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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Mobile, AL

October 27, 2002George County, Stone County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Oct 27, 2002, 5:51 AM CST for George County, Stone County, Mississippi. It was in force for 84 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Oct 27, 2002, 5:51 AM CST (11:51 UTC)
Expired: Oct 27, 2002, 7:15 AM CST
In force: 84 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties George County, MS, Stone County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 103 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 207 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 711 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 79 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 271151
FFWMOB
MSC039-131-271315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
551 AM CST SUN OCT 27 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  GEORGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LUCEDALE
  STONE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WIGGINS

* UNTIL 715 AM CST

* AT 551 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY 
HEAVY   RAIN OVER CENTRAL GEORGE COUNTY..WEST INTO CENTRAL STONE 
COUNTY. HEAVY RAINS WERE CONTINUING TO MOVE OVER THE SAME AREAS.
DOPPLER RADAR PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES SUGGEST THAT 1.5 TO 2 INCHES 
OF RAIN HAS OCCURRED IN THE PAST HOUR...IN ISOLATED AREAS OVER 
GEORGE AND STONE COUNTIES  
 
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 OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT IS
IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR
CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID
CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.

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.

REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...WHICH WILL 
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE.

LAT...LON 3090 8933 3068 8929 3079 8845 3098 8845
          3100 8863 3091 8889

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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.