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Flash Flood Warning 37, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at May 29, 2014, 3:27 AM CDT for George County, Greene County, Mississippi; Mobile County, Alabama. 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
- May 29, 2014, 3:27 AM CDT (08:27 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 2014, 6:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Mobile County, AL, George County, MS, Greene County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 12 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:28 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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 220 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -56 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 676 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
399
WGUS54 KMOB 290827
FFWMOB
ALC097-MSC039-041-291130-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0037.140529T0827Z-140529T1130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
327 AM CDT THU MAY 29 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EASTERN GEORGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
MOBILE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 630 AM CDT
* AT 319 AM CDT...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS INDICATED OVER THE WARNED
AREA AND RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER
HOUR DURING THE LAST 2 TO 3 HOURS. MORE HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED OVER
THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 630 AM CDT. THIS WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLASH
FLOODING IN SOME AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING THROUGH 630 AM CDT.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MIDTOWN MOBILE... EASTERN DAUPHIN ISLAND...
DOWNTOWN MOBILE... CENTRAL DAUPHIN ISLAND...
MOVICO... CODEN...
WESTERN DAUPHIN ISLAND... TILLMANS CORNER...
THEODORE...
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 3023 8832 3026 8818 3036 8820 3032 8826
3039 8840 3116 8847 3111 8833 3117 8799
3109 8788 3113 8794 3095 8788 3088 8799
3083 8794 3078 8802 3030 8813 3031 8819
3025 8807 3024 8808 3022 8831
$$1 follow-up statement
977
WGUS74 KMOB 291107
FFSMOB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
607 AM CDT THU MAY 29 2014
ALC097-MSC039-041-291116-
/O.CAN.KMOB.FF.W.0037.000000T0000Z-140529T1130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
GREENE MS-GEORGE MS-MOBILE AL-
607 AM CDT THU MAY 29 2014
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR MOBILE...EASTERN
GEORGE AND SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTIES...
AT 605 AM CDT...THE HEAVY RAINFALL THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR
MOBILE...EASTERN GEORGE AND SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTIES HAS ENDED...
THUS THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...PONDING OF
WATER MAY STILL BE ENCOUNTERED.
IF YOU ARE IN DANGER FROM THE FLOOD WATERS AND NEED RESCUE ASSISTANCE
CALL 911. TO REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CALL
(800) 284-9059.
LAT...LON 3023 8832 3026 8818 3036 8820 3032 8826
3039 8840 3116 8847 3111 8833 3117 8799
3109 8788 3113 8794 3095 8788 3088 8799
3083 8794 3078 8802 3030 8813 3031 8819
3025 8807 3024 8808 3022 8831
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Escambia | 67 min |
| May 28, 9:02 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Escambia | 118 min |
| May 29, 1:28 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 2 hr |
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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.