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Flash Flood Warning 44, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Oct 13, 2014, 9:43 PM CDT for Clarke County, Monroe County, 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
- Oct 13, 2014, 9:43 PM CDT (02:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 14, 2014, 3:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Clarke County, AL, Monroe County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:42 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
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 203 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
- 880 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 710 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 338 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 406 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.9
- Supercell composite
- 13.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
979
WGUS54 KMOB 140243
FFWMOB
ALC025-099-140845-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0044.141014T0243Z-141014T0845Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
943 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WESTERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
EASTERN CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 345 AM CDT TUESDAY
* AT 938 PM CDT...HEAVY RAINFALL WAS INDICATED OVER THE WARNED
AREA AND RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS
OCCURRED OVER THE PAST HOUR. THIS WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLASH
FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA.
AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN WILL FALL OVER THIS AREA
THROUGH MIDNIGHT.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WHATLEY... JACKSON... GROVE HILL...
FULTON...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 3193 8767 3188 8767 3187 8762 3183 8762
3183 8743 3180 8736 3138 8755 3127 8783
3115 8788 3126 8797 3131 8796 3132 8791
3136 8789 3139 8791 3138 8794 3140 8790
3144 8794 3149 8791 3153 8795 3194 8770
$$1 follow-up statement
974
WGUS74 KMOB 140503
FFSMOB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1203 AM CDT TUE OCT 14 2014
ALC025-099-140513-
/O.CAN.KMOB.FF.W.0044.000000T0000Z-141014T0845Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MONROE AL-CLARKE AL-
1203 AM CDT TUE OCT 14 2014
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR EASTERN CLARKE AND
WESTERN MONROE COUNTIES...
AT 1158 PM CDT...THE HEAVY RAINFALL THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR
EASTERN CLARKE AND WESTERN MONROE COUNTIES HAS ENDED...THUS THE FLASH
FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...PONDING OF WATER MAY
STILL BE ENCOUNTERED.
LAT...LON 3193 8767 3188 8767 3187 8762 3183 8762
3183 8743 3180 8736 3138 8755 3127 8783
3115 8788 3126 8797 3131 8796 3132 8791
3136 8789 3139 8791 3138 8794 3140 8790
3144 8794 3149 8791 3153 8795 3194 8770
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 13, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile, Washington | 26 min |
| Oct 13, 7:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile, Washington | 23 min |
| Oct 13, 7:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Washington | 27 min |
| Oct 13, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 33 min |
| Oct 13, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Washington | 32 min |
| Oct 13, 9:24 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 96 min | |
| Oct 13, 9:49 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Escambia | 116 min |
| Oct 13, 9:53 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 97 min | |
| Oct 13, 11:33 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 87 min | |
| Oct 13, 11:55 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Conecuh, Covington, Escambia | 110 min |
| Oct 14, 12:39 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 96 min | |
| Oct 14, 4:39 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 96 min |
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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.