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Flash Flood Warning 88, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Oct 22, 2017, 12:19 PM CDT for George County, Greene County, Mississippi; Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 2 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 22, 2017, 12:19 PM CDT (17:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 22, 2017, 2:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Mobile County, AL, George County, MS, Greene County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:21 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
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 230 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
- 72 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -332 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1526 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 218 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
373
WGUS54 KMOB 221719
FFWMOB
ALC097-MSC039-041-221945-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0088.171022T1719Z-171022T1945Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1219 PM CDT SUN OCT 22 2017
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Northwestern Mobile County in southwestern Alabama...
Eastern George County in southeastern Mississippi...
Southeastern Greene County in southeastern Mississippi...
* Until 245 PM CDT
* At 1218 PM 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...
Citronelle, Chunchula, Gulfcrest, Semmes, Tanner Williams, Mobile
Regional Airport and Wilmer.
Additional rainfall amounts of one to two 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.
Excessive runoff from heavy rainfall will cause flooding of small
creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as
well as other drainage areas and low lying spots.
Please report flooding to your local law enforcement agency when you
can do so safely.
&&
LAT...LON 3074 8841 3074 8847 3093 8853 3109 8844
3111 8833 3114 8815 3061 8821 3056 8840
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 22, 10:28 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Stone | 3 hr |
| Oct 22, 11:01 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | George | 3 hr |
| Oct 22, 11:34 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | George | 3 hr |
| Oct 22, 3:22 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene | 3 hr |
| Oct 22, 11:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 47 min |
| Oct 22, 12:47 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Mobile | 118 min |
| Oct 22, 1:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 2 min |
| Oct 22, 1:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 29 min |
| Oct 22, 1:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 24 min |
| Oct 22, 1:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 34 min |
| Oct 22, 1:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 3 hr |
| Oct 22, 2:05 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 55 min | |
| Oct 22, 2:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 49 min |
| Oct 22, 2:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 36 min |
| Oct 22, 2:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 23 min |
| Oct 22, 3:01 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 44 min | |
| Oct 22, 3:35 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Escambia | 3 hr |
| Oct 22, 3:38 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 3 hr |
| Oct 22, 3:52 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 23 min | |
| Oct 22, 3:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 47 min |
| Oct 22, 4:25 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 6 hr |
| Oct 22, 4:34 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 56 min | |
| Oct 22, 5:06 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Mobile | 114 min |
| Oct 22, 5:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 6 hr |
| Oct 22, 5:29 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 61 min | |
| Oct 22, 5:31 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Escambia | 3 hr |
| Oct 22, 5:47 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 60 hr |
| Oct 22, 5:48 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 31 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.