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Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Mobile, AL

May 9, 1995Stone County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at May 9, 1995, 6:16 AM CDT for Stone County, Mississippi. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 9, 1995, 6:16 AM CDT (11:16 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 1995, 9:15 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Stone County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 82 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 1995-05-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2084 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 1995-05-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 229 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2084 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
597 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
229 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
229 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
3.3
Supercell composite
15.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMOB 091119
FFWMOB
MSC131-091415-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
616 AM CDT TUE MAY 9 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  915 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...STONE COUNTY
 
FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN EASTERN STONE COUNTY...AND HIGHWAY 26 IN
STONE COUNTY IS UNDER WATER. MORE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED OVER THE
AREA...AND AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR IS POSSIBLE FOR THE NEXT
3 HOURS.  DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES BETWEEN 5 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS
FALLEN IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY IN THE LAST 3 HOURS.
 
MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING 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.
 
 
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 5:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBStone45 min
May 9, 5:43 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBGeorge62 min
May 9, 6:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBStone30 min
May 9, 6:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGeorge50 min

Nearby

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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.