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Flash Flood Warning 46, NWS Mobile, AL

June 22, 2017Clarke County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Jun 22, 2017, 10:00 PM CDT for Clarke County, Alabama. It was in force for 6 hr. 8 reports 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, 10:00 PM CDT (03:00 UTC)
Expired
Jun 23, 2017, 4:00 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Clarke County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:02 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 22, 10:00 PM CDTFLASH FLOODS Winn, ALFLOODING IN MULTIPLE PLACES ON BETHLAHEM RD. AND ROAD IS CLOSED.
Jun 22, 10:15 PM CDTFLASH FLOOD1 Nw Rural, ALFLOODING IN MULTIPLE PLACES ON RURAL RD. AND ROAD IS CLOSED.
Jun 22, 10:30 PM CDTFLASH FLOODS Winn, ALFLOODING IN MULTIPLE PLACES ON BETHLAHEM RD. AND ROAD IS CLOSED.
Jun 22, 10:57 PM CDTFLASH FLOOD1 S Thomasville, ALFLOODING IN MULTIPLE PLACES ON DUMMY LINE RD.
Jun 22, 10:57 PM CDTFLASH FLOODChilton, ALFLOODING IN MULTIPLE PLACES ON REEDY RD OFF HIGHWAY 154
Jun 22, 11:48 PM CDTFLASH FLOOD1 S Chilton, ALFLOODING IN MULTIPLE PLACES ON BRUNSUN RD OFF HIGHWAY 154
Jun 22, 11:48 PM CDTFLASH FLOOD2 S Chilton, ALFLOODING IN MULTIPLE PLACES ON MILL POND RD
Jun 22, 11:48 PM CDTFLASH FLOOD5 S Chilton, ALFLOODING IN MULTIPLE PLACES ON NORRIS RD OFF COUNTY RD 21

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 204 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2017-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 855 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2017-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 261 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
855 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
604 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
261 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
282 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
14.7

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The text

As transmitted.

504 
WGUS54 KMOB 230300
FFWMOB
ALC025-230900-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0046.170623T0300Z-170623T0900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1000 PM CDT THU JUN 22 2017

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Clarke County in southwestern Alabama...

* Until 400 AM CDT Friday

* At 957 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated showers and isolated 
  thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Flash 
  flooding is expected.

* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
  Jackson, Thomasville, Grove Hill, Whatley, Coffeeville and Fulton. 

Additional rainfall amounts of 2 to 3 inches are possible in
the warned area.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.

A Flash Flood Warning means that flooding is imminent or occurring.
If you are in the warned area move to higher ground immediately.
Residents living along streams and creeks should take immediate
precautions to protect life and property.

&&

LAT...LON 3199 8767 3183 8762 3183 8751 3114 8787
      3116 8797 3116 8794 3126 8799 3136 8789
      3139 8792 3139 8793 3150 8791 3160 8807
      3174 8809 3182 8818 3193 8805 3194 8811
      3199 8807

$$
1 follow-up statement
474 
WGUS74 KMOB 230854
FFSMOB

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
354 AM CDT FRI JUN 23 2017

ALC025-230901-
/O.EXP.KMOB.FF.W.0046.000000T0000Z-170623T0900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Clarke AL-
354 AM CDT FRI JUN 23 2017

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CLARKE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 400 AM
CDT...

The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a 
threat. However, be on the lookout for ponding of water on area 
roadways and localized inundation of low lying areas from the 
earlier heavy rains.

LAT...LON 3199 8767 3183 8762 3183 8751 3114 8787
      3116 8797 3116 8794 3126 8799 3136 8789
      3139 8792 3139 8793 3150 8791 3160 8807
      3174 8809 3182 8818 3193 8805 3194 8811
      3199 8807

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 7:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBChoctaw, Clarke, Mobile, Washington88 min
Jun 22, 7:32 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBMobile, Washington6 hr
Jun 22, 8:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBChoctaw, Clarke, Washington88 min
Jun 22, 10:12 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBWashington6 hr
Jun 22, 10:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBChoctaw, Clarke, Washington, Wilcox86 min
Jun 22, 11:25 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBMobile6 hr
Jun 22, 11:37 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMOBDallas, Monroe, Wilcox5 days
Jun 22, 11:37 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMOBClarke, Monroe, Wilcox7 days
Jun 23, 1:32 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBMobile, Washington3 hr
Jun 23, 4:35 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchMOBClarke34 hr
Jun 23, 5:05 AM CDTCoastal Flood WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile13 hr
Jun 23, 3:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBChoctaw47 min
Jun 23, 3:57 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBChoctaw6 hr
Jun 23, 4:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBChoctaw44 min
Jun 23, 4:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBChoctaw, Clarke, Wilcox47 min
Jun 23, 5:26 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBChoctaw, Clarke, Washington6 hr
Jun 23, 5:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBClarke, Wilcox94 min
Jun 23, 6:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWashington45 min
Jun 23, 6:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWashington49 min

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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.