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Flash Flood Warning 25, NWS Mobile, AL

December 10, 2008Conecuh County, Covington County, Escambia County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Dec 10, 2008, 7:24 AM CST for Conecuh County, Covington County, Escambia County, Alabama. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Dec 10, 2008, 7:24 AM CST (13:24 UTC)
Expired
Dec 10, 2008, 10:15 AM CST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Conecuh County, AL, Covington County, AL, Escambia County, AL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Dec 10, 7:50 AM CSTFLASH FLOODAndalusia, ALSEVERAL ROADS FLOODED IN THE CITY OF ANDALUSIA

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 213 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2008-12-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2008-12-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -153 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
674 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-153 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KMOB 101324
FFWMOB
ALC035-039-053-101615-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0025.081210T1324Z-081210T1615Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
724 AM CST WED DEC 10 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN CONECUH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ANDALUSIA...
  ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BREWTON...

* UNTIL 1015 AM CST

* AT 715 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO 
  INDICATE HEAVY RAIN FROM TRAINING THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WALLACE...
  US 29 AND CR 43...SARDINE...ROSE HILL...ROCK HILL...RIVER FALLS...
  RED LEVEL...RANGE...PLEASANT HOME...PAUL...NYMPH...LOANGO...LITTLE
  ROCK...LIBERTYVILLE...LENOX...KIRKLAND...JOHNSONVILLE...I65 AND CR
  6...I65 AND AL 41...I65 AND AL 113...HEATH...GANTT...FOSHEE...
  DIXIE...COHASSETT...CLEARVIEW...CASTLEBERRY...BROOKLYN...BOYKIN...
  BECK...BARNETT CROSSROADS AND APPLETON...US 31..BREWTON

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA.

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.

LAT...LON 3140 8724 3146 8629 3105 8658 3103 8747

$$

EE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 10, 2:23 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke, Wilcox52 min
Dec 10, 2:30 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw45 min
Dec 10, 2:35 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB40 min
Dec 10, 3:09 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile25 min
Dec 10, 3:16 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB44 min
Dec 10, 3:25 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe50 min
Dec 10, 4:01 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB59 min
Dec 10, 5:45 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh, Covington, Escambia45 min
Dec 10, 5:57 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBEscambia3 hr
Dec 10, 6:05 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin40 min
Dec 10, 6:09 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin30 min
Dec 10, 6:27 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington, Crenshaw18 min
Dec 10, 6:31 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington29 min
Dec 10, 6:45 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB2 hr
Dec 10, 7:06 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin39 min
Dec 10, 7:08 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington52 min
Dec 10, 7:35 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin40 min
Dec 10, 7:38 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningMOBBaldwin112 min
Dec 10, 7:45 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia45 min
Dec 10, 8:14 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin46 min
Dec 10, 8:24 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBCovington36 min
Dec 10, 8:49 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington41 min
Dec 10, 8:57 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB2 hr
Dec 10, 9:04 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington26 min
Dec 10, 9:40 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningMOBBaldwin, Conecuh, Covington, Escambia3 hr
Dec 10, 10:46 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB119 min
Dec 10, 12:44 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB91 min
Dec 10, 2:08 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB97 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.