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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Mobile, AL

February 23, 2016Greene County, Perry County, Wayne County, Mississippi; Choctaw County, Clarke County, Washington County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Feb 23, 2016, 6:06 PM CST for Greene County, Perry County, Wayne County, Mississippi; Choctaw County, Clarke County, Washington County, Alabama. It was in force for 3 hr. 2 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
Feb 23, 2016, 6:06 PM CST (00:06 UTC)
Expired
Feb 23, 2016, 9:00 PM CST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Washington County, AL, Greene County, MS, Perry County, MS, Wayne County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 23, 8:00 PM CSTFLOOD8 Sw State Line, MSFLOODING OF ROADS REPORTED IN OLD AVERY COMMUNITY
Feb 23, 8:00 PM CSTFLOODJonathan, MSFLOODING OF ROADS REPORTED IN JONATHAN COMMUNITY

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 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 175 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2016-02-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 12 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2016-02-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -38 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
12 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
804 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-99 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

643 
WGUS54 KMOB 240006
FFWMOB
ALC023-025-129-MSC041-111-153-240300-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0002.160224T0006Z-160224T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
606 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN CHOCTAW COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA...
  NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA...
  NORTHWESTERN CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA...
  SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
  GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
  PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 900 PM CST
    
* AT 603 PM CST...PUBLIC REPORTS OF FLOODING IN STATE LINE AREA HAVE
  BEEN RECEIVED...WITH RADAR ESTIMATES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS
  OF ONE TO TWO INCHES POSSIBLE OVER THE WARNING AND DOWNSTREAM
  AREAS. FLASH FLOODING WITH WATER ON ROADS IN THE STATE LINE AREA
  HAVE BEEN REPORTED.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  CHATOM...LEAKESVILLE...BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA...STATE LINE...MILLRY...
  SILAS...MCLAIN...COFFEEVILLE...FULTON...GILBERTOWN...TOXEY...SAINT
  STEPHENS...VINEGAR BEND...BUCKATUNNA...FRUITDALE AND TIBBIE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW! ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.

&&

LAT...LON 3116 8914 3206 8818 3199 8810 3199 8805
      3181 8770 3102 8862 3100 8883 3097 8884
      3091 8914

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 23, 6:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGreene, Wayne25 min
Feb 23, 6:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGeorge, Greene, Perry, Stone39 min
Feb 23, 7:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGeorge, Greene, Wayne43 min
Feb 23, 7:34 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBGeorge, Greene116 min
Feb 24, 12:44 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBGreene, Perry, Wayne76 min
Feb 24, 8:25 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningMOBGeorge, Greene, Jackson5 days
Feb 24, 12:04 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningMOBGeorge, Greene, Perry4 days
Feb 23, 6:01 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB59 min
Feb 23, 6:06 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB54 min
Feb 23, 6:10 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBChoctaw, Clarke, Washington50 min
Feb 23, 6:29 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Washington11 min
Feb 23, 6:31 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke, Mobile, Monroe, Washington, Wilcox44 min
Feb 23, 6:58 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB62 min
Feb 23, 7:00 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB30 min
Feb 23, 7:13 PM CSTTornado Warning Considerable damage threatMOBBaldwin62 min
Feb 23, 7:14 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke, Monroe, Washington, Wilcox46 min
Feb 23, 7:25 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningMOBChoctaw, Clarke, Wilcox3 hr
Feb 23, 7:27 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB48 min
Feb 23, 7:28 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBBaldwin2 hr
Feb 23, 8:01 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWilcox21 min
Feb 23, 8:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Monroe, Washington39 min
Feb 23, 8:15 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB15 min
Feb 23, 8:28 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB32 min
Feb 23, 8:30 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningMOBBaldwin2 hr
Feb 23, 8:59 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB61 min
Feb 23, 9:08 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington22 min
Feb 23, 9:56 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMonroe34 min
Feb 23, 9:57 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB63 min
Feb 24, 3:59 AM CSTGale WarningMOB17 hr
Feb 24, 1:02 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningMOBDallas, Monroe, Wilcox4 days
Feb 24, 1:02 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningMOBClarke, Monroe, Wilcox8 days

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.