Alert archive / Mississippi / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at May 17, 2003, 9:26 PM CDT for Greene County, Wayne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 64 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
- May 17, 2003, 9:26 PM CDT (02:26 UTC)
- Expired
- May 17, 2003, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Greene County, MS, Wayne County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:29 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, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 129 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -64 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 936 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS54 KMOB 180228 FFWMOB MSC041-153-180330- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 926 PM CDT SAT MAY 17 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI SOUTHERN WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WAYNESBORO * UNTIL 1030 PM CDT * AT 919 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER CHICORA...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WAYNESBORO... MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. 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. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE. LAT...LON 3172 8877 3152 8888 3126 8876 3166 8849
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 7:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wayne | 46 min |
| May 17, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Greene, Wayne | 47 min |
| May 17, 8:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Perry | 24 min |
| May 17, 9:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Greene | 37 min |
| May 17, 11:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Greene | 38 min |
| May 18, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George | 23 min |
| May 18, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Perry | 34 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.