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Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Sep 10, 2015, 3:22 PM CDT for Conecuh 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
- Sep 10, 2015, 3:22 PM CDT (20:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 10, 2015, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Conecuh County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:25 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 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 202 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
- 600 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -83 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 892 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
328
WGUS54 KMOB 102022
FFWMOB
ALC035-110215-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0017.150910T2022Z-150911T0215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
322 PM CDT THU SEP 10 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN CONECUH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 915 PM CDT
* AT 321 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...
EVERGREEN... CASTLEBERRY... REPTON...
I65 AND AL 41... I65 AND CR 29... I65 AND AL 83...
I65 AND CR 6... I65 AND US 84...
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 3136 8732 3147 8719 3157 8695 3143 8688
3127 8695 3126 8730
$$1 follow-up statement
959
WGUS74 KMOB 102224
FFSMOB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
524 PM CDT THU SEP 10 2015
ALC035-102233-
/O.CAN.KMOB.FF.W.0017.000000T0000Z-150911T0215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CONECUH AL-
524 PM CDT THU SEP 10 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN CONECUH COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...
AT 523 PM CDT...THE HEAVY RAINS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN CONECUH COUNTY HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA THUS
THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE IN DANGER FROM THE FLOOD WATERS AND NEED RESCUE ASSISTANCE
CALL 911. TO REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CALL
(800) 284-9059.
&&
LAT...LON 3136 8732 3147 8719 3157 8695 3143 8688
3127 8695 3126 8730
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 4:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Covington | 44 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.