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Flash Flood Warning 20, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Jun 5, 2013, 8:39 PM CDT for Wayne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report 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
- Jun 5, 2013, 8:39 PM CDT (01:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2013, 11:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Wayne County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:42 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 9:30 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Waynesboro, MS | WAYNE COUNTY EMA REPORTS SIGNIFICANT FLOODING AT THE INTERSECTION OF SPRING ST AND AZALEA DR IN WAYNESBORO. TWO FEET OF FLOOD WATERS REPORTED. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 148 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
- 1801 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -109 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 873 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 247 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
779 WGUS54 KMOB 060139 FFWMOB MSC153-060445- /O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0020.130606T0139Z-130606T0445Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 839 PM CDT WED JUN 5 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... * UNTIL 1145 PM CDT * AT 833 PM CDT...WAYNE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED SEVEREAL STREETS WERE FLOODED IN WAYNESBORO...WITH SOME CITY STREETS BEGINNING TO BE CLOSED OFF. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS INDICATED OVER THE WARNED AREA AND RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW THAT 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... WAYNESBORO... CLARA... 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 3188 8849 3155 8846 3155 8894 3182 8895 $$
2 follow-up statements
426 WGUS74 KMOB 060253 FFSMOB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 953 PM CDT WED JUN 5 2013 MSC153-060445- /O.CON.KMOB.FF.W.0020.000000T0000Z-130606T0445Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ WAYNE MS- 953 PM CDT WED JUN 5 2013 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM CDT FOR WAYNE COUNTY... AT 930 PM CDT...WAYNE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED CONTINUED FLASH FLOODING IN WAYNESBORO. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT FLOODING WAS REPORTED AT THE INTERSECTION OF SPRING STREET AND AZALEA DRIVE. SEVERAL ROADWAYS HAVE BEEN REPORTED CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING IN WAYNESBORO. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WAYNESBORO... CLARA... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. SEEK HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK INTO AREAS WHERE WATER CROSSES A ROAD. TURN AROUND - DON'T DROWN! BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. && LAT...LON 3188 8849 3155 8846 3155 8894 3182 8895 $$
563 WGUS74 KMOB 060341 FFSMOB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1041 PM CDT WED JUN 5 2013 MSC153-060348- /O.CAN.KMOB.FF.W.0020.000000T0000Z-130606T0445Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ WAYNE MS- 1041 PM CDT WED JUN 5 2013 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR WAYNE COUNTY... AT 1040 PM CDT...WAYNE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTS THAT THE FLOODING HAS RECEDED IN WAYNESBORO. HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ALSO COME TO AN END ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THUS THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. PONDING OF WATER MAY STILL BE ENCOUNTERED ON AREA AND LOCAL ROADWAYS. LAT...LON 3188 8849 3155 8846 3155 8894 3182 8895 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 7:09 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Perry | 111 min |
| Jun 5, 7:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wayne | 39 min |
| Jun 5, 8:10 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Wayne | 3 hr |
| Jun 5, 8:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Greene | 52 min |
| Jun 5, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wayne | 30 min |
| Jun 5, 8:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Perry | 3 hr |
| Jun 5, 9:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George, Greene | 56 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.