Alert archive / Mississippi / Flash Flood Warnings in 2019
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Jan 23, 2019, 11:57 AM CST for 5 counties in Mississippi; Washington County, Alabama. It was in force for 6 hr. 3 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
- Jan 23, 2019, 11:57 AM CST (17:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 23, 2019, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Washington County, AL, George County, MS, Greene County, MS, Perry County, MS, Stone County, MS, Wayne County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:59 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 23, 1:00 PM CST | FLASH FLOOD | Millry, AL | SEVERAL STREETS FLOODING INCLUDING NATHAN JORDAN RD IN MILLRY. ALSO FLOODING AT MILLRY HIGH SCHOOL VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Jan 23, 4:00 PM CST | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Se Mclain, MS | WATER ACROSS HIGHWAY 57 SOUTH OF MCLAIN. REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Jan 23, 4:30 PM CST | FLASH FLOOD | 3 S Neely, MS | WATER OVER HIGHWAY 57 JUST NORTH OF NEELY RD. REPORT VIA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 148 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
- 375 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 567 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 239 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 265 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.4
The text
As transmitted.
877
WGUS54 KMOB 231757
FFWMOB
ALC129-MSC039-041-111-131-153-240000-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0001.190123T1757Z-190124T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1157 AM CST WED JAN 23 2019
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Northwestern Washington County in southwestern Alabama...
Western George County in southeastern Mississippi...
Southeastern Perry County in southeastern Mississippi...
Southeastern Wayne County in southeastern Mississippi...
Greene County in southeastern Mississippi...
Stone County in southeastern Mississippi...
* Until 600 PM CST Wednesday.
* At 1156 AM CST, Doppler radar and surface observations indicate
that 3 to 5 inches of rain has fallen over much of the warned
area. Additional showers and thunderstorms with moderate to heavy
rain will develop and move into the area over the next few hours,
resulting in the likelihood of flash flooding.
* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Wiggins, Chatom, Leakesville, Perkinston, McHenry, Millry, McLain,
State Line, Buckatunna and Fruitdale.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3170 8846 3169 8809 3164 8809 3073 8873
3073 8888 3068 8889 3067 8929
$$1 follow-up statement
014
WGUS74 KMOB 232056
FFSMOB
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
256 PM CST WED JAN 23 2019
ALC129-MSC039-041-111-131-153-240000-
/O.CON.KMOB.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-190124T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Washington AL-George MS-Perry MS-Wayne MS-Greene MS-Stone MS-
256 PM CST WED JAN 23 2019
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST FOR
NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON...WESTERN GEORGE...SOUTHEASTERN PERRY...
SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE...GREENE AND STONE COUNTIES...
At 244 PM CST, Doppler radar and reports from emergency management
indicated that a large swath of 4 to 7 inches of rain has fallen.
There are reports of flash flooding in Millry, as well as on Nathan
Jones Road in Washington County. While the heavy rain is shifting
east, small creeks and streams are still rising and some additional
flash flooding is possible over the next hour or two in the warned
area.
Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Wiggins, Chatom, Leakesville, Perkinston, McHenry, Millry, McLain,
State Line, Buckatunna and Fruitdale.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3170 8846 3169 8809 3164 8809 3073 8873
3073 8888 3068 8889 3067 8929
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 23, 8:51 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Wayne | 21 days |
| Jan 23, 10:21 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Stone | 3 hr |
| Jan 23, 10:29 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | George | 31 min |
| Jan 23, 11:44 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Greene, Wayne | 3 hr |
| Jan 23, 1:25 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Greene, Perry, Wayne | 3 hr |
| Jan 23, 3:03 PM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Jackson | 5 days |
| Jan 23, 3:07 PM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry | 4 days |
| Jan 23, 4:30 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Stone, Wayne | 24 hr |
| Jan 23, 2:43 AM CST | Gale Warning | MOB | 16 hr | |
| Jan 23, 2:43 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 36 hr | |
| Jan 23, 8:54 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 49 hr |
| Jan 23, 12:14 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 36 min | |
| Jan 23, 12:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Wilcox | 65 min |
| Jan 23, 12:48 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 42 min | |
| Jan 23, 1:22 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke | 3 hr |
| Jan 23, 1:56 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke | 6 hr |
| Jan 23, 2:36 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Washington | 54 min |
| Jan 23, 3:33 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 87 min | |
| Jan 23, 3:54 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 3 hr |
| Jan 23, 3:55 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 35 min |
| Jan 23, 4:08 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin | 67 min |
| Jan 23, 4:14 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 91 min | |
| Jan 23, 4:56 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 94 min | |
| Jan 23, 5:38 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 97 min | |
| Jan 23, 5:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington | 36 min |
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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.