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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at May 22, 2026, 1:30 PM CDT for Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 5 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
- May 22, 2026, 1:30 PM CDT (18:30 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 2026, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Mobile County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:34 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, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 2275 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 674 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
234
WGUS54 KMOB 221830
FFWMOB
ALC097-222130-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0009.260522T1830Z-260522T2130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
130 PM CDT Fri May 22 2026
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
West Central Mobile County in southwestern Alabama...
* Until 430 PM CDT.
* At 130 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 4 inches of rain
have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 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...
Tanner Williams and Seven Hills.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3060 8834 3060 8841 3061 8841 3062 8841
3063 8841 3065 8841 3067 8841 3068 8841
3069 8841 3070 8841 3071 8841 3073 8841
3074 8841 3075 8841 3077 8839 3073 8825
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
RD2 follow-up statements
153
WGUS54 KMOB 222025
FFWMOB
ALC097-222300-
/O.EXT.KMOB.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-260522T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
325 PM CDT Fri May 22 2026
The National Weather Service in Mobile has extended the
* Flash Flood Warning for...
West Central Mobile County in southwestern Alabama...
* Until 600 PM CDT.
* At 325 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 3 and 5 inches of rain
have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 1 inch are possible
in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin
shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
other poor drainage and low-lying areas.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Tanner Williams and Seven Hills.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3060 8834 3060 8841 3061 8841 3062 8841
3063 8841 3065 8841 3067 8841 3068 8841
3069 8841 3070 8841 3071 8841 3073 8841
3074 8841 3075 8841 3077 8839 3073 8825
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
RD070
WGUS74 KMOB 222256
FFSMOB
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
556 PM CDT Fri May 22 2026
ALC097-222306-
/O.EXP.KMOB.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-260522T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Mobile AL-
556 PM CDT Fri May 22 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WEST
CENTRAL MOBILE COUNTY...
Flood waters have receded. The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no
longer expected to pose a threat. Please continue to heed remaining
road closures.
&&
LAT...LON 3060 8834 3060 8841 3061 8841 3062 8841
3063 8841 3065 8841 3067 8841 3068 8841
3069 8841 3070 8841 3071 8841 3073 8841
3074 8841 3075 8841 3077 8839 3073 8825
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 2:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Monroe | 44 min |
| May 22, 3:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Monroe | 47 min |
| May 22, 8:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Washington | 34 min |
| May 22, 8:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Washington | 34 min |
| May 22, 9:20 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 40 min |
| May 22, 9:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw | 48 min |
| May 22, 9:49 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Monroe | 3 hr |
| May 22, 10:01 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke | 29 min |
| May 22, 10:22 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile | 3 hr |
| May 22, 10:30 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke | 30 min |
| May 22, 10:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 3 hr |
| May 22, 10:57 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke | 3 hr |
| May 22, 10:58 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke | 32 min |
| May 22, 12:00 PM CDT | Rip Current Statement | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 19 hr |
| May 22, 12:09 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 35 min | |
| May 22, 12:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 9 hr |
| May 22, 12:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 30 min |
| May 22, 12:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 5 hr |
| May 22, 12:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 5 hr |
| May 22, 1:11 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin | 3 hr |
| May 22, 1:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin | 49 min |
| May 22, 1:35 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 23 hr |
| May 22, 2:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 34 min |
| May 22, 3:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Covington | 55 min |
| May 22, 3:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Crenshaw | 29 min |
| May 22, 6:53 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 67 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.