Alert archive / Alabama / Flash Flood Warnings in 2001
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Mar 3, 2001, 7:15 AM CST for 4 counties in Alabama; Greene County, Perry County, Wayne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 4 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, 7:15 AM CST (13:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 3, 2001, 11:00 AM CST
- In force
- 4 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), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:16 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 12:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 185 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
- 579 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 140 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 219 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 031318
FFWMOB
ALC023-025-091-129-MSC041-111-153-031700-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
715 AM CST SAT MAR 3 2001
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
CHOCTAW COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
MARENGO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
* UNTIL 1100 AM CST
* AT 655 AM CST...AREAS OF FLOODING CONTINUE TO BE REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS THIS MORNING. MANY ROADS ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA ARE UNDERWATER WITH SEVERAL HIGHWAYS AND ROADS CLOSED IN
CHOCTAW AND CLARKE COUNTIES. IN ADDITION...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER
RADAR INDICATED AREAS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTHEAST
ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI. THIS
PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE OVER THE WARNED AREA WITHIN THE NEXT SEVERAL
HOURS WITH HEAVY RAINS LIKELY. UP TO 3 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAIN
COULD FALL OVER THE WARNED AREA BEFORE 11 AM CST...THEREFORE THE
FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES.
ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS
AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.
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. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS
OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR
OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS,
ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A
FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
MOBILE.
LAT...LON 3255 8786 3243 8805 3233 8796 3231 8842
3188 8847 3183 8893 3144 8892 3145 8915
3093 8914 3093 8884 3100 8882 3100 8843
3115 8844 3116 8800 3147 8764 3183 8752
3183 8770 3215 8765 3215 8754 3249 8753The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 1:11 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Marengo, Washington | 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, 11:25 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington and 7 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 3, 3:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 28 min |
| Mar 3, 5:15 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington and 7 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 3, 8:50 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | George, Stone | 2 hr |
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.