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Flash Flood Warning 37, NWS Mobile, AL

July 2, 2021Clarke County, Monroe County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Jul 2, 2021, 3:58 PM CDT for Clarke County, Monroe County, Alabama. 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
Jul 2, 2021, 3:58 PM CDT (20:58 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 2021, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Clarke County, AL, Monroe County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:58 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

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 211 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2021-07-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 258 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2021-07-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 44 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
258 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
665 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

298 
WGUS54 KMOB 022058
FFWMOB
ALC025-099-030000-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0037.210702T2058Z-210703T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
358 PM CDT Fri Jul 2 2021

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Southwestern Monroe County in south central Alabama...
  East Central Clarke County in southwestern Alabama...

* Until 700 PM CDT.

* At 358 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  very heavy rain repeatedly moving across the warned area. 2 to 4 
  inches of rain has already fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or 
  expected to begin shortly.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

  SOURCE...Radar.

  IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
           areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
           other poor drainage and low-lying areas.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Frisco City, Uriah, Excel, Manistee, Homewood, Jeddo, Palmers 
  Crossroads, Barlow Bend, Megargel, Perdue Hill, Goodway, Eliska, 
  Gainestown, Mount Pleasant and Halls Crossroads.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.

&&

LAT...LON 3146 8774 3152 8762 3153 8750 3145 8730
      3135 8735 3127 8748 3130 8763 3131 8774

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 12:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMobile44 min
Jul 2, 3:20 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBBaldwin, Clarke, Monroe, Wilcox3 hr
Jul 2, 3:37 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB83 min
Jul 2, 5:29 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB91 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.