Alert archive / Alabama / Flash Flood Warnings in 2000
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Jan 9, 2000, 9:31 PM CST for Choctaw County, Alabama. It was in force for 119 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 9, 2000, 9:31 PM CST (03:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 9, 2000, 11:30 PM CST
- In force
- 119 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Choctaw County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 174 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 65 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 815 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 177 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMOB 100340 FFWMOB ALC023-100530- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 931 PM CST SUN JAN 9 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CHOCTAW COUNTY IN ALABAMA * UNTIL 1130 PM CST * AT 921 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED CONTINUOUS HEAVY OVER CHOCTAW COUNTY. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM SOUTHERN LOUISIANA THROUGH CENTRAL ALABAMA WILL MOVE OVER CHOCTAW COUNTY OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND. TOt REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MOBILE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 9, 9:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Marengo | 75 min |
| Jan 9, 10:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 51 min |
| Jan 9, 11:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Marengo | 59 min |
| Jan 9, 11:30 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 2 hr |
| Jan 9, 11:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 43 min |
| Jan 9, 11:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler | 53 min |
| Jan 10, 12:24 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile, Washington | 36 min |
| Jan 10, 12:27 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke | 63 min |
| Jan 10, 12:40 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Monroe | 50 min |
| Jan 10, 12:50 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 40 min |
| Jan 10, 1:17 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh | 43 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.