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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Mobile, AL

February 3, 2022Greene County, Wayne County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Feb 3, 2022, 2:51 PM CST for Greene County, Wayne 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: Feb 3, 2022, 2:51 PM CST (20:51 UTC)
Expired: Feb 3, 2022, 5:45 PM CST
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Greene County, MS, Wayne County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:49 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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 159 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 329 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 445 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 229 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 323 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.7

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

590 
WGUS54 KMOB 032051
FFWMOB
MSC041-153-032345-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0002.220203T2051Z-220203T2345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
251 PM CST Thu Feb 3 2022

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Northern Greene County in southeastern Mississippi...
  Southeastern Wayne County in southeastern Mississippi...

* Until 545 PM CST.

* At 251 PM CST, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 3 inches of rain 
  have fallen. 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...
  State Line, Buckatunna, Old Avera, Smithtown, Piave, Bothwell, 
  Clark, Knobtown, Sand Hill, Avera, Jonathan, Battles, Byrd, Eret, 
  Chicora, Neely and Belmont.

This includes the following streams and drainages...
  Griffin Creek, Horse Creek, Cooper Creek, Escatawpa River, 
  Fivemile Creek, Beaver Run, Patrick Creek, Skull Creek, 
  Chickasawhay River, Long Branch, Johnson Creek, Hell Hole Creek, 
  Little Red Creek, Big Oktibee Creek, Gunstock Branch, Gaines 
  Creek, Waterfork Branch, Indian Camp Creek, Hall Branch, Brushy 
  Creek, Indian Creek, Leaf River, Picayune Creek, Bull Branch, 
  Davis Creek, Wolf Branch, Piney Woods Creek, Okey Branch, Morgan 
  Mill Branch, Wooton Creek, Crawford Creek, Bear Creek, Turkey 
  Creek, Big Creek, Snell Creek, Buckatunna Creek, Dry Creek, Mongus 
  Creek, Little Creek, Gator Branch, Byrd Creek, McSwain Branch, 
  Mill Creek, Cary Creek, Granny Branch, Newcomb Branch, Mason 
  Creek, Atkinson Creek, Givens Branch, Sand Hill Creek, Little 
  Gaines Creek, East Mason Creek, Robertson Creek, Panther Branch 
  and Pine Log Branch.

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 3144 8885 3166 8846 3130 8844 3111 8884

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

JLH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 3, 12:01 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Perry	44 min
Feb 3, 12:30 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Greene, Wayne	45 min
Feb 3, 12:50 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Greene, Perry, Wayne	3 hr
Feb 3, 1:11 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Wayne	49 min
Feb 3, 1:17 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Perry	3 hr
Feb 3, 1:46 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Stone	44 min
Feb 3, 2:47 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MOB	George, Greene	43 min
Feb 3, 3:00 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	George, Greene, Perry, Stone	3 hr
Feb 3, 3:00 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	George, Greene, Perry, Stone	45 min
Feb 3, 4:03 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	George, Greene, Perry, Stone	3 hr

Nearby

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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.