Alert archive / Alabama / Flash Flood Warnings in 2001
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Mar 3, 2001, 1:11 AM CST for Greene County, Perry County, Wayne County, Mississippi; 4 counties in 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 outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 3, 2001, 1:11 AM CST (07:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 3, 2001, 7:00 AM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Washington County, AL, Greene County, MS, Perry County, MS, Wayne County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 187 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 589 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS54 KMOB 030714
FFWMOB
ALC023-025-091-129-MSC041-111-153-031300-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
111 AM CST SAT MAR 3 2001
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
GREENE COUNTY
PERRY COUNTY
WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
CHOCTAW COUNTY
CLARKE COUNTY
MARENGO COUNTY
WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
* UNTIL 700 AM CST
* AT 110 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
DEVELOPING AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER PORTIONS OF INLAND
SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. DEVELOPING LOW
PRESSURE TO THE SOUTHWEST WILL ALLOW FOR CONTINUED EXPANSION OF THE
HEAVY RAINS. CURRENTLY...FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE INDICATES THAT AN INCH
OF RAIN IN ONE HOUR...OR ABOUT 1.5 INCHES IN 2 HOURS WOULD CAUSE
FLASH FLOODING. THE LATEST SATELLITE AND RADAR TRENDS INDICATE THAT
UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 3 INCHES OF RAIN COULD FALL OVER THE WARNED AREA
BEFORE 7 AM CST. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE
UP TO 2 INCHES IN ONE HOUR WHICH FURTHER ELELVATE THE FLASH FLOOD
POTENTIAL.
RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS
AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF
CREEKS AND STREAMS.
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.
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.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
MOBILE.
LAT...LON 3096 8910 3099 8890 3108 8852 3119 8840
F3121 8799 3144 8777 3148 8762 3170 8761
3182 8769 3222 8769 3221 8760 3246 8757
3250 8778 3246 8798 3231 8791 3229 8838
3188 8844 3180 8887 3142 8891 3139 8911The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 7:15 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Greene, Perry, Wayne | 4 hr |
| Mar 3, 8:50 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | George, Stone | 2 hr |
| Mar 3, 11:25 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Stone, Wayne | 6 hr |
| Mar 3, 5:15 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Stone, Wayne | 6 hr |
| Mar 3, 1:39 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile, Washington | 36 min |
| Mar 3, 1:55 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Monroe | 65 min |
| Mar 3, 2:45 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh | 45 min |
| Mar 3, 3:09 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler | 51 min |
| Mar 3, 11:24 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 36 min |
| Mar 3, 3:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 28 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Alabama, 2001Flash Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 2001Every flash flood warning in 2001
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.