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Flash Flood Warning 33, NWS Mobile, AL

September 4, 2011George County, Greene County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Sep 4, 2011, 1:57 PM CDT for George County, Greene 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
Sep 4, 2011, 1:57 PM CDT (18:57 UTC)
Expired
Sep 4, 2011, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties George County, MS, Greene County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 122 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 2011-09-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2528 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 2011-09-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 249 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
2528 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
473 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
249 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
287 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
3.0
Supercell composite
18.9

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The text

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

610 
WGUS54 KMOB 041857
FFWMOB
MSC039-041-042145-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0033.110904T1857Z-110904T2145Z/
/00000.0.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
157 PM CDT SUN SEP 4 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN GEORGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LUCEDALE...
  WESTERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT

* AT 144 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DEPICTED VERY HEAVY
  RAIN FROM A SERIES OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER THE WARNED AREA.
  RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES HAVE ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE
  WESTERN PORTIONS OF GEORGE AND GREENE COUNTY IN THE PAST 
  HOUR WITH ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE NEXT TWO
  HOURS


ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED 
AREA.

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 3091 8887 3091 8883 3143 8884 3144 8859
      3073 8859 3074 8888

$$

JW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 3, 7:53 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningMOBGeorge, Greene, Perry, Stone6 hr
Sep 4, 12:59 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBGeorge61 min
Sep 4, 1:09 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBStone3 hr
Sep 4, 3:10 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBGeorge50 min
Sep 4, 8:40 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBGreene, Perry35 min
Sep 4, 9:14 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBPerry, Wayne46 min
Sep 4, 9:54 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMOBGeorge, Greene, Wayne25 hr
Sep 4, 11:13 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBPerry62 min
Sep 4, 11:19 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBGreene, Perry56 min
Sep 4, 11:41 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBGreene, Wayne64 min
Sep 4, 12:19 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBGreene56 min
Sep 4, 1:18 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBWayne42 min
Sep 4, 1:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBWayne3 hr
Sep 4, 2:01 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBWayne59 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.