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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Feb 3, 2022, 3:06 PM CST for Choctaw County, Clarke County, Washington County, Alabama. It was in force for 3 hr. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 3, 2022, 3:06 PM CST (21:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 3, 2022, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Washington County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:10 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 3, 3:15 PM CST | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Nnw Rural, AL | CLARKE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTS FLASH FLOODING ALONG HWY 43 SOUTH OF INDUSTRIAL PARK DR. |
| Feb 3, 3:30 PM CST | FLASH FLOOD | Bigbee, AL | WASHINGTON COUNTY EMA REPORTS A BRIEF PERIOD OF FLASH FLOODING AT THE INTERSECTION OF CR34 AND CR31 NEAR BIGBEE. |
| Feb 3, 4:07 PM CST | FLASH FLOOD | 1 W Roundhill, AL | EM REPORTS WATER OVER ROADWAY AT 1200 BLOCK OF OLD HIGHWAY 5 SOUTH. |
| Feb 3, 5:15 PM CST | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Nnw Grove Hill, AL | PUBLIC REPORT OF WATER COVERING THE ROADWAY NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF GROVE HILL. RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 206 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -74 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 458 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 336 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 390 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
433
WGUS54 KMOB 032106
FFWMOB
ALC023-025-129-040000-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0003.220203T2106Z-220204T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
306 PM CST Thu Feb 3 2022
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
South Central Choctaw County in southwestern Alabama...
Clarke County in southwestern Alabama...
Washington County in southwestern Alabama...
* Until 600 PM CST.
* At 306 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...
Jackson, Thomasville, Grove Hill, Chatom, Saint Stephens, Leroy,
Wagarville, Deer Park, Whatley, Tibbie, Millry, Fruitdale,
Coffeeville, Fulton, Salitpa, Mays Crossroads, Frankville, Bigbee,
Tattlersville and Winn.
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 3111 8843 3164 8846 3199 8798 3199 8767
3143 8764
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
JLHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 3, 2:26 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 7 hr |
| Feb 3, 12:34 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw | 41 min |
| Feb 3, 1:11 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw, Washington | 49 min |
| Feb 3, 1:34 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 41 min |
| Feb 3, 2:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Wilcox | 39 min |
| Feb 3, 2:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 52 min |
| Feb 3, 2:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Washington | 46 min |
| Feb 3, 2:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 48 min |
| Feb 3, 3:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Mobile, Washington | 45 min |
| Feb 3, 3:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Escambia | 43 min |
| Feb 3, 3:20 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Clarke | 40 min |
| Feb 3, 3:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe, Washington | 62 min |
| Feb 3, 3:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe, Wilcox | 54 min |
| Feb 3, 4:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Monroe | 23 min |
| Feb 3, 4:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Monroe | 46 min |
| Feb 3, 4:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 26 min |
| Feb 3, 5:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Crenshaw | 42 min |
| Feb 3, 5:29 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 3, 5:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Crenshaw | 36 min |
| Feb 3, 5:50 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw | 6 hr |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.