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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Apr 3, 2017, 7:04 AM CDT for George County, Greene County, Stone County, Mississippi. It was in force for 3 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
- Apr 3, 2017, 7:04 AM CDT (12:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2017, 10:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties George County, MS, Greene County, MS, Stone County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:06 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, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 109 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 555 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 75 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -464 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -530 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted.
509
WGUS54 KMOB 031204
FFWMOB
MSC039-041-131-031500-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0007.170403T1204Z-170403T1500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
704 AM CDT MON APR 3 2017
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
George County in southeastern Mississippi...
Southern Greene County in southeastern Mississippi...
Eastern Stone County in southeastern Mississippi...
* Until 1000 AM CDT
* At 703 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Up to three inches of rain have
already fallen. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly.
* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Lucedale.
Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 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.
&&
LAT...LON 3091 8894 3091 8883 3107 8884 3108 8843
3074 8841 3073 8888 3068 8889 3068 8909
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 4:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Greene, Perry | 52 min |
| Apr 3, 5:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Greene, Perry, Wayne | 50 min |
| Apr 3, 5:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Perry, Stone | 40 min |
| Apr 3, 5:22 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Wayne | 3 hr |
| Apr 3, 5:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Stone | 48 min |
| Apr 3, 6:03 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Stone | 3 hr |
| Apr 3, 6:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Stone | 47 min |
| Apr 3, 7:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George | 49 min |
| Apr 3, 10:59 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Wayne | 9 days |
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.