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Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Jun 6, 2017, 5:27 PM CDT for Clarke County, Monroe County, Alabama. It was in force for 6 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 6, 2017, 5:27 PM CDT (22:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2017, 11:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Clarke County, AL, Monroe County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:27 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 267 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
- 825 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 465 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
497 WGUS54 KMOB 062227 FFWMOB ALC025-099-070430- /O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0019.170606T2227Z-170607T0430Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Flash Flood Warning National Weather Service Mobile AL 527 PM CDT TUE JUN 6 2017 The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Central Monroe County in south central Alabama... East central Clarke County in southwestern Alabama... * Until 1130 PM CDT Tuesday * At 527 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Up to two inches of rain have already fallen. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly. * Some locations that will experience flooding include... Monroeville, Frisco City, Peterman and Beatrice. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. && LAT...LON 3176 8720 3150 8718 3135 8763 3162 8767 $$
1 follow-up statement
450 WGUS74 KMOB 070420 FFSMOB Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service Mobile AL 1120 PM CDT TUE JUN 6 2017 ALC025-099-070430- /O.EXP.KMOB.FF.W.0019.000000T0000Z-170607T0430Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Monroe AL-Clarke AL- 1120 PM CDT TUE JUN 6 2017 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL MONROE AND EAST CENTRAL CLARKE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1130 PM CDT... The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a threat. Please continue to heed any remaining road closures. LAT...LON 3176 8720 3150 8718 3135 8763 3162 8767 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 5:36 AM CDT | Rip Current Statement | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 37 hr |
| Jun 6, 4:31 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Mobile | 3 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.