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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Mobile, AL

April 23, 2020George County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Apr 23, 2020, 7:30 AM CDT for George County, Mississippi. It was in force for 3 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
Apr 23, 2020, 7:30 AM CDT (12:30 UTC)
Expired
Apr 23, 2020, 10:30 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County George County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 117 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2020-04-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2572 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2020-04-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 424 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
2572 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
498 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
424 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
449 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
7.7
Supercell composite
25.5

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The text

As transmitted.

973 
WGUS54 KMOB 231230
FFWMOB
MSC039-231530-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0005.200423T1230Z-200423T1530Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
730 AM CDT Thu Apr 23 2020

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  George County in southeastern Mississippi...

* Until 1030 AM CDT.

* At 729 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
  heavy rain across the warned area. Up to three inches of rain have
  already fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin
  shortly.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, 
           highways, streets and underpasses as well as other 
           drainage and low lying areas.

* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
  Lucedale.

Additional rainfall amounts of 2 to 3 inches are possible in the 
warned area over the next hour or so. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3090 8887 3091 8885 3091 8884 3092 8883
      3100 8867 3100 8842 3084 8842 3074 8888

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 23, 4:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWayne49 min
Apr 23, 4:32 AM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedMOBWayne28 min
Apr 23, 4:55 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBWayne50 min
Apr 23, 5:19 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBWayne12 min
Apr 23, 5:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBPerry, Stone40 min
Apr 23, 6:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGeorge, Greene, Perry, Stone42 min
Apr 23, 6:11 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBGeorge34 min
Apr 23, 6:40 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBGeorge, Stone24 min
Apr 23, 7:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGeorge49 min
Apr 23, 11:01 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMOBGeorge, Greene, Perry6 days
Apr 23, 3:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWayne50 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 2020Every flash flood warning in 2020

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.