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Flash Flood Warning 33, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Aug 11, 2016, 1:36 PM CDT for Stone County, Mississippi. It was in force for 6 hr. 1 report 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
- Aug 11, 2016, 1:36 PM CDT (18:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 11, 2016, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Stone County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:39 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 2:19 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | E Wiggins, MS | COUNTY EM REPORTS MULTIPLE ROADS IN STONE COUNTY NEAR AND EAST OF WIGGINS ARE UNDERWATER. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 85 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
- 1058 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 681 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -74 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -54 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
088 WGUS54 KMOB 111836 FFWMOB MSC131-120030- /O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0033.160811T1836Z-160812T0030Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 136 PM CDT THU AUG 11 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL STONE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI... * UNTIL 730 PM CDT * AT 134 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. OVER THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST THREE HOURS AROUND WIGGINS. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. EXPECT UP TO ANOTHER INCH ACROSS THE WARNED AREA WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... WIGGINS AND PERKINSTON. LAT...LON 3091 8919 3090 8903 3076 8907 3076 8924 $$
2 follow-up statements
936 WGUS74 KMOB 111934 FFSMOB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 234 PM CDT THU AUG 11 2016 MSC131-120030- /O.CON.KMOB.FF.W.0033.000000T0000Z-160812T0030Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ STONE MS- 234 PM CDT THU AUG 11 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL STONE COUNTY... AT 230 PM CDT...THE HEAVIER RAINFALL HAS TAPERED IN THE WARNED AREA...HOWEVER REPORTS ARE SUCH THAT SEVERAL ROADS IN AND AROUND THE WIGGINS AREAS ARE STILL WATER COVERED ACCORDING TO STONE COUNTY EMA. THERE ARE ALSO REPORTS THAT AREA CREEKS ARE SWOLLEN BUT NOT QUITE YET TO FLOWING OVER THEIR BANKS. THE WATER WILL BE SLOW TO RECEDE SO PLEASE DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. RAINFALL IS CURRENTLY ENDING FROM THE EAST OVER THE WARNED AREA. LITTLE...IF ANY...REDEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY EVENING. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... WIGGINS AND PERKINSTON. LAT...LON 3091 8919 3090 8903 3076 8907 3076 8924 $$
754 WGUS74 KMOB 112223 FFSMOB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 523 PM CDT THU AUG 11 2016 MSC131-112230- /O.CAN.KMOB.FF.W.0033.000000T0000Z-160812T0030Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ STONE MS- 523 PM CDT THU AUG 11 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL STONE COUNTY IS CANCELLED... AT 520 PM CDT...THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINS HAS DECREASED SUFFICIENTLY AND REPORTS INDICATE THAT EARLIER FLOODED AREAS HAVE RECEDED. THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LAT...LON 3091 8919 3090 8903 3076 8907 3076 8924 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 12:02 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Stone | 4 hr |
| Aug 11, 1:18 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Perry, Stone | 3 hr |
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.