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Flash Flood Warning 35, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Jul 12, 2026, 6:55 PM CDT for Choctaw County, Clarke County, Washington County, Alabama; Wayne County, Mississippi. 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
- Jul 12, 2026, 6:55 PM CDT (23:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 12, 2026, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Washington County, AL, Wayne County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 718 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -63 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 781 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
574
WGUS54 KMOB 122355
FFWMOB
ALC023-025-129-MSC153-130300-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0035.260712T2355Z-260713T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
655 PM CDT Sun Jul 12 2026
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southwestern Choctaw County in southwestern Alabama...
Northwestern Clarke County in southwestern Alabama...
Northern Washington County in southwestern Alabama...
East Central Wayne County in southeastern Mississippi...
* Until 1000 PM CDT.
* At 655 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 3 inches of rain
have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 2 to 3 inches in 2
hours. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
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...
Millry, Silas, Coffeeville, Bladon Springs, Silver Cross,
Collumburg, Koenton, Frankville, Bigbee, Dunbar, Bolinger,
Barrytown, Healing Springs, West Bend, Womack Hill, Loper,
Souwilpa, Tattlersville, Barlow and Shady Grove.
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 3183 8847 3186 8847 3187 8800 3156 8795
3155 8846 3174 8847
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...2-3 INCHES IN 2 HOURS
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 8:25 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 95 min | |
| Jul 12, 9:00 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 90 min | |
| Jul 12, 9:07 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 10:04 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 86 min | |
| Jul 12, 10:11 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 94 min | |
| Jul 12, 11:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Covington | 40 min |
| Jul 12, 11:58 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 2 hr | |
| Jul 12, 12:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 50 min |
| Jul 12, 12:42 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 93 min | |
| Jul 12, 12:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 35 min |
| Jul 12, 1:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin | 54 min |
| Jul 12, 1:13 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Mobile | 2 hr |
| Jul 12, 1:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin | 43 min |
| Jul 12, 2:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Washington | 58 min |
| Jul 12, 2:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin | 61 min |
| Jul 12, 2:23 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 67 min | |
| Jul 12, 2:38 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 34 hr | |
| Jul 12, 3:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 44 min |
| Jul 12, 3:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Conecuh | 45 min |
| Jul 12, 4:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Conecuh | 38 min |
| Jul 12, 5:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Washington | 49 min |
| Jul 12, 5:42 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 73 min |
| Jul 12, 3:46 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Stone | 119 min |
| Jul 12, 5:27 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Wayne | 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.