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Flash Flood Warning 42, NWS Mobile, AL

July 6, 20054 counties in Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Jul 6, 2005, 7:51 AM CDT for 4 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 6, 2005, 7:51 AM CDT (12:51 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 2005, 10:00 AM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Baldwin County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Washington County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL (KVPS), launched 12:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 168 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL at 12:00Z on 2005-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1066 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL at 12:00Z on 2005-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 131 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1066 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
776 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
223 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
5.4

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS54 KMOB 061252 CCA
FFWMOB
ALC003-025-099-129-061500-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
751 AM CDT WED JUL 6 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
  MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA
  CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
  BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA

* UNTIL 1000 AM CDT

* AT 749 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
  TOPTON TO LATHAM...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  TIBBIE...SEABOARD...MCINTOSH...TENSAW...HAWTHORN...TOINETTE...
  SUNFLOWER...BLACKSHER...REDTOWN...CORTELYOU...CARLTON...LITTLE
  RIVER...CHRYSLER...MINEOLA...CHOCTAW BLUFF...MT PLEASANT AND
  ELISKA.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE LIKELY OVER THE 
ALREADY SATURATED WARNED AREA.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES...AS WELL AS
OTHER POUR DRAINAGE AND LOW LYING AREAS.

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.

LAT...LON 3119 8840 3118 8790 3106 8791 3110 8761
      3143 8763 3143 8836

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 6, 2:37 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBMobile113 min
Jul 6, 3:25 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBMobile2 hr
Jul 6, 3:59 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBMobile31 min
Jul 6, 4:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBMobile2 hr
Jul 6, 4:51 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBMobile, Washington25 min
Jul 6, 4:57 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile, Washington93 min
Jul 6, 5:24 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBMobile, Washington36 min
Jul 6, 5:26 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBMobile2 hr
Jul 6, 5:31 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin31 min
Jul 6, 5:50 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBBaldwin, Clarke, Monroe, Washington2 hr
Jul 6, 6:16 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBClarke, Washington32 min
Jul 6, 6:26 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile, Washington2 hr
Jul 6, 6:48 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBClarke, Washington2 hr
Jul 6, 6:52 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin, Escambia25 min
Jul 6, 7:10 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin, Escambia, Monroe35 min
Jul 6, 7:51 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBBaldwin, Clarke, Monroe, Washington17 hr
Jul 6, 8:38 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBBaldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Monroe, Washington2 hr
Jul 6, 10:44 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBCovington37 min
Jul 6, 10:52 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBCovington29 min
Jul 6, 11:05 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBWashington115 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.