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Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Mar 11, 2016, 9:15 AM CST for Greene County, Wayne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 5 hr. 6 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 11, 2016, 9:15 AM CST (15:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 11, 2016, 2:15 PM CST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Greene County, MS, Wayne County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:16 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 10:29 AM CST | FLASH FLOOD | Waynesboro, MS | COUNTY EM REPORTS MANY ROADS FLOODED ACROSS THE COUNTY. |
| Mar 11, 10:35 AM CST | FLASH FLOOD | Ne Waynesboro, MS | COUNTY EM REPORTS 10 RESIDENTS EVACUATED FROM APARTMENT COMPLEX IN WAYNESBORO |
| Mar 11, 11:34 AM CST | FLASH FLOOD | 5 Wsw Hiwannee, MS | COUNTY EM REPORTS 6 FAMILIES TRAPPED ON WALLER RIDGE RD WITH FIRE DEPT ATTEMPTING TO GAIN ACCESS. |
| Mar 11, 1:29 PM CST | FLASH FLOOD | 5 Ne Smithtown, MS | BRIDGE DESTROYED ON JONES ANDERSON RD |
| Mar 11, 1:34 PM CST | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Sse Clara, MS | WATER BEGINNING TO ENTER HOUSES ALONG CLARA RD. NEAR BIG CREEK |
| Mar 11, 1:34 PM CST | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Sse Waynesboro, MS | COUNTY EM REPORTS OLD HWY 84 AND WALLER RIDGE ROADS ARE WASHED OUT ALONG WITH MULTIPLE OTHERS ACROSS THE COUNTY. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -183 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 715 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -284 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -406 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
261
WGUS54 KMOB 111515
FFWMOB
MSC041-153-112015-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0010.160311T1515Z-160311T2015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
915 AM CST FRI MAR 11 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 215 PM CST
* AT 912 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING IS
EXPECTED. WIDESPREAD AREAL FLOODING IS ALSO OCCURRING.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
WAYNESBORO...LEAKESVILLE...STATE LINE...MCLAIN...BUCKATUNNA AND
CLARA.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF NEEDED MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW! ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR
LIFE.
IF YOU ENCOUNTER FLOODED ROADS...TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN! MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3182 8894 3185 8865 3189 8847 3148 8845
3144 8845 3144 8846 3101 8843 3100 8884
3143 8884 3143 8894
$$1 follow-up statement
130
WGUS74 KMOB 111750
FFSMOB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1150 AM CST FRI MAR 11 2016
MSC041-153-112015-
/O.CON.KMOB.FF.W.0010.000000T0000Z-160311T2015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WAYNE MS-GREENE MS-
1150 AM CST FRI MAR 11 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM CST FOR
WAYNE AND GREENE COUNTIES...
AT 1145 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO INDICATE HEAVY RAIN
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
WAYNESBORO...LEAKESVILLE...STATE LINE...MCLAIN...BUCKATUNNA AND
CLARA.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
WAYNE COUNTY EM REPORTS 6 FAMILIES TRAPPED ON WALLER RIDGE RD WITH
FIRE DEPT ATTEMPTING TO GAIN ACCESS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF NEEDED MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW! ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR
LIFE.
IF YOU ENCOUNTER FLOODED ROADS...TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN! MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3182 8894 3185 8865 3189 8847 3148 8845
3144 8845 3144 8846 3101 8843 3100 8884
3143 8884 3143 8894
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 8:19 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Greene, Perry, Wayne | 3 hr |
| Mar 10, 8:39 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Greene, Perry, Wayne | 2 hr |
| Mar 10, 10:52 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Greene, Perry, Wayne | 9 hr |
| Mar 11, 2:14 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Perry | 6 days |
| Mar 11, 2:22 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry | 13 days |
| Mar 11, 2:30 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Wayne | 15 days |
| Mar 11, 2:40 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Jackson | 13 days |
| Mar 11, 6:42 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Perry, Stone | 63 min |
| Mar 11, 7:28 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Perry, Stone | 3 hr |
| Mar 11, 7:34 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Greene, Wayne | 6 hr |
| Mar 11, 7:36 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Greene, Wayne | 6 days |
| Mar 11, 8:01 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | George | 44 min |
| Mar 11, 8:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George, Greene | 30 min |
| Mar 11, 8:45 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Greene | 60 min |
| Mar 11, 8:48 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | George | 3 hr |
| Mar 11, 10:29 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Perry, Stone | 6 hr |
| Mar 11, 11:43 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | George | 5 hr |
| Mar 11, 2:14 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Stone, Wayne | 24 hr |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.