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Flash Flood Warning 61, NWS Mobile, AL

July 24, 2017Mobile County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Jul 24, 2017, 8:43 AM CDT for 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
Jul 24, 2017, 8:43 AM CDT (13:43 UTC)
Expired
Jul 24, 2017, 2:45 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Mobile County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:42 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 12:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 138 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 12:00Z on 2017-07-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2227 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2017-07-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 17 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
2227 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
639 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

205 
WGUS54 KMOB 241343
FFWMOB
ALC097-241945-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0061.170724T1343Z-170724T1945Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
843 AM CDT MON JUL 24 2017

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

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

* Until 245 PM CDT Monday

* At 840 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated showers and thunderstorms 
  producing very heavy rain over far southern Mobile county. 3 to 5 
  inches of rain is estimated have already fallen and additional 
  thunderstorms will continue to train over these locations over the 
  next 1 to 2 hours. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly.

* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
  Southern Grand Bay, Bayou La Batre, Coden and Alabama Port. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3036 8840 3047 8840 3046 8809 3028 8809

$$
1 follow-up statement
097 
WGUS74 KMOB 241602
FFSMOB

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1102 AM CDT MON JUL 24 2017

ALC097-241610-
/O.CAN.KMOB.FF.W.0061.000000T0000Z-170724T1945Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Mobile AL-
1102 AM CDT MON JUL 24 2017

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

The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a
threat. 

LAT...LON 3036 8840 3047 8840 3046 8809 3028 8809

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 24, 7:14 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBMobile3 hr
Jul 24, 7:24 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB96 min
Jul 24, 8:18 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBBaldwin3 hr
Jul 24, 8:28 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB92 min

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.