Alert archive / Mississippi / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Mar 22, 2012, 2:02 AM CDT for Stone County, Mississippi. It was in force for 3 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
- Mar 22, 2012, 2:02 AM CDT (07:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 22, 2012, 5:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Stone County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 91 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
- 131 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 505 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
683 WGUS54 KMOB 220702 FFWMOB MSC131-221000- /O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0007.120322T0702Z-120322T1000Z/ /00000.0.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 202 AM CDT THU MAR 22 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... EASTERN STONE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... * UNTIL 500 AM CDT * AT 152 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM TRAINING THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN STONE COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST HOUR WITH STORM TOTAL RAINFALL NOW AT THREE TO FIVE INCHES. ADDITIONAL HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WILL TRACK INTO EASTERN STONE COUNTY FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS AND AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES IS LIKELY. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BIG LEVEL...WHITES CROSSING AND RAMSEY SPRINGS 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. TO REPORT FLASH FLOODING TO YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...CALL TOLL FREE AT 1 8 7 7 6 3 3 6 7 7 2. LAT...LON 3091 8908 3091 8888 3068 8888 3068 8914 $$
1 follow-up statement
172 WGUS74 KMOB 221000 FFSMOB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 500 AM CDT THU MAR 22 2012 MSC131-221009- /O.EXP.KMOB.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120322T1000Z/ /00000.0.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ STONE MS- 500 AM CDT THU MAR 22 2012 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 500 AM CDT FOR EASTERN STONE COUNTY... THE MAJORITY OF THE HEAVY RAIN HAS TEMPORARILY ENDED ACROSS STONE COUNTY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL MOVE INTO THE COUNTY THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS AND CONDITIONS WILL BE MONITORED FOR ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING CONCERNS. LAT...LON 3091 8908 3091 8888 3068 8888 3068 8914 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 21, 10:11 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry | 9 days |
| Mar 22, 2:04 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Perry | 23 min |
| Mar 22, 3:31 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Perry | 3 hr |
| Mar 22, 9:41 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Stone, Wayne | 6 hr |
| Mar 22, 9:58 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Jackson | 9 days |
| Mar 22, 10:00 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Wayne | 9 days |
| Mar 22, 1:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene | 6 hr |
| Mar 22, 4:01 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Greene, Wayne | 12 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 2012Every flash flood warning in 2012
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.