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Flash Flood Warning 33, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Dec 27, 2018, 5:27 PM CST for Choctaw County, Washington County, Alabama; Greene County, Perry County, Wayne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 6 hr. 8 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 27, 2018, 5:27 PM CST (23:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 27, 2018, 11:30 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Choctaw County, AL, Washington County, AL, Greene County, MS, Perry County, MS, Wayne County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:26 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 27, 6:05 PM CST | FLASH FLOOD | Waynesboro, MS | NUMEROUS FLOODED STREETS IN WAYNESBORO (INCLUDING WAYNE, SOUTH, COURT, AND BLANKS AND HOGAN STREETS). |
| Dec 27, 6:30 PM CST | FLASH FLOOD | Mulberry, MS | AT LEAST 14 HOUSES DAMAGED DUE TO FLOOD WATERS WITH 17 PEOPLE DISPLACED DUE TO FLOODING (COUNTY-WIDE). |
| Dec 27, 6:35 PM CST | FLASH FLOOD | 5 W Piave, MS | NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLOODED ROADS (PIAVE CHURCH, MANNING HILL, AND UNION ROADS) IN THE SAND HILL AND PIAVE AREAS OF GREENE COUNTY. SOME ROADS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. |
| Dec 27, 7:30 PM CST | FLASH FLOOD | Richton, MS | WATER RESCUES UNDERWAY AT APARTMENTS IN RICHTON, MS. |
| Dec 27, 9:00 PM CST | FLASH FLOOD | Richton, MS | REPORTS OF KNEE DEEP WATER IN BUSINESSES IN RICHTON. PICTURES VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Dec 27, 9:30 PM CST | FLASH FLOOD | 3 Nw Piave, MS | NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES DUE TO FLOODING IN NORTHERN GREENE COUNTY. |
| Dec 27, 10:00 PM CST | FLASH FLOOD | Richton, MS | AT LEAST A DOZEN BUSINESSES AND OVER A DOZEN RESIDENCES FLOODED IN RICHTON. NUMEROUS ROADS FLOODED AND SOME DAMAGED IN THE NORTHERN HALF OF PERRY COUNTY, ROUGHLY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 98. |
| Dec 27, 10:13 PM CST | HEAVY RAIN 11.5 | Clara, MS | REPORT OF 11.5 INCHES OF RAIN (SO FAR) IN THE CLARA COMMUNITY. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 161 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
- 591 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 466 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 893 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
447
WGUS54 KMOB 272327
FFWMOB
ALC023-129-MSC041-111-153-280530-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0033.181227T2327Z-181228T0530Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
527 PM CST THU DEC 27 2018
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southwestern Choctaw County in southwestern Alabama...
Northwestern Washington County in southwestern Alabama...
Northeastern Perry County in southeastern Mississippi...
Southeastern Wayne County in southeastern Mississippi...
Northwestern Greene County in southeastern Mississippi...
* Until 1130 PM CST Thursday.
* At 525 PM CST, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain across the
warned area. Two to four inches of rain have already fallen. Flash
flooding is expected to begin shortly.
* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Waynesboro, Richton, Clara, Buckatunna and Silas.
Additional rainfall amounts of 2 to 3 inches are possible in the
warned area.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
&&
LAT...LON 3187 8857 3189 8848 3191 8847 3181 8818
3180 8818 3111 8885 3128 8903
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 26, 9:44 PM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 15 days |
| Dec 27, 8:29 AM CST | Wind Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington and 6 more | 10 hr |
| Dec 27, 10:28 AM CST | Gale Warning | MOB | 4 hr | |
| Dec 27, 10:28 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 23 hr | |
| Dec 27, 1:17 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw | 43 min |
| Dec 27, 3:49 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw | 56 min |
| Dec 27, 4:27 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Choctaw | 3 hr |
| Dec 27, 4:36 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Marengo | 39 min |
| Dec 27, 5:01 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Clarke, Washington, Wilcox | 59 min |
| Dec 27, 5:07 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 3 hr |
| Dec 27, 11:05 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry | 15 days |
| Dec 27, 11:11 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Wayne | 17 days |
| Dec 27, 3:09 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Wayne | 51 min |
| Dec 27, 4:12 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Perry | 48 min |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.