Alert archive / Alabama / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Mar 31, 2005, 7:48 AM CST for Clarke County, Washington County, Wilcox County, Alabama; Greene County, Mississippi. It was in force for 117 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
- Mar 31, 2005, 7:48 AM CST (13:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2005, 9:45 AM CST
- In force
- 117 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Clarke County, AL, Washington County, AL, Wilcox County, AL, Greene County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:51 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, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 225 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
- 54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -194 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 856 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -234 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -143 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 311349
FFWMOB
ALC025-129-131-MSC041-311545-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
748 AM CST THU MAR 31 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
WILCOX COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA
GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
* UNTIL 945 AM CST
* AT 743 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
ROCKWEST TO JONATHAN...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES WEST
OF CAMDEN TO 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF LEAKESVILLE...AND MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
* THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN WILL EFFECT AREAS AROUND...
SCYRENE AND ESCATAWPA BY 755 AM CST
ESTELLE AND WHATELY BY 800 AM CST
FATAMA AND WAGARVILLE BY 805 AM CST
WATSONVILLE BY 810 AM CST
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME ARE
LIKELY OVER THE WARNED AREA.
RESIDENTS LIVING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. REMEMBER...IT ONLY
TAKES A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
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.
LAT...LON 3192 8701 3184 8717 3184 8751 3172 8752
3171 8757 3165 8757 3115 8868 3133 8879
3143 8862 3143 8847 3153 8842 3206 8740
$$1 follow-up statement
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WGUS74 KMOB 311442
FFSMOB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
837 AM CST THU MAR 31 2005
ALC025-129-131-MSC041-311545-
WASHINGTON AL-CLARKE AL-WILCOX AL-GREENE MS-
837 AM CST THU MAR 31 2005
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 945 AM CST FOR GREENE...
SOUTHERN WILCOX...CLARKE AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES...
AT 830 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CAMDEN TO
LEAKESVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
SCYRENE...ESTELLE...ST STEPHENS...FRUITDALE...BELLVIEW...FATAMA...
CHANCE...WHATELY...LEROY...ESCATAWPA...TIBBIE...ALLEN...WATSONVILLE
AND ALLENTON.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED
AREA.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
LAT...LON 3192 8701 3184 8717 3184 8751 3172 8752
3171 8757 3165 8757 3115 8868 3133 8879
3143 8862 3143 8847 3153 8842 3206 8740
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 7:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 25 min |
| Mar 30, 7:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Washington | 34 min |
| Mar 30, 8:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Monroe, Washington, Wilcox | 36 min |
| Mar 30, 8:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe, Wilcox | 32 min |
| Mar 30, 9:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 31 min |
| Mar 31, 2:22 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 23 min |
| Mar 31, 2:58 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 47 min |
| Mar 31, 7:26 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 94 min |
| Mar 31, 11:21 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 24 min | |
| Mar 31, 11:50 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 25 min | |
| Mar 31, 2:17 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 58 min | |
| Mar 31, 2:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 24 min |
| Mar 31, 3:13 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 17 min | |
| Mar 30, 7:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Perry | 30 min |
| Mar 30, 7:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Greene, Wayne | 29 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Alabama, 2005Flash Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 2005Every flash flood warning in 2005
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.