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Flash Flood Warning 48, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Jun 22, 2017, 11:25 PM CDT for George County, Mississippi; Mobile 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 22, 2017, 11:25 PM CDT (04:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 2017, 5:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Mobile County, AL, George County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:27 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 1330 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 787 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 157 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 5.1
The text
As transmitted.
822
WGUS54 KMOB 230425
FFWMOB
ALC097-MSC039-231030-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0048.170623T0425Z-170623T1030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1125 PM CDT THU JUN 22 2017
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Northwestern Mobile County in southwestern Alabama...
Southeastern George County in southeastern Mississippi...
* Until 530 AM CDT Friday
* At 1124 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain across the
warned area. Flash flooding is expected.
* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Gulfcrest and Wilmer.
Additional rainfall amounts of 2 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 3074 8841 3074 8857 3101 8842 3101 8823
3073 8838 3073 8841
$$1 follow-up statement
056
WGUS74 KMOB 230641
FFSMOB
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
141 AM CDT FRI JUN 23 2017
ALC097-MSC039-230648-
/O.CAN.KMOB.FF.W.0048.000000T0000Z-170623T1030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Mobile AL-George MS-
141 AM CDT FRI JUN 23 2017
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MOBILE AND SOUTHEASTERN
GEORGE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The heavy rain has ended. Flash flooding is no longer expected to
pose a threat. However, be on the lookout for ponding of water on
area roadways and localized inundation of low lying areas from the
earlier heavy rains.
LAT...LON 3074 8841 3074 8857 3101 8842 3101 8823
3073 8838 3073 8841
$$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 | George, Greene | 88 min |
| Jun 22, 8:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Stone, Wayne | 88 min |
| Jun 22, 10:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Stone, Wayne | 86 min |
| Jun 23, 3:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Wayne | 50 min |
| Jun 23, 4:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Wayne | 6 hr |
| Jun 23, 4:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Greene, Perry, Wayne | 39 min |
| Jun 23, 4:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Wayne | 47 min |
| Jun 23, 5:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Greene, Perry, Stone | 45 min |
| Jun 23, 6:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | George, Greene, Stone | 45 min |
| Jun 23, 6:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | George, Greene, Stone | 49 min |
| Jun 22, 7:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile, Washington | 6 hr |
| Jun 22, 10:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Clarke | 6 hr |
| Jun 22, 10:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Washington | 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, 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 |
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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.