Alert archive / Mississippi / Flash Flood Warnings in 2015
Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at May 16, 2015, 7:01 PM CDT for Stone County, Mississippi. 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 16, 2015, 7:01 PM CDT (00:01 UTC)
- Expired
- May 17, 2015, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Stone County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 70 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
- 2431 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 785 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
805
WGUS54 KMOB 170001
FFWMOB
MSC131-170600-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0012.150517T0001Z-150517T0600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
701 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WESTERN STONE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 100 AM CDT
* AT 701 PM CDT...VERY 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.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WIGGINS... PERKINSTON... PERRY...
INDIA... TEN MILE...
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 3074 8934 3080 8932 3090 8910 3091 8908
3068 8915 3068 8924 3066 8924 3066 8925
3065 8934
$$1 follow-up statement
961
WGUS74 KMOB 170349
FFSMOB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1049 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2015
MSC131-170600-
/O.CON.KMOB.FF.W.0012.000000T0000Z-150517T0600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
STONE MS-
1049 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR
WESTERN STONE COUNTY...
AT 1048 PM CDT...ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAINS HAVE TAPERED OFF OVER THE
WARNED AREA...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL
100 AM CDT TO ALLOW FOR EXCESSIVE WATER TO DRAIN OFF.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WIGGINS... PERKINSTON... PERRY...
INDIA... TEN MILE...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. SEEK
HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK INTO AREAS WHERE
WATER CROSSES A ROAD. TURN AROUND - DON'T DROWN!
IF YOU ARE IN DANGER FROM THE FLOOD WATERS AND NEED RESCUE ASSISTANCE
CALL 911. TO REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CALL
(800) 284-9059.
&&
LAT...LON 3074 8934 3080 8932 3090 8910 3091 8908
3068 8915 3068 8924 3066 8924 3066 8925
3065 8934
$$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.