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Flash Flood Warning 48, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Sep 15, 2009, 8:25 PM CDT for Butler County, Crenshaw County, Alabama. It was in force for 2 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
- Sep 15, 2009, 8:25 PM CDT (01:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 15, 2009, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Butler County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 9:15 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Rutledge, AL | CHICKEN HOUSES FLOODED OFF CR77 NEAR RUTLEDGE. PORTIONS OF STATE HWY 10 NEAR RUTLEDGE CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. SOME HOMES FLOODED IN RUTLEDGE AREA. |
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 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 2388 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 731 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 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 160125 FFWMOB ALC013-041-160330- /O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0048.090916T0125Z-090916T0330Z/ /00000.0.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 825 PM CDT TUE SEP 15 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA... CENTRAL CRENSHAW COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LUVERNE... * UNTIL 1030 PM CDT * AT 823 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RUTLEDGE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 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. 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. TO REPORT FLASH FLOODING TO YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...CALL TOLL FREE AT 1 8 7 7 6 3 3 6 7 7 2. LAT...LON 3183 8653 3183 8625 3159 8624 3159 8652 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Crenshaw | 45 min |
| Sep 15, 8:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 39 min |
| Sep 15, 9:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 35 min |
| Sep 16, 1:30 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Crenshaw, Monroe, Wilcox | 4 hr |
| Sep 16, 6:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke | 2 hr |
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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.