Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Mobile, AL

Issued

Mar 5, 2011, 3:23 PM CST (21:23 UTC)

Expired

Mar 5, 2011, 6:51 PM CST

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Mobile, AL

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

Counties Choctaw County, AL, Washington County, AL, Greene County, MS, Perry County, MS, Wayne County, MS

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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846 
WGUS54 KMOB 052123
FFWMOB
ALC023-129-MSC041-111-153-060115-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0004.110305T2123Z-110306T0115Z/
/00000.0.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF RICHTON...
  WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WAYNESBORO...
  SOUTHWESTERN CHOCTAW COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
  NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 715 PM CST

* AT 318 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT 3
  TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA SINCE NOON. 
  SOIL CONDITIONS ARE SATURATED DUE TO THIS HEAVY RAINFALL AND
  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL FROM EARLIER THIS MORNING.  AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO
  2 INCHES OF RAIN WILL FALL OVER THE AREA AS SHOWERS AND
  THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO BRING HEAVY RAINS TO THE AREA.  DUE TO
  SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS...THIS WILL RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ROBINSON
  JUNCTION...SILAS...NEEDHAM...GILBERTOWN AND MILLRY

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 3144 8912 3144 8893 3180 8893 3184 8883
      3184 8871 3189 8848 3200 8847 3206 8832
      3162 8829 3094 8913 3141 8913

$$

968 
WGUS74 KMOB 060051
FFSMOB

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
651 PM CST SAT MAR 5 2011

ALC023-129-MSC041-111-153-060100-
/O.CAN.KMOB.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110306T0115Z/
/00000.0.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WASHINGTON AL-CHOCTAW AL-PERRY MS-GREENE MS-WAYNE MS-
651 PM CST SAT MAR 5 2011

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR WAYNE...
NORTHWESTERN GREENE...PERRY...SOUTHWESTERN CHOCTAW AND NORTHWESTERN
WASHINGTON COUNTIES...

AT 650 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES THAT THE 
RAINS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE ENDED FOR A SUFFICIENTLY LONG 
TIME TO ALLOW FOR THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL TO RUNOFF AND SWOLLEN 
CREEKS AND STREAMS TO SUBSIDE.


LAT...LON 3144 8912 3144 8893 3180 8893 3184 8883
      3184 8871 3189 8848 3200 8847 3206 8832
      3162 8829 3094 8913 3141 8913

$$

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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.