Alert archive / Mississippi / Flash Flood Warnings in 2017
Flash Flood Warning 75, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Oct 7, 2017, 9:56 PM CDT for 4 counties in Mississippi. 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
- Oct 7, 2017, 9:56 PM CDT (02:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 8, 2017, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties George County, MS, Greene County, MS, Perry County, MS, Stone County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:59 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, 2.9 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
- 601 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
532
WGUS54 KMOB 080256
FFWMOB
MSC039-041-111-131-080900-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0075.171008T0256Z-171008T0900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
956 PM CDT SAT OCT 7 2017
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
George County in southeastern Mississippi...
Southeastern Perry County in southeastern Mississippi...
Southern Greene County in southeastern Mississippi...
Eastern Stone County in southeastern Mississippi...
* Until 400 AM CDT Sunday
* At 954 PM CDT, Doppler radar is indicating additional
thunderstorms producing heavy rain moving north across the warned
area. Two 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 two to three inches are possible in
the warned area.
LAT...LON 3105 8904 3114 8843 3074 8841 3073 8888
3068 8889 3068 8904
$$2 follow-up statements
842
WGUS74 KMOB 080428
FFSMOB
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1128 PM CDT SAT OCT 7 2017
MSC039-041-111-131-080900-
/O.CON.KMOB.FF.W.0075.000000T0000Z-171008T0900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
George MS-Perry MS-Greene MS-Stone MS-
1128 PM CDT SAT OCT 7 2017
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT FOR
GEORGE...SOUTHEASTERN PERRY...SOUTHERN GREENE AND EASTERN STONE
COUNTIES...
At 1128 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated bands of thunderstorms
producing heavy rain starting to stream north across the warned
area. Up to three inches of rain have already fallen. Flash flooding
is expected to begin shortly.
Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Lucedale.
Additional rainfall amounts of 2 to 4 inches are possible in the
warned area.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
&&
LAT...LON 3105 8904 3114 8843 3074 8841 3073 8888
3068 8889 3068 8904
$$634
WGUS74 KMOB 080624
FFSMOB
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
124 AM CDT SUN OCT 8 2017
MSC039-041-111-131-080900-
/O.CON.KMOB.FF.W.0075.000000T0000Z-171008T0900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
George MS-Perry MS-Greene MS-Stone MS-
124 AM CDT SUN OCT 8 2017
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT FOR
GEORGE...SOUTHEASTERN PERRY...SOUTHERN GREENE AND EASTERN STONE
COUNTIES...
At 122 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated a broad area of rain and
thunderstorms producing heavy rain streaming north across the warned
area. Three to four inches of rain have already fallen. Flash
flooding is expected to begin shortly if not already occurring.
Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Lucedale.
Additional rainfall amounts of two to three 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.
&&
LAT...LON 3105 8904 3114 8843 3074 8841 3073 8888
3068 8889 3068 8904
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 7, 11:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Greene, Wayne | 6 hr |
| Oct 8, 1:43 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Wayne | 64 hr |
| Oct 8, 3:51 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene | 6 hr |
| Oct 8, 4:58 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Greene, Wayne | 6 hr |
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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.