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Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Mobile, AL

September 4, 2012Greene County, Perry County, Wayne County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Sep 4, 2012, 5:01 PM CDT for Greene County, Perry County, Wayne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 6 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
Sep 4, 2012, 5:01 PM CDT (22:01 UTC)
Expired
Sep 4, 2012, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Greene County, MS, Perry County, MS, Wayne County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:02 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 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 135 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 12:00Z on 2012-09-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1547 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 12:00Z on 2012-09-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -28 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
1547 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
675 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.2
Supercell composite
-1.5

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The text

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

762 
WGUS54 KMOB 042201
FFWMOB
MSC041-111-153-050400-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0039.120904T2201Z-120905T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
501 PM CDT TUE SEP 4 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  SOUTHWESTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT

* AT 457 PM CDT...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS INDICATED OVER THE WARNED  
  AREA AND RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES
  PER HOUR AS THE HEAVY RAINFALL FURTHER DEVELOPS AND MOVES
  SOUTHWARD. THIS WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING IN THE WARNED
  AREA.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MCLAIN...             RICHTON...            NEW AUGUSTA...
  BEAUMONT...

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!

&&

LAT...LON 3143 8915 3144 8914 3144 8895 3156 8895
      3138 8877 3115 8869 3101 8882 3098 8903
      3110 8915

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 4, 8:12 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchMOBGeorge, Greene, Stone25 hr
Sep 4, 4:44 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBGreene, Perry, Wayne2 hr
Sep 4, 5:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBPerry57 min
Sep 4, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBPerry, Stone60 min
Sep 4, 6:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGreene, Wayne34 min
Sep 4, 6:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBPerry, Stone54 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.