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Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Mobile, AL

March 30, 2012Greene County, Perry County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Mar 30, 2012, 8:33 PM CDT for Greene County, Perry County, Mississippi. It was in force for 117 min. 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 30, 2012, 8:33 PM CDT (01:33 UTC)
Expired
Mar 30, 2012, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
117 min
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), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:34 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 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 145 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 00:00Z on 2012-03-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 672 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 00:00Z on 2012-03-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 39 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
672 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1146 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

952 
WGUS54 KMOB 310133
FFWMOB
MSC041-111-310330-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0012.120331T0133Z-120331T0330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
833 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  NORTHEASTERN PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF RICHTON...

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT

* AT 825 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY
  RAIN FROM SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA. RADAR    
  ESTIMATES THAT 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER A SMALL       
  PORTION OF NORTHWESTERN GREENE AND NORTHEASTERN PERRY COUNTIES.    
  THE AXIS OF THE HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN RIGHT ALONG HIGHWAYS 42 AND  
  63. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO WILL        
  BRING ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN...RESULTING IN THE LIKELIHOOD  
  OF FLASH FLOODING. 

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO GOOD
  HOPE...EAST SIDE...BREWER...CARSON CITY AND PIAVE.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. 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.

LAT...LON 3139 8906 3142 8896 3143 8866 3130 8864
      3124 8904

$$

JFB
1 follow-up statement
520 
WGUS74 KMOB 310333
FFSMOB

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1033 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2012

MSC041-111-310343-
/O.EXP.KMOB.FF.W.0012.000000T0000Z-120331T0330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PERRY MS-GREENE MS-
1033 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2012

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR NORTHWESTERN GREENE AND
NORTHEASTERN PERRY COUNTIES...

THE HEAVY RAIN AND THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING HAS ENDED ACROSS THE 
WARNED AREA. 

LAT...LON 3139 8906 3142 8896 3143 8866 3130 8864
      3124 8904

$$

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.