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Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Mobile, AL

May 30, 2018Wayne County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at May 30, 2018, 8:40 PM CDT for Wayne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 86 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 30, 2018, 8:40 PM CDT (01:40 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 2018, 10:06 PM CDT
In force
86 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Wayne County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:42 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

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 136 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, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2018-05-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1349 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, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2018-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 60 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
1349 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-35 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1477 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

290 
WGUS54 KMOB 310140
FFWMOB
MSC153-310745-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0014.180531T0140Z-180531T0745Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
840 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2018

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  West central Wayne County in southeastern Mississippi...

* Until 245 AM CDT Thursday.

* At 838 PM 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.

* Flash flooding is currently over mainly rural areas of west 
  central and northwest Wayne County. This situation could change in 
  the next hour as radar indicated that additional storms are 
  upstream and moving towards the warned area.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3172 8891 3173 8879 3173 8872 3159 8877
      3158 8884 3161 8894 3172 8894

$$
1 follow-up statement
646 
WGUS74 KMOB 310306
FFSMOB

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1006 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2018

MSC153-310314-
/O.CAN.KMOB.FF.W.0014.000000T0000Z-180531T0745Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Wayne MS-
1006 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2018

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a 
threat. Please continue to heed any remaining road closures. An 
Areal Flood Warning remains in effect for areas that received the 
heaviest rainfall earlier and as the event transitions into more of 
a general inundation flooding.

LAT...LON 3172 8891 3173 8879 3173 8872 3159 8877
      3158 8884 3161 8894 3172 8894

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 7:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWayne62 min
May 30, 7:30 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBWayne3 hr
May 30, 8:14 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBWayne114 min
May 30, 9:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBPerry57 min
May 30, 10:00 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningMOBWayne3 hr
May 30, 10:04 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningMOBWayne3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 2018Every flash flood warning in 2018

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.