Alert archive / Alabama / Flash Flood Warnings in 2017
Flash Flood Warning 46, NWS Mobile, AL
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 10:00 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | S Winn, AL | FLOODING IN MULTIPLE PLACES ON BETHLAHEM RD. AND ROAD IS CLOSED. |
| Jun 22, 10:15 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Nw Rural, AL | FLOODING IN MULTIPLE PLACES ON RURAL RD. AND ROAD IS CLOSED. |
| Jun 22, 10:30 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | S Winn, AL | FLOODING IN MULTIPLE PLACES ON BETHLAHEM RD. AND ROAD IS CLOSED. |
| Jun 22, 10:57 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 S Thomasville, AL | FLOODING IN MULTIPLE PLACES ON DUMMY LINE RD. |
| Jun 22, 10:57 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Chilton, AL | FLOODING IN MULTIPLE PLACES ON REEDY RD OFF HIGHWAY 154 |
| Jun 22, 11:48 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 S Chilton, AL | FLOODING IN MULTIPLE PLACES ON BRUNSUN RD OFF HIGHWAY 154 |
| Jun 22, 11:48 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 S Chilton, AL | FLOODING IN MULTIPLE PLACES ON MILL POND RD |
| Jun 22, 11:48 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 S Chilton, AL | FLOODING 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 7:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Mobile, Washington | 88 min |
| Jun 22, 7:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile, Washington | 6 hr |
| Jun 22, 8:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 88 min |
| Jun 22, 10:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Washington | 6 hr |
| Jun 22, 10:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington, Wilcox | 86 min |
| Jun 22, 11:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 6 hr |
| Jun 22, 11:37 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Dallas, Monroe, Wilcox | 5 days |
| Jun 22, 11:37 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe, Wilcox | 7 days |
| Jun 23, 1:32 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Mobile, Washington | 3 hr |
| Jun 23, 4:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MOB | Clarke | 34 hr |
| Jun 23, 5:05 AM CDT | Coastal Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 13 hr |
| Jun 23, 3:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw | 47 min |
| Jun 23, 3:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 6 hr |
| Jun 23, 4:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw | 44 min |
| Jun 23, 4:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Wilcox | 47 min |
| Jun 23, 5:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 6 hr |
| Jun 23, 5:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Clarke, Wilcox | 94 min |
| Jun 23, 6:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Washington | 45 min |
| Jun 23, 6:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Washington | 49 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.