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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Mobile, AL

March 19, 2000George County, Stone County, Mississippi; Clarke County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Mar 19, 2000, 1:15 PM CST for George County, Stone County, Mississippi; Clarke County, Alabama. It was in force for 2 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
Mar 19, 2000, 1:15 PM CST (19:15 UTC)
Expired
Mar 19, 2000, 3:15 PM CST
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Clarke County, AL, George County, MS, Stone County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 147 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 2000-03-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 110 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°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 2000-03-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 76 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
110 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-101 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
482 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
76 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KMOB 191915
FFWMOB
ALC025-MSC039-131-192115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
115 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  STONE COUNTY IN MISSISSIPPI
  GEORGE COUNTY IN MISSISSIPPI    
  
* UNTIL 315 PM CST

* AT 112 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY
  RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF LUCEDALE TO
  12 MILES WEST OF LUCEDALE TO 15 MILES EAST OF WIGGINS...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE NEAR...
  LUCEDALE AT 145 PM CST

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND
IMMEDIATELY. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH
FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTY ROADS...HIGHWAYS...
STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING
SPOTS.

TO 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 19, 3:56 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGeorge34 min
Mar 19, 4:31 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGeorge, Greene44 min
Mar 19, 5:15 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile, Washington60 min
Mar 19, 7:53 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington, Crenshaw52 min
Mar 19, 2:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWilcox27 min
Mar 19, 3:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWilcox36 min
Mar 19, 4:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh25 min
Mar 19, 5:03 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh27 min
Mar 19, 5:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler, Crenshaw34 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 2000Flash Flood Warnings in Alabama, 2000Every flash flood warning in 2000

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.