Alert archive / Mississippi / Flash Flood Warnings in 2015
Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at May 16, 2015, 4:56 PM CDT for George County, Mississippi. It was in force for 9 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 16, 2015, 4:56 PM CDT (21:56 UTC)
- Expired
- May 17, 2015, 2:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County George County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 1551 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 642 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
061 WGUS54 KMOB 162156 FFWMOB MSC039-170400- /O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0010.150516T2156Z-150517T0400Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 456 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2015 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN GEORGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI... * UNTIL 1100 PM CDT SATURDAY * AT 455 PM CDT...RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW UP TO 6 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED OVER THE PAST 3 HOURS WITH ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS EXPECTED. THIS WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... DEAN LANDING... HOWELL... MOVELLA... WATERS LANDING... AGRICOLA... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. SEEK HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK INTO AREAS WHERE WATER CROSSES A ROAD. TURN AROUND - DON'T DROWN! 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 3084 8852 3085 8842 3074 8841 3074 8858 $$
1 follow-up statement
339 WGUS54 KMOB 170345 FFWMOB MSC039-170700- /O.EXT.KMOB.FF.W.0010.000000T0000Z-150517T0700Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1045 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2015 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS EXTENDED THE * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN GEORGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI... * UNTIL 200 AM CDT * AT 1042 PM CDT...HEAVY RAINFALL IS TAPERING OFF OVER THE WARNED AREA...BUT RAINFALL AMOUNTS AROUND 2 INCHES OVER THE PAST 1 TO 2 HOURS HAS FALLEN ON SATURATED GROUND. THIS WILL MAINTAIN A HIGH RISK OF FLASH FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA UNTIL THE HEAVY RAINS DRAIN OFF. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... DEAN LANDING... HOWELL... MOVELLA... WATERS LANDING... AGRICOLA... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. SEEK HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK INTO AREAS WHERE WATER CROSSES A ROAD. TURN AROUND - DON'T DROWN! IF YOU ARE IN DANGER FROM THE FLOOD WATERS AND NEED RESCUE ASSISTANCE CALL 911. TO REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CALL (800) 284-9059. && LAT...LON 3084 8852 3085 8842 3074 8841 3074 8858 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 5:08 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Stone | 112 min |
| May 16, 5:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | George | 22 min |
| May 16, 6:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | George | 39 min |
| May 16, 6:46 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Perry | 119 min |
| May 16, 9:09 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Stone | 3 hr |
| May 16, 4:25 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | George, Greene | 3 hr |
| May 16, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Stone | 42 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 2015Every flash flood warning in 2015
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.