Alert archive / Alabama / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 24, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Jul 31, 2012, 9:32 AM CDT for Wilcox County, Alabama. It was in force for 4 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
- Jul 31, 2012, 9:32 AM CDT (14:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 31, 2012, 1:16 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Wilcox County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 136 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 374 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -98 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 636 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 271 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
236
WGUS54 KMOB 311432
FFWMOB
ALC131-312030-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0024.120731T1432Z-120731T2030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
932 AM CDT TUE JUL 31 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WESTERN AND CENTRAL WILCOX COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 330 PM CDT TUESDAY
* AT 924 AM CDT...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES TO MOVE INTO WESTERN
AND CENTRAL WILCOX COUNTY FROM THE NORTHWEST. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2
TO 3 INCHES HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF WILCOX COUNTY OVER
THE PAST 1 TO 2 HOURS...ESPECIALLY THE NORTHWEST SECTION OF THE
COUNTY. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED OVER THE
NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS WHICH WILL LIKELY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BOYKIN... YELLOW BLUFF... PINE HILL...
CATHERINE... CAMDEN...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. SEEK
HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK INTO AREAS WHERE
WATER CROSSES A ROAD. TURN AROUND - DON'T DROWN!
IF YOU ARE IN DANGER FROM THE FLOOD WATERS AND NEED RESCUE ASSISTANCE
CALL 911. TO REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CALL
(800) 284-9059.
&&
LAT...LON 3224 8739 3221 8737 3220 8733 3214 8725
3211 8723 3209 8719 3183 8719 3183 8762
3187 8762 3188 8767 3201 8767 3201 8763
3213 8763 3214 8753 3226 8753 3227 8752
3228 8745
$$1 follow-up statement
690
WGUS74 KMOB 311816
FFSMOB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
116 PM CDT TUE JUL 31 2012
ALC131-311826-
/O.CAN.KMOB.FF.W.0024.000000T0000Z-120731T2030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WILCOX AL-
116 PM CDT TUE JUL 31 2012
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR WILCOX COUNTY...
AT 111 PM CDT...THE HEAVY RAINFALL THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR
WILCOX COUNTY HAS ENDED...THUS THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3224 8739 3221 8737 3220 8733 3214 8725
3211 8723 3209 8719 3183 8719 3183 8762
3187 8762 3188 8767 3201 8767 3201 8763
3213 8763 3214 8753 3226 8753 3227 8752
3228 8745
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 51 min |
| Jul 30, 8:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia | 25 min |
| Jul 31, 4:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Crenshaw | 87 min |
| Jul 31, 7:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Wilcox | 66 min |
| Jul 31, 7:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Crenshaw | 23 min |
| Jul 31, 8:15 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 60 min | |
| Jul 31, 8:54 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Wilcox | 2 hr |
| Jul 31, 9:14 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 91 min | |
| Jul 31, 10:47 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 58 min | |
| Jul 31, 11:52 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 83 min | |
| Jul 31, 2:41 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 94 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.