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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Mobile, AL

September 7, 1993Bullock County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Sep 7, 1993, 9:00 AM CDT for Bullock County, Alabama. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 7, 1993, 9:00 AM CDT (14:00 UTC)
Expired
Sep 7, 1993, 11:00 AM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Bullock County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Centreville/Bibb, AL (KCKL), launched 12:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 165 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 12:00Z on 1993-09-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1349 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1993-09-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1349 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
613 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
32 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 071401 RRA
FFWMGM
ALC011-071600-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
900 AM CDT TUE SEP 7 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MONTGOMERY HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN SOUTH ALABAMA
 
   ...BULLOCK COUNTY
 
REPORTS FROM SHOPTON HAVE INDICATED A NUMBER OF ROADS COVERED WITH WATER
FROM PERSISTANT RAINS OVER THE AREA. SHOPTON RESIDENTS HAVE REPORTED
APPROXIMATELY FOUR INCHES HAVE FALLEN SINCE 4AM THIS MORNING.
 
WEATHER RADAR AT DANNELLY FIELD INDICATES THAT THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY
RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS BULLOCK COUNTY AT LEAST THROUGH 930 AM
CDT...ADDING TO THE PROBLEM.
 
 
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT.  MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY.  NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT.  TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
 
 
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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.