Alert archive / Mississippi / Flash Flood Warnings in 2013
Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at May 1, 2013, 3:06 PM CDT for George 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
- May 1, 2013, 3:06 PM CDT (20:06 UTC)
- Expired
- May 1, 2013, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County George County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:06 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 115 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
- 856 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 553 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
275
WGUS54 KMOB 012006
FFWMOB
MSC039-020200-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0011.130501T2006Z-130502T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
306 PM CDT WED MAY 1 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WESTERN GEORGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 900 PM CDT
* AT 257 PM CDT...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS INDICATED OVER THE WARNED
AREA AND RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS
OCCURRED JUST OVER THE PAST HOUR. A TOTAL OF NEARLY EIGHT INCHES
OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE LAST EVENING.
THIS WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RURAL WESTERN GEORGE COUNTY
DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER CROSSES THE ROAD AND SEEK
HIGHER GROUND IF YOU LIVE NEAR CREEKS SURROUNDING THE BENNDALE AREA
IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGE COUNTY MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3091 8883 3100 8883 3100 8869 3086 8858
3079 8863 3076 8870 3082 8888
$$2 follow-up statements
802
WGUS74 KMOB 012057
FFSMOB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
357 PM CDT WED MAY 1 2013
MSC039-020200-
/O.CON.KMOB.FF.W.0011.000000T0000Z-130502T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
GEORGE MS-
357 PM CDT WED MAY 1 2013
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR
WESTERN GEORGE COUNTY...
AT 348 PM CDT...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES OVER THE WARNED AREA.
AS MUCH AS FIVE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 1 PM CDT.
GIVEN THE WAY THAT NEWER THUNDERSTORM CELLS ARE DEVELOPING AND
MOVING TOWARDS THE WARNED AREA...IT IS NOT OUT THE QUESTION TO
RECEIVE AT LEAST ANOTHER TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN THROUGH MID TO
LATE EVENING.
THIS WILL CAUSE CONTINUED FLASH FLOODING IN THE WARNED
AREA...PARTICULARLY IN AND AROUND NEAR BENNDALE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RURAL WESTERN GEORGE COUNTY
IF YOU LIVE NEAR A CREEK IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGE COUNTY SEEK HIGHER
GROUND. IT IS LIKELY OUT OF ITS BANKS AND RISING. DO NOT DRIVE INTO
AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
LAT...LON 3091 8883 3100 8883 3100 8869 3086 8858
3079 8863 3076 8870 3082 8888
$$149
WGUS74 KMOB 020041
FFSMOB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
741 PM CDT WED MAY 1 2013
MSC039-020200-
/O.CON.KMOB.FF.W.0011.000000T0000Z-130502T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
GEORGE MS-
741 PM CDT WED MAY 1 2013
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR
WESTERN GEORGE COUNTY...
AT 700 PM...WATER WAS REPORTED OVER THE ROAD AT STATE HIGHWAY 63 AND
COOPER ROAD IN GEORGE COUNTY. THREE FEET OF WATER WAS ALSO REPORTED
OVER HIGHWAY 198 WEST AT THE RAILROAD OVERPASS. WATER WAS ALSO
REPORTED OVER HIGHWAY 26 WEST AND FIG FARM ROAD.
AT 740 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY
RAINFALL MOVING INTO EASTERN GEORGE COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES
THAT AS MUCH AS 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER TOTALS
HAVE FALLEN OVER MUCH OF GEORGE COUNTY SINCE THIS AFTERNOON.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WITH ISOLATED HIGHER TOTALS
WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 9 PM AS ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS MOVE INTO THE COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER
GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD
TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH
BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. REMEMBER...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
&&
LAT...LON 3091 8883 3100 8883 3100 8869 3086 8858
3079 8863 3076 8870 3082 8888
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 12:32 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | George, Perry, Stone | 6 hr |
| May 1, 2:21 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Stone | 12 hr |
| May 1, 3:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Stone, Wayne | 24 hr |
| May 1, 4:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Stone | 6 hr |
| May 1, 5:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | George | 48 min |
| May 1, 6:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | George | 3 hr |
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.