Alert archive / Mississippi / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 30, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Aug 30, 2012, 7:07 AM CDT for George County, Mississippi. It was in force for 6 hr. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 30, 2012, 7:07 AM CDT (12:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 30, 2012, 1:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Emergency
- Flash flood emergency
- Flood severity
- None
County George County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 8:06 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Agricola, MS | WATER COVERING HIGHWAY 613 AND ALMOST ENTERING HOUSES. |
| Aug 30, 10:15 AM CDT | FLOOD | 5 Wnw Wilmer, MS | PUBLIC REPORT OF 17 5/8 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 08/27/12...9.5 INCHES OF RAIN FROM 10 PM 8/29/2012 TO 10AM 08/30/2012. LOCATED ON ESCATAWPA RIVER AT AL/MS STATE LINE ON HIGHWAY 98. RIVER GAUGE CAMPGROUND AT 17.57 FEET. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 0.1 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 0 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 282 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 332 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
699
WGUS54 KMOB 301207
FFWMOB
MSC039-301800-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0030.120830T1207Z-120830T1800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
707 AM CDT THU AUG 30 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EASTERN GEORGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 100 PM CDT
* AT 657 AM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH
FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA. A HEAVY RAINBAND HAS BEEN SITUATED
OVER THE AREA MOST OF THE EARLY MORNING HOURS AND IT WILL CONTINUE
TO DUMP 1.5 TO 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN PER HOUR FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
RADAR ESTIMATED 6 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE MIDNIGHT.
THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR EASTERN GEORGE COUNTY...
PARTICULARLY ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 63.
* LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND FIRST RESPONDERS MAY SOON BE CONDUCTING
WATER RESCUES IN THE LUCEDALE AREA DUE TO FLOODED HOMES AND
MULTIPLE FLOODED ROADWAYS. OTHER COMMUNITIES IN THE WARNED AREA
ARE LIKELY ALSO AFFECTED. THIS HAS EVOLVED INTO AN EXTREME
EVENT...NOT A TYPICAL FLOOD EVENT.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 63
LUCEDALE...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING FLOODING SITUATION. YOU
SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL. STAY HOME UNLESS YOU ARE FORCED TO
EVACUATE TO HIGHER GROUND.
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 3074 8874 3084 8873 3087 8867 3100 8865
3100 8843 3073 8841
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 8:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Stone | 6 hr |
| Aug 29, 9:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry | 48 min |
| Aug 29, 10:20 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry | 9 days |
| Aug 29, 10:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Greene, Perry, Wayne | 26 min |
| Aug 29, 11:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Greene, Perry, Wayne | 6 hr |
| Aug 30, 12:52 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Stone, Wayne | 16 hr |
| Aug 30, 2:13 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Perry | 22 hr |
| Aug 30, 2:28 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Stone | 12 hr |
| Aug 30, 4:31 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Greene, Wayne | 29 min |
| Aug 30, 4:37 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Wayne | 9 days |
| Aug 30, 5:22 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wayne | 23 min |
| Aug 30, 5:48 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Greene, Wayne | 27 min |
| Aug 30, 6:28 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wayne | 30 min |
| Aug 30, 7:18 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Wayne | 6 hr |
| Aug 30, 7:23 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wayne | 22 min |
| Aug 30, 7:41 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | George | 33 min |
| Aug 30, 8:10 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wayne | 35 min |
| Aug 30, 8:13 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Greene, Wayne | 32 min |
| Aug 30, 8:45 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Greene, Wayne | 45 min |
| Aug 30, 9:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Greene | 6 hr |
| Aug 30, 10:17 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Jackson | 9 days |
| Aug 30, 1:18 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Stone, Wayne | 20 hr |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.