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Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Mobile, AL

December 18, 1995George County, Greene County, Perry County, Mississippi; Washington County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Dec 18, 1995, 3:43 PM CST for George County, Greene County, Perry County, Mississippi; Washington County, Alabama. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 18, 1995, 3:43 PM CST (21:43 UTC)
Expired
Dec 18, 1995, 9:45 PM CST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Washington County, AL, George County, MS, Greene County, MS, Perry County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 145 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 12:00Z on 1995-12-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 11 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 12:00Z on 1995-12-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 487 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
11 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-240 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
751 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
487 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
777 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
6.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMOB 182144
FFWMOB
ALC129-MSC039-041-111-131-190345-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
343 PM CST MON DEC 18 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  945 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
 
   ...WASHINGTON COUNTY
 
 
IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...GEORGE COUNTY...GREENE COUNTY...PERRY COUNTY...STONE COUNTY
 
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES HAVE FALLEN OVER PARTS OF SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA OVER THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS...MAINLY
IN A WIDE BAND FROM NEAR MCHENRY IN STONE COUNTY MS NORTHEASTWARD
THROUGH MERRILL...LEAKESVILLE...AND CHATOM IN WASHINGTON COUNTY AL.
FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...DITCHES...AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS
LIKELY OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS AS ADDITIONAL RAINS FALL OVER THESE
ALREADY SATURATED AREAS. PEOPLE LIVING IN FLOODPRONE AREAS SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE VERY CAUTIOUS
WHEN APPROACHING OLDER WOODEN BRIDGES THAT MAY WASH DUE TO HIGH 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 17, 7:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWayne55 min
Dec 17, 7:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGeorge55 min
Dec 17, 7:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBStone67 min
Dec 17, 8:19 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGeorge26 min
Dec 18, 2:03 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGreene57 min
Dec 18, 2:48 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGreene, Perry, Wayne57 min
Dec 18, 3:43 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningMOBStone6 hr
Dec 18, 4:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGeorge38 min
Dec 17, 7:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWashington62 min
Dec 17, 7:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile64 min
Dec 17, 9:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile68 min
Dec 18, 7:52 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile68 min
Dec 18, 8:02 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBMobile58 min
Dec 18, 8:46 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin59 min
Dec 18, 10:41 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin64 min
Dec 18, 11:19 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh, Monroe56 min
Dec 18, 3:04 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke, Washington56 min
Dec 18, 3:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw63 min
Dec 18, 3:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile68 min
Dec 18, 4:01 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWilcox59 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 1995Flash Flood Warnings in Alabama, 1995Every flash flood warning in 1995

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.