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Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Mobile, AL

July 10, 20057 counties in Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Jul 10, 2005, 7:46 PM CDT for 7 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 4 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 10, 2005, 7:46 PM CDT (00:46 UTC)
Expired: Jul 10, 2005, 11:45 PM CDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Butler County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Wilcox County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 185 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: 2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 642 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 582 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 626 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KMOB 110054
FFWMOB
ALC013-035-039-041-053-099-131-110445-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
746 PM CDT SUN JUL 10 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA
  COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA
  CONECUH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA
  MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA
  BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA
  CRENSHAW COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA
  WILCOX COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA

* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT

* AT 741 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING NORTH FROM NORTHEAST MONROE COUNTY INTO THE 
WESTERN HALF OF WILCOX COUNTY. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS WERE STREAMING 
NORTH FOR THE GULF ACROSS THIS AREA. THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO BECOME 
MORE WIDESPREAD AND HEAVIER OVER THE WARNED AREA LATER THIS EVENING. 


* THE CURRENT HEAVY RAINS WILL EFFECT AREAS AROUND...WATSONVILLE...
PINE APPLE...CALEDONIA AND ALLENTON THIS EVENING. 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME ARE
LIKELY OVER THE 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 3128 8715 3127 8677 3102 8671 3103 8620
      3197 8620 3205 8713 3223 8746

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WGUS74 KMOB 110220
FFSMOB

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
915 PM CDT SUN JUL 10 2005

ALC013-035-039-041-053-099-131-110445-
ESCAMBIA AL-COVINGTON AL-CONECUH AL-MONROE AL-BUTLER AL-CRENSHAW AL-
WILCOX AL-
915 PM CDT SUN JUL 10 2005

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1145 PM CDT FOR EASTERN
WILCOX...CRENSHAW...BUTLER...NORTHEASTERN MONROE...CONECUH...
COVINGTON AND EXTREME EAST CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTIES...

AT 911 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
SHOW SCATTERED SHOWERS...SOME WITH BRIEFLY HEAVY RAIN MOVING NORTH 
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 
WATSONVILLE...SNOW HILL...PINE APPLE...LUVERNE...HIGHLAND HOME... 
GREENVILLE AND GEORGIANA.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 
WARNED AREA.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. 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.

LAT...LON 3128 8715 3127 8677 3102 8671 3103 8620
      3197 8620 3205 8713 3223 8746

$$

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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.