr 6, 11:43 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningMOBBaldwin2 hr
Apr 6, 11:58 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningMOBBaldwin2 hr
Apr 7, 12:06 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningMOBBaldwin, Escambia114 min
Apr 7, 12:27 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningMOBBaldwin2 hr
Apr 7, 1:13 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMOBBaldwin28 hr
Apr 7, 1:15 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMOBClarke, Monroe, Wilcox8 days
Apr 7, 1:16 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMOBEscambia5 days
Apr 6, 10:04 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBEscambia, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.