Flash Flood Warning 27, NWS Mobile, AL

Issued

Aug 29, 2012, 8:36 PM CDT (01:36 UTC)

Expired

Aug 30, 2012, 2:30 AM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Mobile, AL

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

Counties George County, MS, Greene County, MS, Perry County, MS, Stone County, MS

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WGUS54 KMOB 300136
FFWMOB
MSC039-041-111-131-300730-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0027.120830T0136Z-120830T0730Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
836 PM CDT WED AUG 29 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  GEORGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  SOUTHWESTERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  STONE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 230 AM CDT

* AT 832 PM CDT...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS INDICATED OVER THE WARNED
  AREA AND RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS
  OCCURRED OVER THE PAST HOUR WHICH HAS FALLEN ON SATURATED GROUND.
  THIS WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MCLAIN...             NEW AUGUSTA...        BEAUMONT...
  WIGGINS...            PERKINSTON...         MCHENRY...
  LUCEDALE...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3091 8935 3092 8914 3138 8913 3097 8842
      3073 8842 3073 8888 3067 8889 3067 8923
      3064 8924 3065 8935

$$

896 
WGUS74 KMOB 300559
FFSMOB

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1259 AM CDT THU AUG 30 2012

MSC039-041-111-131-300730-
/O.CON.KMOB.FF.W.0027.000000T0000Z-120830T0730Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
STONE MS-PERRY MS-GREENE MS-GEORGE MS-
1259 AM CDT THU AUG 30 2012

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 AM CDT FOR
GEORGE...SOUTHWESTERN GREENE...PERRY AND STONE COUNTIES...

AT 1247 AM CDT...HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WARNED AREA 
THROUGH MOST OF THE NIGHT.  AS ONE RAINBAND DEPARTS GREENE COUNTY 
MISSISSIPPI THROUGH 230 AM CDT...ANOTHER ONE IS CURRENTLY ROTATING 
ONSHORE OVER JACKSON COUNTY MISSISSIPPI AND WILL MOVE NORTHWARD OVER 
THE SAME AREA THAT RECEIVED VERY HEAVY RAIN LAST EVENING. MANY 
RIVERS AND CREEKS ARE LIKELY ALREADY OUT OF THEIR BANKS OVER 
INTERIOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND THE FLOODING WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD 
OUT AND INUNDATE OTHERWISE FLAT AREAS THAT ARE ADJACENT TO SMALL 
CREEKS AND STREAMS. IN GREENE COUNTY MISSISSIPPI...WATER HAS BEEN 
REPORTED FLOWING OVER HIGHWAY 57 NEAR HILLMAN. THE ISSUANCE OF 
ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS WILL BE REQUIRED DURING THE 
OVERNIGHT HOURS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MCLAIN...             NEW AUGUSTA...        BEAUMONT...
  WIGGINS...            PERKINSTON...         MCHENRY...
  LUCEDALE...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ALSO...BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT 
WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3091 8935 3092 8914 3138 8913 3097 8842
      3073 8842 3073 8888 3067 8889 3067 8923
      3064 8924 3065 8935

$$

Flash Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 2012Every flash flood warning in 2012

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.