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Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Mobile, AL

April 16, 2021Stone County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Apr 16, 2021, 3:18 PM CDT for Stone County, Mississippi. It was in force for 59 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
Apr 16, 2021, 3:18 PM CDT (20:18 UTC)
Expired
Apr 16, 2021, 4:17 PM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Emergency
Flash flood emergency
Damage threat
Catastrophic
Flood severity
Unknown

County Stone County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:19 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

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 89 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 2021-04-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2021-04-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 152 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
822 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
152 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
208 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

As transmitted.

385 
WGUS54 KMOB 162018
FFWMOB
MSC131-170215-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0014.210416T2018Z-210417T0215Z/
/00000.U.DM.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
318 PM CDT Fri Apr 16 2021

...FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR NEAR HIGHWAY 26 AND JOHN WILLIS RD...

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  A Dam Break below Lake-A-Way in...
  Northeastern Stone County in southeastern Mississippi...

* Until 915 PM CDT.

* At 318 PM CDT, Emergency Management reported the failure of a dam 
  on Lake-A-Way causing flash flooding downstream which drains into 
  Flint Creek to the south.

  This is a FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY for near Highway 26 and John 
  Willis Rd. This is a PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK HIGHER 
  GROUND NOW!

  HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding from the failure of
           Lake-A-Way.

  SOURCE...County dispatch.

  IMPACT...This is a PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK
           HIGHER GROUND NOW! IMMEDIATE EVACUATION for areas
           downstream of the dam.

* Some homes are located immediately downstream of the dam.

This includes the following streams and drainages...
  Flint Creek.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Move to higher ground now! This is an extremely dangerous and 
life-threatening situation. Do not attempt to travel unless you are 
fleeing an area subject to flooding or under an evacuation order.

If you are in low lying areas below the Lake-A-Way you should move 
to higher ground immediately.

Move to higher ground now. Act quickly to protect your life.

&&

LAT...LON 3084 8908 3084 8906 3083 8906 3082 8908

FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CATASTROPHIC
DAM FAILURE...OCCURRING

$$
1 follow-up statement
048 
WGUS74 KMOB 162117
FFSMOB

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
417 PM CDT Fri Apr 16 2021

MSC131-162127-
/O.CAN.KMOB.FF.W.0014.000000T0000Z-210417T0215Z/
/00000.U.DM.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Stone MS-
417 PM CDT Fri Apr 16 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FAILURE OF LAKE-A-WAY IS CANCELLED 
FOR NORTHEASTERN STONE COUNTY...

Flooding along the Flint Creek downstream of Hall Lake Dam near the 
Lake-A-Way Camp Grounds does not pose a threat. Emergency Management 
has verified that the dam is still in tack. Therefore, that Flash 
Flood Emergency has been cancelled.

A Flash Flood Watch remains in effect until 100 PM CDT Saturday for 
Portions of southwest Alabama. Portions of southeast Mississippi.

LAT...LON 3084 8908 3084 8906 3083 8906 3082 8908

$$

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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.