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Flash Flood Warning 38, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Jun 22, 2017, 5:13 AM CDT for George County, Greene County, Perry 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
- Jun 22, 2017, 5:13 AM CDT (10:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2017, 11:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties George County, MS, Greene County, MS, Perry County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 8:07 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 Wnw Lucedale, MS | FLOODING ON MS 198 BETWEEN BEXLEY RD AND HWY 98. |
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 00:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 144 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
- 771 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 593 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 3.1
The text
As transmitted.
526 WGUS54 KMOB 221013 FFWMOB MSC039-041-111-221615- /O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0038.170622T1013Z-170622T1615Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Flash Flood Warning National Weather Service Mobile AL 513 AM CDT THU JUN 22 2017 The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... George County in southeastern Mississippi... Eastern Perry County in southeastern Mississippi... Greene County in southeastern Mississippi... * Until 1115 AM CDT Thursday * At 512 AM 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... Lucedale, Leakesville, McLain and State Line. Additional rainfall amounts of 2 to 3 inches are possible in the warned area over the next few hours. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. && LAT...LON 3144 8845 3074 8841 3074 8888 3143 8893 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 3:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Perry | 40 min |
| Jun 22, 7:40 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Greene, Wayne | 21 days |
| Jun 22, 8:03 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Wayne | 6 hr |
| Jun 22, 11:06 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene | 6 hr |
| Jun 22, 4:02 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | George | 6 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.