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Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Apr 3, 2001, 9:31 PM CDT for Clarke County, Washington County, Alabama. It was in force for 89 min. 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
- Apr 3, 2001, 9:31 PM CDT (02:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2001, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 89 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Clarke County, AL, Washington County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 212 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
- 3104 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 614 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 206 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 268 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 5.5
- Supercell composite
- 21.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS54 KMOB 040232 FFWMOB ALC025-129-040400- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 931 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA * UNTIL 1100 PM CDT * AT 926 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A FLASH FLOOD FROM LOPER TO GAINESTOWN...OR FROM 6 MILES NORTH OF CHATOM TO 16 MILES SOUTH OF GROVE HILL...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE NEAR... LEROY BY 935 PM CDT GAINESTOWN BY 955 PM CDT CARSON BY 1005 PM CDT PRESTWICK BY 1015 PM CDT 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. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MOBILE. LAT...LON 3159 8834 3165 8766 3143 8768 3145 8814 K
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 7:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 17 min |
| Apr 3, 7:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Washington | 23 min |
| Apr 3, 9:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Monroe | 35 min |
| Apr 4, 6:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Marengo | 25 min |
| Apr 4, 7:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Marengo | 85 min |
| Apr 4, 8:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 90 min |
| Apr 4, 8:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Washington | 32 min |
| Apr 4, 9:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler | 19 min |
| Apr 4, 9:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Washington | 30 min |
| Apr 4, 9:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 90 min |
| Apr 4, 12:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia | 24 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.