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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Mobile, AL

November 25, 1992Butler County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Nov 25, 1992, 1:31 AM CST for Butler County, Alabama. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 25, 1992, 1:31 AM CST (07:31 UTC)
Expired
Nov 25, 1992, 5:30 AM CST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Butler County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Centreville/Bibb, AL (KCKL), launched 00:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 137 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, Centreville/Bibb, AL at 00:00Z on 1992-11-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Centreville/Bibb, AL at 00:00Z on 1992-11-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 147 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
690 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
147 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
247 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMGM 250738
FFWMGM
ALC013-251130-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
131 AM CST WED NOV 25 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MONTGOMERY HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  530 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN SOUTH ALABAMA
 
   ...BUTLER COUNTY
 
WEATHER RADAR AT CENTERVILLE SHOWS THUNDERSTORMS REPEATEDLY CROSSING
THROUGH BUTLER COUNTY DROPPING HEAVY AMOUNTS OF RAIN. GREENVILLE POLICE
HAVE REPORTED THAT HIGHWAY 10 THROUGH GREENVILLE IS WASHED OUT AND
BLOCKED. HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS IN THE AREA.
SKYWARN REPORTS MIRANDA STREET IN GEORGIANNA ALSO UNDER WATER.
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
 
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 24, 7:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin29 min
Nov 24, 10:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh45 min
Nov 25, 2:14 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningMOBCrenshaw4 hr
Nov 25, 2:40 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningMOBLee, Macon4 hr
Nov 25, 2:40 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningMOBBullock, Pike4 hr
Nov 25, 2:51 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningMOBChambers4 hr
Nov 25, 3:46 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington119 min
Nov 25, 7:05 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningMOBPike3 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.