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Flash Flood Warning 61, NWS Mobile, AL
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.
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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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 7:14 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Mobile | 3 hr |
| Jul 24, 7:24 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 96 min | |
| Jul 24, 8:18 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin | 3 hr |
| Jul 24, 8:28 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 92 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.