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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Mobile, AL

March 5, 2011Greene County, Perry County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Mar 5, 2011, 12:50 PM CST for Greene County, Perry County, Mississippi. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 5, 2011, 12:50 PM CST (18:50 UTC)
Expired
Mar 5, 2011, 3:45 PM CST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Greene County, MS, Perry County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 117 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2011-03-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 960 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2011-03-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 194 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
960 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
451 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
194 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
264 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
5.8

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The text

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

512 
WGUS54 KMOB 051850
FFWMOB
MSC041-111-052145-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0002.110305T1850Z-110305T2145Z/
/00000.0.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1250 PM CST SAT MAR 5 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  SOUTHEASTERN PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 345 PM CST

* AT 1244 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT 3
  TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER SOUTHEASTERN PERRY COUNTY AND
  WEST CENTRAL GREENE COUNTY.  AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN IS
  EXPECTED AS THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER THE AREA.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MCLAIN

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 3099 8907 3122 8886 3119 8875 3114 8875
      3108 8883 3091 8897 3094 8908

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 5, 9:15 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGeorge, Perry, Stone26 min
Mar 5, 9:26 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBStone2 hr
Mar 5, 10:04 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBGreene, Perry41 min
Mar 5, 10:42 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningMOBPerry2 hr
Mar 5, 10:46 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBGreene44 min
Mar 5, 11:26 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBGreene2 hr
Mar 5, 11:54 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGreene50 min
Mar 5, 11:58 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBGreene2 hr
Mar 5, 1:16 PM CSTFlash Flood WatchMOBGeorge, Greene, Perry, Stone, Wayne6 hr
Mar 5, 1:39 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBGreene, Perry, Wayne2 hr
Mar 5, 2:50 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningMOBStone4 hr
Mar 5, 3:23 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningMOBGreene, Perry, Wayne3 hr
Mar 5, 3:48 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningMOBGreene, Perry3 hr
Mar 5, 4:17 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBGeorge118 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 2011Every flash flood warning in 2011

Sources

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.