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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Mobile, AL

July 6, 1994Coffee County, Dale County, Pike County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Jul 6, 1994, 5:56 AM CDT for Coffee County, Dale County, Pike County, Alabama. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 6, 1994, 5:56 AM CDT (10:56 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 1994, 9:00 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Coffee County, AL, Dale County, AL, Pike County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 195 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 1994-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 827 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 1994-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 48 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
827 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
889 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMGM 061058
FFWMGM
ALC109-031-045-061400-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
556 AM CDT WED JUL 6 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MONTGOMERY HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  900 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S...
 
IN SOUTH ALABAMA
 
   ...SOUTHERN PIKE COUNTY
 
IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
 
   ...COFFEE COUNTY...DALE COUNTY
 
AT 545 AM CDT...THE STATE TROOPER POST AT DOTHAN REORTED HIGHWAY 231
CLOSED NEAR MIDLAND CITY DUE TO FLOODING...COUNTY HIGHWAY 67 NORTH OF
MIDLAND CITY CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING...AND ALABAMA HIGHWAY 27 BETWEEN
ENTERPRISE AND OZARK CLOSE DDUE TO FLOODING.  RADAR INDICATED NEAR 3
INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN THE DALE...COFFEE...AND PIKE COUNTY AREAS
IN THE PAST 3 HOURS AND WITH THE SATURATED GROUND IN THIS AREA FLOODING
IS HIGHLY LIKELY THIS MORNING.
 
 
 
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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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMontgomery60 min
Jul 5, 11:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBBarbour, Henry4 hr
Jul 6, 4:50 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBBarbour, Henry4 hr
Jul 6, 6:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin42 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.