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Flash Flood Warning 32, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at May 14, 2014, 11:32 AM CDT for 6 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 6 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
- May 14, 2014, 11:32 AM CDT (16:32 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 2014, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Butler County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Wilcox County, AL
The radar
The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:31 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 163 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -82 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1122 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 142 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
976
WGUS54 KMOB 141632
FFWMOB
ALC013-035-039-041-099-131-142230-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0032.140514T1632Z-140514T2230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1132 AM CDT WED MAY 14 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
NORTHERN CONECUH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
NORTHWESTERN COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
CRENSHAW COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
NORTHEASTERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
EASTERN WILCOX COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 530 PM CDT WEDNESDAY
* AT 1124 AM CDT...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS MOVING INTO THE
WARNED AREA FROM THE SOUTH AND RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES
OF RAIN WAS FALLING PER HOUR. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THE COURSE OF THE AFTERNOON WHERE SOME AREAS MAY RECEIVE
BETWEEN 4 AND 7 INCHES OF RAIN. THIS WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLASH
FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BOYKIN... PINE APPLE... OAK HILL...
RUTLEDGE... PETREY... LUVERNE...
MCKENZIE... I65 AND CR 7... I65 AND AL 185...
LAT...LON 3180 8620 3179 8618 3164 8626 3145 8641
3154 8711 3137 8719 3219 8732 3205 8717
3205 8686 3197 8685 3197 8641 3205 8640
3205 8630 3197 8629 3196 8618 3189 8617
$$1 follow-up statement
114
WGUS74 KMOB 142047
FFSMOB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
347 PM CDT WED MAY 14 2014
ALC013-035-039-041-099-131-142230-
/O.CON.KMOB.FF.W.0032.000000T0000Z-140514T2230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BUTLER AL-CONECUH AL-COVINGTON AL-CRENSHAW AL-MONROE AL-WILCOX AL-
347 PM CDT WED MAY 14 2014
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR
EASTERN WILCOX...NORTHEASTERN MONROE...CRENSHAW...NORTHWESTERN
COVINGTON...NORTHERN CONECUH AND BUTLER COUNTIES...
AT 343 PM CDT...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAS MOVED BACK INTO THE WARNED
AREA AND WILL PERSIST FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. RADAR ESTIMATES
SHOW 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED OVER THE PAST HOUR WHICH
HAS FALLEN ON SATURATED GROUND. THIS WILL CONTINUE THE LIKELIHOOD
OF FLASH FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BOYKIN... PINE APPLE... OAK HILL...
RUTLEDGE... PETREY... LUVERNE...
MCKENZIE... I65 AND CR 7... I65 AND AL 185...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE IN DANGER FROM THE FLOOD WATERS AND NEED RESCUE ASSISTANCE
CALL 911. TO REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CALL
(800) 284-9059.
&&
LAT...LON 3180 8620 3179 8618 3164 8626 3145 8641
3154 8711 3137 8719 3219 8732 3205 8717
3205 8686 3197 8685 3197 8641 3205 8640
3205 8630 3197 8629 3196 8618 3189 8617
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 4:16 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia, Monroe and 1 more | 16 hr |
| May 14, 9:32 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia and 2 more | 6 hr |
| May 14, 9:44 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 39 hr | |
| May 14, 9:48 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Covington, Escambia | 6 hr |
| May 14, 11:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw | 24 min |
| May 14, 12:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Covington, Crenshaw | 60 min |
| May 14, 12:52 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 113 min |
| May 14, 1:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Escambia | 4 hr |
| May 14, 3:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Covington, Escambia | 4 hr |
| May 14, 4:52 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 8 days |
| May 14, 5:13 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Covington | 3 hr |
| May 14, 5:28 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Crenshaw, Monroe, Wilcox | 3 hr |
| May 14, 5:38 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Escambia | 6 hr |
| May 14, 5:42 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 33 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.