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Flash Flood Warning 23, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Jun 28, 2013, 11:33 PM CDT for Covington County, Alabama. It was in force for 117 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 28, 2013, 11:33 PM CDT (04:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2013, 1:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 117 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Covington County, AL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:33 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
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 218 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
- 2695 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 680 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 147 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 7.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
532
WGUS54 KMOB 290433
FFWMOB
ALC039-290630-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0023.130629T0433Z-130629T0630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1133 PM CDT FRI JUN 28 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 130 AM CDT
* AT 1127 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. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED
OVER AT LEAST THE NEXT HOUR AND THIS WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLASH
FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA...ESPECIALLY AROUND THE ANDALUSIA
AREA.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ANDALUSIA... SANFORD... RIVER FALLS...
OPP... ONYCHA... LOCKHART...
LIBERTYVILLE... HEATH... GANTT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
IF YOU ARE IN DANGER FROM THE FLOOD WATERS AND NEED RESCUE ASSISTANCE
CALL 911. TO REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CALL
(800) 284-9059.
&&
LAT...LON 3099 8619 3100 8645 3118 8669 3127 8670
3134 8670 3136 8668 3139 8667 3141 8666
3141 8620
$$1 follow-up statement
873
WGUS74 KMOB 290629
FFSMOB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
129 AM CDT SAT JUN 29 2013
ALC039-290638-
/O.EXP.KMOB.FF.W.0023.000000T0000Z-130629T0630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
COVINGTON AL-
129 AM CDT SAT JUN 29 2013
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR COVINGTON COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE AT 130 AM CDT...
AT 129 AM CDT...THE HEAVY RAINFALL THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR
COVINGTON COUNTY HAS ENDED...THUS THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 130 AM CDT. HOWEVER...PONDING OF WATER MAY STILL
BE ENCOUNTERED.
LAT...LON 3099 8619 3100 8645 3118 8669 3127 8670
3134 8670 3136 8668 3139 8667 3141 8666
3141 8620
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 8:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 58 min |
| Jun 28, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 49 min |
| Jun 28, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Monroe, Wilcox | 45 min |
| Jun 28, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Washington | 45 min |
| Jun 28, 10:34 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Monroe, Wilcox | 116 min |
| Jun 28, 11:09 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Covington, Crenshaw | 2 hr |
| Jun 29, 1:37 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 53 min | |
| Jun 29, 2:15 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 60 min | |
| Jun 29, 3:57 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 93 min | |
| Jun 29, 5:29 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 91 min | |
| Jun 29, 5:58 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 92 min | |
| Jun 29, 6:59 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 91 min | |
| Jun 29, 9:02 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 118 min | |
| Jun 29, 10:09 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 66 min |
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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.