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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Mar 16, 2014, 7:41 AM CDT for George County, Mississippi; Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 4 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
- Mar 16, 2014, 7:41 AM CDT (12:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 16, 2014, 11:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Baldwin County, AL, Mobile County, AL, George County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 181 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
- 1142 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 488 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 284 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 283 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.7
- Supercell composite
- 8.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
604
WGUS54 KMOB 161241
FFWMOB
ALC003-097-MSC039-161645-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0003.140316T1241Z-140316T1645Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
741 AM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN GEORGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHWESTERN BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
NORTHERN MOBILE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SATSUMA...SARALAND...CREOLA...
CHICKASAW...
* UNTIL 1145 AM CDT
* AT 738 AM CDT...A SERIES OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN IN AN 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 MOVICO AND
MOUNT VERNON
LAT...LON 3073 8842 3073 8862 3115 8791 3115 8790
3116 8789 3115 8787 3117 8789 3117 8786
3119 8785 3128 8770 3106 8762 3076 8804
3063 8841
$$1 follow-up statement
485
WGUS74 KMOB 161633
FFSMOB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1133 AM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014
ALC003-097-MSC039-161642-
/O.CAN.KMOB.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140316T1645Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
GEORGE MS-BALDWIN AL-MOBILE AL-
1133 AM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR NORTHERN MOBILE...
NORTHWESTERN BALDWIN AND SOUTHEASTERN GEORGE COUNTIES...
AN AREAL FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 PM CDT FOR
GENERAL INUNDATION FLOODING AND PONDING OF WATER.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT SUNDAY FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 3073 8842 3073 8862 3115 8791 3115 8790
3116 8789 3115 8787 3117 8789 3117 8786
3119 8785 3128 8770 3106 8762 3076 8804
3063 8841
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 3:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Stone, Wayne | 9 hr |
| Mar 16, 5:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Greene, Perry, Wayne | 52 min |
| Mar 16, 6:31 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Greene | 44 min |
| Mar 16, 6:40 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Greene, Perry | 2 hr |
| Mar 16, 6:43 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | George | 2 hr |
| Mar 16, 7:09 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | George | 3 hr |
| Mar 16, 7:11 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Perry | 3 hr |
| Mar 16, 9:19 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | George | 6 hr |
| Mar 16, 5:06 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke | 24 min |
| Mar 16, 5:30 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke | 30 min |
| Mar 16, 6:00 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke, Wilcox | 45 min |
| Mar 16, 7:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 44 min |
| Mar 16, 7:59 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 31 min |
| Mar 16, 8:18 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia | 27 min |
| Mar 16, 8:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 62 min |
| Mar 16, 8:31 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 89 min | |
| Mar 16, 8:37 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Covington | 38 min |
| Mar 16, 9:01 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Conecuh, Escambia | 29 min |
| Mar 16, 9:25 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 95 min | |
| Mar 16, 9:48 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 117 min | |
| Mar 16, 9:49 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Covington, Escambia | 3 hr |
| Mar 16, 10:00 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin | 3 hr |
| Mar 16, 10:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 52 min |
| Mar 16, 10:14 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 91 min | |
| Mar 16, 10:59 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 91 min | |
| Mar 16, 2:35 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 85 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.