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Flash Flood Warning 56, NWS Mobile, AL

June 30, 2017Mobile County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Jun 30, 2017, 12:45 AM CDT for Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 4 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 30, 2017, 12:45 AM CDT (05:45 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 2017, 4:45 AM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Mobile County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:46 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, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 146 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 2017-06-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1614 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 2017-06-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 102 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1614 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
777 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
146 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

380 
WGUS54 KMOB 300545
FFWMOB
ALC097-300945-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0056.170630T0545Z-170630T0945Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1245 AM CDT FRI JUN 30 2017

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Southern Mobile County in southwestern Alabama...

* Until 445 AM CDT

* At 1244 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...
  Theodore, Bayou La Batre and Coden. 

Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible in the 
warned area.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Please report flooding to your local law enforcement agency when you
can do so safely.

&&

LAT...LON 3036 8831 3044 8835 3061 8809 3062 8792
      3039 8819

$$
1 follow-up statement
932 
WGUS74 KMOB 300730
FFSMOB

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
230 AM CDT FRI JUN 30 2017

ALC097-300739-
/O.CAN.KMOB.FF.W.0056.000000T0000Z-170630T0945Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Mobile AL-
230 AM CDT FRI JUN 30 2017

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MOBILE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

Flood waters have receded. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a
threat. Please continue to heed any road closures.

LAT...LON 3036 8831 3044 8835 3061 8809 3062 8792
      3039 8819

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 29, 7:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBConecuh, Covington39 min
Jun 29, 8:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBCovington, Crenshaw66 min
Jun 29, 11:08 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB37 min
Jun 29, 11:32 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBMobile28 min
Jun 30, 12:03 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMobile57 min
Jun 30, 5:28 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMOBCovington, Escambia35 hr
Jun 30, 1:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBCovington45 min
Jun 30, 3:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWashington24 min
Jun 30, 3:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMonroe30 min
Jun 30, 5:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBChoctaw, Clarke65 min
Jun 30, 5:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBConecuh36 min
Jun 30, 6:30 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBClarke, Washington2 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.