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Flash Flood Warning 41, NWS Mobile, AL

July 7, 2021Stone County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Jul 7, 2021, 11:45 AM CDT for Stone 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
Jul 7, 2021, 11:45 AM CDT (16:45 UTC)
Expired
Jul 7, 2021, 3:00 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Stone County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:48 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, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 69 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 2021-07-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1224 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2021-07-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 27 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
1224 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
628 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

763 
WGUS54 KMOB 071645
FFWMOB
MSC131-072245-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0041.210707T1645Z-210707T2245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1145 AM CDT Wed Jul 7 2021

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Western Stone County in southeastern Mississippi...

* Until 545 PM CDT.

* At 1145 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 3 inches of rain 
  have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 1 to 2 inches in 1 
  hour. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 inches are possible in 
  the warned area. 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...
  Wiggins, Perkinston, McHenry, Ten Mile and Perry.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3065 8924 3065 8928 3070 8928 3072 8927
      3089 8920 3086 8908 3068 8912 3068 8913
      3068 8914 3068 8923 3068 8924 3067 8924

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL...1-2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR

$$

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1 follow-up statement
431 
WGUS74 KMOB 072000
FFSMOB

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
300 PM CDT Wed Jul 7 2021

MSC131-072010-
/O.CAN.KMOB.FF.W.0041.000000T0000Z-210707T2245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Stone MS-
300 PM CDT Wed Jul 7 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR WESTERN STONE COUNTY...

Flood waters have receded. The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no 
longer expected to pose a threat. Please continue to heed remaining 
road closures.

LAT...LON 3065 8924 3065 8928 3070 8928 3072 8927
      3089 8920 3086 8908 3068 8912 3068 8913
      3068 8914 3068 8923 3068 8924 3067 8924

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 7, 12:53 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBGeorge3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 2021Every flash flood warning in 2021

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.