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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Mobile, AL

April 15, 1996Russell County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Apr 15, 1996, 12:00 AM CDT for Russell County, Alabama. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 15, 1996, 12:00 AM CDT (05:00 UTC)
Expired
Apr 15, 1996, 6:00 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Russell County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 136 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 1996-04-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 217 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 1996-04-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 44 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
217 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-170 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2287 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 14, 7:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin65 min
Apr 14, 8:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin61 min
Apr 14, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile61 min
Apr 14, 8:39 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBMobile4 hr
Apr 14, 9:10 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBBaldwin4 hr
Apr 14, 10:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin61 min
Apr 14, 11:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin62 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.