Alert archive / Alabama / Flash Flood Warnings in 2009
Flash Flood Warning 65, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Dec 14, 2009, 7:04 PM CST for 6 counties in Alabama; Greene County, Perry County, Wayne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 86 min. 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 14, 2009, 7:04 PM CST (01:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 14, 2009, 8:30 PM CST
- In force
- 86 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Washington County, AL, Wilcox County, AL, Greene County, MS, Perry County, MS, Wayne County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 14, 8:10 PM CST | FLASH FLOOD | 5 Wnw New Augusta, MS | PERRY COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED A FOOT OF WATER COVERING OLD RIVER ROAD. |
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, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 202 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
- 377 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 442 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS54 KMOB 150104 CCB
FFWMOB
ALC023-025-053-099-129-131-MSC041-111-153-150230-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0065.091215T0104Z-091215T0230Z/
/00000.0.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING...CORRECTED...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
704 PM CST MON DEC 14 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...ESCAMBIA...MONROE INCLUDING THE CITY OF
MONROEVILLE...WILCOX INCLUDING THE CITY OF CAMDEN...AND IN SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI...GREENE INCLUDING THE CITY OF LEAKESVILLE...PERRY
INCLUDING THE CITY OF NEW AUGUSTA...WAYNE INCLUDING THE CITY OF
WAYNESBORO...CHOCTAW INCLUDING THE CITY OF BUTLER...CLARKE INCLUDING
THE CITY OF GROVE HILL...WASHINGTON INCLUDING THE CITY OF CHATOM...
* UNTIL 830 PM CST
* AT 640 PM CST MONDAY...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS
HAVE DETECTED ON RADAR VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A SYSTEM OF
THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WEST
BEND...THOMASVILLE...SAINT STEPHENS...PINE APPLE...MILLERS FERRY...
FRISCO CITY...COFFEEVILLE...CLAIBORNE...CHOCTAW CITY...BEATRICE...AL
47 AND CR 29 ROADS...AND STATE LINE.
ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT. IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
FLOODING...AND 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 WHERE WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY...FLOOD WATERS ARE OFTEN DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST A
FOOT OF FLOWING WATER CAN SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN
ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
LAT...LON 3230 8801 3199 8811 3200 8763 3227 8749
3204 8717 3204 8686 3175 8694 3164 8713
3127 8743 3133 8780 3129 8778 3117 8795
3112 8843 3100 8844 3093 8910 3142 8913
3145 8892 3183 8892 3190 8844 3231 8842
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 14, 6:42 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 3 hr |
| Dec 14, 6:49 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Escambia, Monroe, Washington, Wilcox | 101 min |
| Dec 14, 6:59 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Escambia, Monroe, Washington, Wilcox | 91 min |
| Dec 14, 7:09 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 3 hr |
| Dec 14, 7:16 PM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Covington, Escambia | 68 hr |
| Dec 14, 7:16 PM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 5 days |
| Dec 14, 7:16 PM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia | 22 hr |
| Dec 14, 7:29 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Escambia | 3 hr |
| Dec 14, 7:43 PM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Dallas, Monroe, Wilcox | 3 days |
| Dec 14, 7:51 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 3 hr |
| Dec 14, 7:58 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Butler, Covington, Crenshaw | 3 hr |
| Dec 14, 8:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington, Escambia | 53 min |
| Dec 14, 8:36 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington, Escambia | 39 min |
| Dec 14, 8:47 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Monroe, Washington, Wilcox | 118 min |
| Dec 14, 8:47 PM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 25 hr |
| Dec 14, 9:03 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 87 min | |
| Dec 14, 9:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 27 min |
| Dec 14, 9:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington | 24 min |
| Dec 14, 9:11 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin | 3 hr |
| Dec 14, 9:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 31 min |
| Dec 14, 9:44 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 4 hr |
| Dec 14, 9:51 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 39 min | |
| Dec 14, 9:57 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 4 hr |
| Dec 14, 10:12 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Escambia | 3 hr |
| Dec 14, 11:01 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Covington | 3 hr |
| Dec 15, 1:18 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Butler, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more | 8 hr |
| Dec 15, 3:17 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 31 hr |
| Dec 15, 3:20 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 5 days | |
| Dec 15, 8:42 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 14 hr |
| Dec 15, 8:58 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Covington | 4 days |
| Dec 15, 9:22 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington and 6 more | 8 hr |
| Dec 15, 9:54 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Washington | 50 min |
| Dec 15, 5:57 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Stone | 6 hr |
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.