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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Mar 8, 2026, 12:10 AM CST for Mobile 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 8, 2026, 12:10 AM CST (06:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 8, 2026, 4:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Mobile County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 2281 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 543 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 157 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
723
WGUS54 KMOB 080610
FFWMOB
ALC097-080945-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0002.260308T0610Z-260308T0945Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1210 AM CST Sun Mar 8 2026
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
West Central Mobile County in southwestern Alabama...
* Until 445 AM CDT.
* At 1210 AM CST, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 3 and 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...
Semmes, Tanner Williams, Lott, Millertown, Orchard, Mauvilla,
Smithtown, Kushla, Oak Grove and Eight Mile.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
&&
LAT...LON 3062 8841 3063 8841 3065 8841 3067 8841
3068 8841 3077 8841 3087 8819 3077 8808
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
RDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 11:40 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Mobile | 30 min |
| Mar 8, 5:24 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 66 min | |
| Mar 8, 6:14 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 91 min | |
| Mar 8, 11:05 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 9 hr |
| Mar 8, 12:23 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington and 6 more | 21 hr |
| Mar 8, 1:04 PM CDT | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | 20 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.