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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Mobile, AL

March 30, 2025Baldwin County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Mar 30, 2025, 1:23 PM CDT for Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 4 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: Mar 30, 2025, 1:23 PM CDT (18:23 UTC)
Expired: Mar 30, 2025, 5:30 PM CDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Baldwin County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:25 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 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 206 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1280 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 532 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 197 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 249 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.7
Supercell composite: 3.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

035 
WGUS54 KMOB 301823
FFWMOB
ALC003-302130-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0002.250330T1823Z-250330T2130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
123 PM CDT Sun Mar 30 2025

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Central Baldwin County in southwestern Alabama...

* Until 430 PM CDT.

* At 123 PM 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 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...
  Bay Minette, Stapleton, Vangordon, Douglasville, Whitehouse Forks, 
  D'Olive, Crossroads and Phillipsville.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3092 8762 3090 8762 3087 8763 3083 8762
      3083 8760 3082 8760 3082 8759 3074 8757
      3074 8793 3091 8795

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

RD

2 follow-up statements

270 
WGUS74 KMOB 301931
FFSMOB

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
231 PM CDT Sun Mar 30 2025

ALC003-302130-
/O.CON.KMOB.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-250330T2130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Baldwin AL-
231 PM CDT Sun Mar 30 2025

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT THIS 
AFTERNOON FOR CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY...

At 231 PM CDT, emergency management reported thunderstorms producing 
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 4 and 6 inches of rain 
have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are 
possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is already occurring.

HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing
         flash flooding.

SOURCE...Emergency management reported.

IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams,
         urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses.

Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Bay Minette, Stapleton, Vangordon, Douglasville, Whitehouse Forks, 
  D'Olive, Crossroads and Phillipsville.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3092 8762 3090 8762 3087 8763 3083 8762
      3083 8760 3082 8760 3082 8759 3074 8757
      3074 8793 3091 8795

FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE

$$

RD

694 
WGUS54 KMOB 302129
FFWMOB
ALC003-302230-
/O.EXT.KMOB.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-250330T2230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
429 PM CDT Sun Mar 30 2025

The National Weather Service in Mobile has extended the

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Central Baldwin County in southwestern Alabama...

* Until 530 PM CDT.

* At 429 PM CDT, emergency management reported thunderstorms 
  producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 5 and 7 
  inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 1 
  inch are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is already 
  occurring.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

  SOURCE...Emergency management reported.

  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...
  Bay Minette, Stapleton, Vangordon, Douglasville, Whitehouse Forks, 
  D'Olive, Crossroads and Phillipsville.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3092 8762 3090 8762 3087 8763 3083 8762
      3083 8760 3082 8760 3082 8759 3074 8757
      3074 8793 3091 8795

FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED

$$

RD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 30, 9:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Baldwin	50 min
Mar 30, 9:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin	38 min
Mar 30, 9:57 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Baldwin	3 hr
Mar 30, 10:56 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Mobile	3 hr
Mar 30, 12:09 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		36 min
Mar 30, 12:30 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Baldwin	3 hr
Mar 30, 1:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Baldwin	30 min
Mar 30, 1:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Baldwin	54 min
Mar 30, 1:41 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Mobile	3 hr
Mar 30, 2:35 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Baldwin	3 hr
Mar 30, 2:55 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Baldwin	3 hr
Mar 30, 3:43 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Baldwin	4 hr
Mar 30, 3:51 PM CDT	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	MOB		18 hr
Mar 30, 4:01 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		89 min
Mar 30, 5:03 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		72 min
Mar 30, 5:28 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MOB	Baldwin	50 hr
Mar 30, 5:53 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Baldwin	3 hr
Mar 30, 6:06 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		84 min
Mar 30, 6:22 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		83 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.