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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Mobile, AL

February 3, 2022Choctaw County, Clarke County, Washington County, Alabama

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 3, 3:15 PM CSTFLASH FLOOD1 Nnw Rural, ALCLARKE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTS FLASH FLOODING ALONG HWY 43 SOUTH OF INDUSTRIAL PARK DR.
Feb 3, 3:30 PM CSTFLASH FLOODBigbee, ALWASHINGTON COUNTY EMA REPORTS A BRIEF PERIOD OF FLASH FLOODING AT THE INTERSECTION OF CR34 AND CR31 NEAR BIGBEE.
Feb 3, 4:07 PM CSTFLASH FLOOD1 W Roundhill, ALEM REPORTS WATER OVER ROADWAY AT 1200 BLOCK OF OLD HIGHWAY 5 SOUTH.
Feb 3, 5:15 PM CSTFLASH FLOOD2 Nnw Grove Hill, ALPUBLIC 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2022-02-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2022-02-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 336 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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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

$$

JLH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 3, 2:26 AM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryMOBBaldwin, Mobile7 hr
Feb 3, 12:34 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBChoctaw41 min
Feb 3, 1:11 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBChoctaw, Washington49 min
Feb 3, 1:34 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMobile41 min
Feb 3, 2:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke, Wilcox39 min
Feb 3, 2:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw, Clarke, Washington52 min
Feb 3, 2:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWashington46 min
Feb 3, 2:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWilcox48 min
Feb 3, 3:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke, Mobile, Washington45 min
Feb 3, 3:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh, Escambia43 min
Feb 3, 3:20 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBClarke40 min
Feb 3, 3:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatMOBClarke, Monroe, Washington62 min
Feb 3, 3:51 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke, Monroe, Wilcox54 min
Feb 3, 4:09 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBMonroe23 min
Feb 3, 4:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler, Conecuh, Monroe46 min
Feb 3, 4:49 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWilcox26 min
Feb 3, 5:03 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatMOBButler, Crenshaw42 min
Feb 3, 5:29 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningMOBBaldwin, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe and 1 more6 hr
Feb 3, 5:43 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatMOBButler, Crenshaw36 min
Feb 3, 5:50 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningMOBButler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw6 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.