Alert archive / Mississippi / Flash Flood Warnings in 2013
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at May 1, 2013, 6:50 PM CDT for George County, Mississippi. It was in force for 3 hr. 4 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
- May 1, 2013, 6:50 PM CDT (23:50 UTC)
- Expired
- May 1, 2013, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County George County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:53 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 7:00 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 E Lucedale, MS | WATER COVERING THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 26 WEST AND FIG FARM ROAD. |
| May 1, 7:00 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 N Barton, MS | WATER COVERING THE INTERSECTION OF STATE HIGHWAY 63 S AND COOPER ROAD. |
| May 1, 7:00 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Lucedale, MS | THREE FEET OF WATER COVERING THE ROAD AT HIGHWAY 198 WEST AND RAILROAD OVERPASS. |
| May 1, 7:39 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 11.2 | 2 Wsw Agricola, MS | BROADCAST MEDIA RELAYED A REPORT OF 11.2 INCHES OF STORM TOTAL RAINFALL ON BARTON AGRICOLA RD. |
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, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 119 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.
061
WGUS54 KMOB 012350
FFWMOB
MSC039-020245-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0013.130501T2350Z-130502T0245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
650 PM CDT WED MAY 1 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EASTERN GEORGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 945 PM CDT
* AT 650 PM CDT...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS INDICATED OVER THE WARNED
AREA AND RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS
OCCURRED OVER THE PAST HOUR. THIS WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING
IN THE WARNED AREA.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LUCEDALE...AGRICOLA...VAUGHN...GIBSON LANDING
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!
NEVER TRY TO CROSS OR PLAY IN AN URBAN SPILLWAY OR FLOWING CREEK...
EVEN A SMALL ONE. FLASH FLOODING IS A MAJOR KILLER.
&&
LAT...LON 3081 8884 3076 8870 3079 8863 3086 8858
3100 8869 3100 8843 3073 8841 3073 8884
$$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, 3:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | George | 6 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 |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.