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Flash Flood Warning 30, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Dec 24, 2015, 8:07 PM CST for Crenshaw County, Alabama. It was in force for 4 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
- Dec 24, 2015, 8:07 PM CST (02:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 25, 2015, 12:00 AM CST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Crenshaw County, AL
The radar
The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:10 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, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 349 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 635 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 208 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
522
WGUS54 KMOB 250207
FFWMOB
ALC041-250600-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0030.151225T0207Z-151225T0600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
807 PM CST THU DEC 24 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CRENSHAW COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
* AT 805 PM CST...HEAVY RAINFALL WAS INDICATED OVER CRENSHAW COUNTY.
RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED OVER
THE PAST HOUR...WHICH HAS FALLEN ON SATURATED GROUND. THESE VALUES
WILL ONLY PROLONG ONGOING FLOODING PROBLEMS IN THE COUNTY.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LUVERNE... BRANTLEY... RUTLEDGE...
DOZIER... GLENWOOD... PETREY...
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!
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
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 3153 8620 3144 8620 3146 8628 3153 8628
3145 8640 3153 8640 3153 8650 3163 8650
3166 8648 3166 8645 3171 8644 3196 8628
3196 8619 3189 8617 3179 8620 3179 8615
3166 8615 3162 8618 3162 8615 3154 8614
$$
DB1 follow-up statement
380
WGUS74 KMOB 250557
FFSMOB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1157 PM CST THU DEC 24 2015
ALC041-250606-
/O.EXP.KMOB.FF.W.0030.000000T0000Z-151225T0600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CRENSHAW AL-
1157 PM CST THU DEC 24 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CRENSHAW COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE...
AT 1156 PM CST...THE HEAVY RAINS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR
CRENSHAW COUNTY HAVE ENDED. AS SUCH...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL
BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 1200 AM CST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CALL (800) 284-
9059.
STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
MOBILE.
&&
LAT...LON 3153 8620 3144 8620 3146 8628 3153 8628
3145 8640 3153 8640 3153 8650 3163 8650
3166 8648 3166 8645 3171 8644 3196 8628
3196 8619 3189 8617 3179 8620 3179 8615
3166 8615 3162 8618 3162 8615 3154 8614
$$
BUTTSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 24, 6:58 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Monroe | 6 hr |
| Dec 24, 8:21 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Covington | 6 hr |
| Dec 24, 8:34 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Conecuh | 6 hr |
| Dec 24, 8:37 PM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia | 5 days |
| Dec 24, 8:48 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Monroe | 6 hr |
| Dec 24, 8:59 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 6 hr |
| Dec 24, 9:16 PM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Dallas, Monroe, Wilcox | 14 days |
| Dec 24, 9:16 PM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe, Wilcox | 17 days |
| Dec 24, 10:58 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Butler | 32 min |
| Dec 25, 2:19 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Covington | 12 hr |
| Dec 25, 2:31 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Conecuh | 12 hr |
| Dec 25, 3:05 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Monroe, Wilcox | 12 hr |
| Dec 25, 6:02 AM CST | Rip Current Statement | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 3 days |
| Dec 25, 7:32 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 25 hr |
| Dec 25, 12:50 PM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 14 days |
| Dec 25, 12:50 PM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 14 days |
| Dec 25, 1:12 PM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 19 hr |
| Dec 25, 1:21 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Washington | 54 min |
| Dec 25, 2:10 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Covington | 12 hr |
| Dec 25, 4:50 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Wilcox | 55 min |
Nearby
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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.