Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Mobile, AL

Issued

Mar 27, 2009, 11:05 PM CDT (04:05 UTC)

Expired

Mar 28, 2009, 1:00 AM CDT

In force

115 min

Issued by

NWS Mobile, AL

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

Counties Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Washington County, AL, Greene County, MS, Perry County, MS, Wayne County, MS

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WGUS54 KMOB 280405
FFWMOB
ALC023-025-129-MSC041-111-153-280600-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0003.090328T0405Z-090328T0600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1105 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF NEW AUGUSTA...
  WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WAYNESBORO...
  CHOCTAW COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BUTLER...
  CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GROVE HILL...
  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CHATOM...

* UNTIL 100 AM CDT

* AT 1046 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  
  THE POSSIBILITY OF FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING     
  FROM EUCUTTA TO 19 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BELLEVILLE...OR ALONG A      
  LINE EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES EAST OF LAUREL TO 17 MILES SOUTH OF   
  WEST HATTIESBURG...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  RUNNELSTOWN...STRENGTHFORD...WHISTLER...RHODES...HIWANNEE...
  MAHNED...JANICE...RICHTON...MULBERRY...BOICE...WOODWARDS...
  WINGATE...HINTONVILLE...FERGUSON...CLARA...EVANSBORO...BEAUMONT...
  KITTRELL...MELVIN...GRETNA...SMITHTOWN...PIAVE...WINCHESTER...     
  MCLAIN...WATER VALLEY...ISNEY...PARAGON...SAND HILL...DENHAM...    
  ROCK SPRINGS...NEEDHAM...NEELY...TOXEY...GILBERTOWN...LAND...      
  HODGEWOOD...SOUWILPA...YANTLEY...AQUILLA...BUCKATUNNA...           
  RIDERWOOD...PUSHMATAHA...WIMBLY...CHAPPELL HILL...SILAS...         
  BOLINGER...BATTLES...LOU...BARRYTOWN...LISMAN...CROMWELL...YELLOW  
  PINE...BLADON SPRINGS...WEST BEND...LAVACA...DEAS...KOENTON...LOPER...
  MORVIN...TIBBIE...SEABOARD...WINN...WHATELY...WALKER SPRINGS...
  WAGARVILLE...THOMASVILLE...SUNFLOWER...SUGGSVILLE...SAINT STEPHRNS...
SHAWNEE...RURAL...ROUNDHILL...PRESTWICK...PEACOCK...LEROY...JACKSON

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

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.

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

LAT...LON 3231 8792 3229 8793 3230 8798 3228 8801
      3216 8800 3214 8804 3209 8804 3206 8811
      3202 8811 3200 8769 3147 8763 3099 8914
      3143 8914 3144 8893 3183 8893 3189 8848
      3231 8843 3232 8793

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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.