Alert archive / Alabama / Flash Flood Warnings in 2017
Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Jun 22, 2017, 8:03 AM CDT for Choctaw County, Washington County, Alabama; Wayne 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, 8:03 AM CDT (13:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2017, 2:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Choctaw County, AL, Washington County, AL, Wayne County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:06 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, 11:23 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Ese Robinson Junction, MS | COUNTY EM REPORTS NUMEROUS ROADS ACROSS THE COUNTY ARE CLOSED DUE TO FLASH FLOODING |
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 12:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 294 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 614 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 190 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 197 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.9
The text
As transmitted.
022
WGUS54 KMOB 221303
FFWMOB
ALC023-129-MSC153-221900-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0039.170622T1303Z-170622T1900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
803 AM CDT THU JUN 22 2017
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Western Choctaw County in southwestern Alabama...
Northwestern Washington County in southwestern Alabama...
Eastern Wayne County in southeastern Mississippi...
* Until 200 PM CDT
* At 800 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated an axis of heavy rain
repeatedly moving across the warned area. Radar estimates that 2
inches of rain has already fallen over portions of the area. With
the rain persisting, another 2 to 4 inches of rain in the next few
hours is likely. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly.
Portions of Highway 84 and Highway 45 will be impacted.
* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Waynesboro, Lisman, State Line, Buckatunna, Silas, Gilbertown and
Toxey.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3231 8819 3143 8839 3144 8869 3186 8862
3190 8847 3231 8842
$$1 follow-up statement
118
WGUS74 KMOB 221824
FFSMOB
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
124 PM CDT THU JUN 22 2017
ALC023-129-MSC153-221900-
/O.CON.KMOB.FF.W.0039.000000T0000Z-170622T1900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Choctaw AL-Washington AL-Wayne MS-
124 PM CDT THU JUN 22 2017
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CDT FOR
WESTERN CHOCTAW...NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON AND EASTERN WAYNE
COUNTIES...
At 121 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy
rain redeveloping south of the warned area. Flash flooding is in
progress throughout scattered portions of the warned area. The
potential is moderately elevated for additional flooding areas to
develop through the course of this afternoon as individual cells
continually move over the same rain-soaked locations. A flash flood
warning could soon be re-issued.
Doppler radar indicated heavy rain across the warned
area. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly.
Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Waynesboro, Lisman, State Line, Buckatunna, Silas, Gilbertown and
Toxey.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3231 8819 3143 8839 3144 8869 3186 8862
3190 8847 3231 8842
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 7:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Conecuh, Covington, Escambia, Monroe | 57 min |
| Jun 21, 7:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington, Crenshaw | 19 min |
| Jun 21, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia | 39 min |
| Jun 21, 8:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington | 24 min |
| Jun 21, 9:14 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 4 days |
| Jun 21, 9:14 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 10 days |
| Jun 21, 9:14 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 14 days |
| Jun 21, 10:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Butler, Covington, Crenshaw | 6 hr |
| Jun 22, 12:33 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 57 min | |
| Jun 22, 1:14 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington | 46 min |
| Jun 22, 1:25 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 65 min | |
| Jun 22, 1:27 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 33 min | |
| Jun 22, 1:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 41 min |
| Jun 22, 2:24 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Covington, Escambia | 6 hr |
| Jun 22, 3:28 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 32 min | |
| Jun 22, 4:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw | 6 hr |
| Jun 22, 5:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Crenshaw | 28 min |
| Jun 22, 7:40 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 21 days |
| Jun 22, 9:39 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 96 min | |
| Jun 22, 10:14 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington, Wilcox | 6 hr |
| Jun 22, 10:19 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 116 min | |
| Jun 22, 10:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 27 min |
| Jun 22, 10:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Butler, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Escambia and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 22, 11:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 40 min |
| Jun 22, 11:16 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 89 min | |
| Jun 22, 12:12 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 93 min | |
| Jun 22, 1:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Butler, Crenshaw | 6 hr |
| Jun 22, 2:15 PM CDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 15 hr |
| Jun 22, 3:56 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 64 min | |
| Jun 22, 5:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw, Washington | 48 min |
| Jun 22, 3:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Perry | 40 min |
| Jun 22, 5:13 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry | 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 |
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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.