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Flash Flood Warning 27, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Jul 5, 2013, 12:12 AM CDT for Wayne County, Mississippi; Washington County, Alabama. 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
- Jul 5, 2013, 12:12 AM CDT (05:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2013, 3:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Washington County, AL, Wayne County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 12:16 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Waynesboro, MS | SPRING STREET, SOUTH STREET, AND AZALEA STREET ARE ALL FLOODED. |
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, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 161 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
- 902 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1452 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 3.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
790
WGUS54 KMOB 050512
FFWMOB
ALC129-MSC153-050815-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0027.130705T0512Z-130705T0815Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1212 AM CDT FRI JUL 5 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 315 AM CDT
* AT 1212 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER MUCH
OF THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL
HAS OCCURRED OVER THE PAST HOUR...AND AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES WILL
BE POSSIBLE. THESE HEAVY RAINS FALLING OVER ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS
WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WAYNESBORO... CLARA... BUCKATUNNA...
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 3180 8848 3170 8846 3170 8830 3159 8823
3143 8863 3154 8869 3143 8889 3143 8891
3164 8892
$$1 follow-up statement
824
WGUS74 KMOB 050557
FFSMOB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1257 AM CDT FRI JUL 5 2013
ALC129-MSC153-050815-
/O.CON.KMOB.FF.W.0027.000000T0000Z-130705T0815Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WASHINGTON AL-WAYNE MS-
1257 AM CDT FRI JUL 5 2013
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 AM CDT FOR WAYNE
AND NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES...
AT 1216 AM CDT...WAYNE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLOODING
ON SPRING...SOUTH AND AZALEA STREETS IN WAYNESBORO.
AT 1200 AM CDT...WAYNE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED WATER
COVERING THE ROADWAY ON FLATS ROAD...AND FLOODING ON U.S. HIGHWAY 45
AT OLD WINCHESTER STREET IN BUCKATUNNA.
AT 1255 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
DETECT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER
MUCH OF SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 20
MPH. MANY LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEIVED 4 TO 8 INCHES
OF RAIN...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OVER 10 INCHES SINCE FRIDAY EVENING.
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS OVER ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS WILL LIKELY
RESULT IN CONTINUED FLASH FLOODING.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WAYNESBORO... CLARA... BUCKATUNNA...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. SEEK
HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK INTO AREAS WHERE
WATER CROSSES A ROAD. TURN AROUND - DON'T DROWN!
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 3180 8848 3170 8846 3170 8830 3159 8823
3143 8863 3154 8869 3143 8889 3143 8891
3164 8892
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 7:58 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Greene, Wayne | 107 min |
| Jul 4, 9:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Wayne | 3 hr |
| Jul 4, 11:14 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Greene, Perry, Wayne | 3 hr |
| Jul 4, 11:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Greene, Perry, Wayne | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 9:17 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin | 118 min |
| Jul 5, 11:25 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 35 min | |
| Jul 5, 12:07 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 83 min | |
| Jul 5, 1:26 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 94 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 2013Flash Flood Warnings in Alabama, 2013Every flash flood warning in 2013
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.