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Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Mobile, AL

July 4, 1994Barbour County, Henry County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Jul 4, 1994, 3:09 AM CDT for Barbour County, Henry County, Alabama. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 4, 1994, 3:09 AM CDT (08:09 UTC)
Expired
Jul 4, 1994, 7:15 AM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Barbour County, AL, Henry County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 173 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 1994-07-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1005 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 1994-07-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 63 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
1005 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
562 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMGM 040812
FFWMGM
ALC005-067-041215-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
309 AM CDT MON JUL 4 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MONTGOMERY HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  715 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S...
 
IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
 
   ...BARBOUR COUNTY...NORTHERN HENRY COUNTY
 
RADAR INDICATED 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN THE BARBOUR AND NORTHERN
HENRY COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...AND THE STATE TROUPER POST AT
EUFAULA CLOSED U.S. HIGHWAY 82 JUST WEST OF THE EUFAULA CITY LIMITS AT
245 AM CDT.
 
THE FLOODING CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST FOR APPROXIMATELY THE NEXT 3 TO 4
HOURS AS THE REMENANTS OF WHAT WAS TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO MOVE SLOWLY
EASTWARD INTO GEORGIA.
 
 
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 ZCOVERS
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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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 4, 1:49 AM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
MSZ075>082-LAZ501-ALZ501-040730-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
148 AM CDT MON JUL 4 1994

AT 145 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MOBILE INDICATED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS EXTENDING FROM
NEAR NECAISE IN NORTHERN HANCOCK COUNTY TO LONG BEACH IN SOUTHERN
HARRISON COUNTY AND OFFSHORE INTO THE MISSISSIPPI SOUND TO NEAR
SHIP ISLAND.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.  IN
ADDITION TO VERY HEAVY RAINS...THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL
OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES.

THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD CONTINUE A SLOW NORTHEAST MOVEMENT OVER THE
NEXT 2 HOURS...MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN HARRISON COUNTY AFFECTING THE
AREAS OF GULFPORT...BILOXI...LYMAN AND WOOL MARKET AS WELL AS THE
MISSISSIPPI SOUND BETWEEN PASS CHRISTIAN AND OCEAN SPRINGS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 4, 2:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile59 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Alabama, 1994Every flash flood warning in 1994

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.