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Flash Flood Warning 25, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Jun 15, 2016, 9:29 AM CDT for Butler County, Monroe County, Alabama. It was in force for 3 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
- Jun 15, 2016, 9:29 AM CDT (14:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2016, 12:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Butler County, AL, Monroe County, AL
The radar
The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:29 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, 2.5 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
- 115 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -58 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 676 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
577
WGUS54 KMOB 151429
FFWMOB
ALC013-099-151730-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0025.160615T1429Z-160615T1730Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
929 AM CDT WED JUN 15 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
WEST CENTRAL BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 1230 PM CDT
* AT 927 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN
HAS FALLEN OVER THE PAST TWO HOURS WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2
INCHES OF RAIN EXPECTED. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY.
* FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN
MONROE AND WEST CENTRAL BUTLER COUNTIES.
LAT...LON 3172 8675 3169 8675 3173 8690 3175 8691
3174 8695 3175 8699 3179 8708 3183 8687
$$1 follow-up statement
297
WGUS74 KMOB 151731
FFSMOB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1231 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2016
ALC013-099-151739-
/O.EXP.KMOB.FF.W.0025.000000T0000Z-160615T1730Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MONROE AL-BUTLER AL-
1231 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MONROE AND WEST CENTRAL
BUTLER COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1230 PM CDT...
AT 1229 PM CDT...THE HEAVY RAINS HAVE DECREASED SUFFICIENTLY THAT
FLASH FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. WHILE THE
THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING HAS ENDED...PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING
AREAS AND OTHER NUISANCE FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH MID
AFTERNOON.
LAT...LON 3172 8675 3169 8675 3173 8690 3175 8691
3174 8695 3175 8699 3179 8708 3183 8687
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 4:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Butler, Conecuh | 78 min |
| Jun 15, 8:25 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Monroe, Wilcox | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 8:35 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 55 min | |
| Jun 15, 8:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 44 min |
| Jun 15, 8:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 52 min |
| Jun 15, 9:04 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Mobile | 56 min |
| Jun 15, 9:31 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 59 min | |
| Jun 15, 9:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 58 min |
| Jun 15, 9:49 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 9:58 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 92 min | |
| Jun 15, 10:26 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Butler, Wilcox | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 10:32 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 28 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.