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Flash Flood Warning 53, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Dec 22, 2013, 4:25 AM CST for Washington County, Alabama; Greene County, Mississippi. It was in force for 3 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
- Dec 22, 2013, 4:25 AM CST (10:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 22, 2013, 7:30 AM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Washington County, AL, Greene County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:26 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 00:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 1006 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 573 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 322 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 363 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.3
- Supercell composite
- 10.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
035
WGUS54 KMOB 221025
FFWMOB
ALC129-MSC041-221330-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0053.131222T1025Z-131222T1330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
425 AM CST SUN DEC 22 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 730 AM CST
* AT 420 AM CST...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 WITH ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING
TO FALL. THIS WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING IN THE WARNED
AREA.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO VINEGAR
BEND AND DEER PARK
LAT...LON 3141 8826 3129 8827 3114 8833 3111 8839
3111 8843 3109 8843 3107 8849 3112 8858
$$1 follow-up statement
821
WGUS74 KMOB 221324
FFSMOB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
724 AM CST SUN DEC 22 2013
ALC129-MSC041-221331-
/O.EXP.KMOB.FF.W.0053.000000T0000Z-131222T1330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WASHINGTON AL-GREENE MS-
724 AM CST SUN DEC 22 2013
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 730 AM CST FOR EAST CENTRAL
GREENE AND SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES...
AT 721 AM CST...THE HEAVY RAINFALL THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR
EAST CENTRAL GREENE AND SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES HAS TAPERED
OFF...THUS THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
HOWEVER...PONDING OF WATER MAY STILL BE ENCOUNTERED.
LAT...LON 3141 8826 3129 8827 3114 8833 3111 8839
3111 8843 3109 8843 3107 8849 3112 8858
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 22, 4:10 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Washington | 2 hr |
| Dec 22, 5:05 AM CST | Wind Advisory | MOB | 3 hr | |
| Dec 22, 5:11 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Clarke, Monroe, Washington, Wilcox | 2 hr |
| Dec 22, 5:14 AM CST | Rip Current Statement | MOB | 13 hr | |
| Dec 22, 5:21 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe | 3 hr |
| Dec 22, 6:19 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Escambia, Monroe | 116 min |
| Dec 22, 7:05 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Mobile | 115 min |
| Dec 22, 7:17 AM CST | Flash Flood Watch | MOB | Butler, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia and 3 more | 21 hr |
| Dec 22, 1:21 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Butler, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Mobile and 3 more | 4 hr |
| Dec 22, 4:36 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Mobile | 54 min |
| Dec 22, 5:02 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Stone | 118 min |
| Dec 22, 5:31 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Stone | 3 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Alabama, 2013Flash Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.