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Flash Flood Warning 67, NWS Mobile, AL

December 14, 2009Conecuh County, Escambia County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Dec 14, 2009, 7:29 PM CST for Conecuh 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 14, 2009, 7:29 PM CST (01:29 UTC)
Expired: Dec 14, 2009, 10:15 PM CST
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Conecuh County, AL, Escambia County, AL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:30 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	1 W Evergreen, AL	ALABAMA STATE TROOPERS REPORTED HIGH WATER ON HIGHWAY 84 JUST WEST OF EVERGREEN.

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, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 199 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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KMOB 150129
FFWMOB
ALC035-053-150415-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0067.091215T0129Z-091215T0415Z/
/00000.0.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
729 PM CST MON DEC 14 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1015 PM CST

* AT 720 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY
  RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA. A WIDESPREAD 4 TO 5 
  INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...AS MUCH 
  AS 6 TO 9 INCHES HAS FALLEN ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF INTERSTATE 65 
  INCLUDING THE CITY OF ATMORE. THERE HAVE ALREADY BEEN WIDESPREAD
  REPORTS OF FLOODING AND ADDITIONAL FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED. 
  IN AREAS ALONG INTERSTATE 65 AND ATMORE...THE AMOUNT OF RAINFALL
  HAS CREATED A VERY DANGEROUS A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. PLEASE
  DO NOT DRIVE IN THESE AREAS. 

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WILCOX...
  WALLACE...VOCATION...US 29 AND CR 43...SHREVE...SARDINE...REPTON...
  RANGE...PAUL...OWASSA...NYMPH...NICHBURG...MIXONVILLE...
  MCCULLOUGH...LYEFFION...LOREE...LENOX...KIRKLAND...JOHNSONVILLE...
  JEDDO...I65 AND US 84...I65 AND CR 6...I65 AND CR 29...I65 AND AL
  83...I65 AND AL 41...I65 AND AL 113...HUXFORD...HOLMAN PRISON...
  FAIRNELSON...DIXIE...DEANS...COHASSETT...CHINA...CASTLEBERRY...
  BROWNVILLE...BROOKLYN...BOYKIN...BOONEVILLE...BERMUDA...
  BELLEVILLE...BARNETT CROSSROADS AND APPLETON

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.

REPORT FLASH FLOODING TO YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE AT
AREA CODE 2 5 1...AND THEN 6 3 3 6 4 4 3. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT YOUR
NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...AND
THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT.

LAT...LON 3137 8668 3135 8670 3113 8671 3100 8698
      3101 8761 3125 8761 3124 8755 3127 8749
      3127 8743 3147 8719 3164 8713 3168 8705
      3171 8705 3175 8694 3156 8687 3153 8685
      3153 8673 3150 8670 3145 8670 3143 8667

$$

JFB

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, 7:04 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Clarke, Escambia, Monroe, Washington, Wilcox	86 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, 7:43 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

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.