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Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Mobile, AL

May 10, 1995Okaloosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at May 10, 1995, 5:39 AM CDT for Okaloosa County, Florida. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 10, 1995, 5:39 AM CDT (10:39 UTC)
Expired: May 10, 1995, 10:45 AM CDT
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Whole counties

County Okaloosa County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 221 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: 2056 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 686 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 74 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 78 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.9
Supercell composite: 4.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMOB 101040
FFWMOB
FLC033-091-113-101545-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
539 AM CDT WED MAY 10 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA
 
   ...ESCAMBIA COUNTY...OKALOOSA COUNTY...SANTA ROSA COUNTY
 
AT 530 AM CST A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT 50 MILES WIDE EXTENDED ALONG
THE COASTAL AREAS OF FLORIDA WESTWARD INTO EASTERN LOUISIANA. THE
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THIS BAND WERE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 30 MPH.
 
RAINFALL RATES ABOVE 2 INCHES PER HOUR HAVE BEEN COMMON WITH THIS STORM
SYSTEM AND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO MIDDAY.  THERE IS THE
POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 10 INCHES IN THE WARNING AREA.
 
THIS IS A SERIOUS FLOODING SITUATION.  RESIDENTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR
RISING WATER AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A SAFE LOCATION IS NEEDED.
 
MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL IF YOU MUST DRIVE THIS MORNING.
ALL UNNECESSARY TRAVEL SHOULD BE AVOIDED AS SOME ROADS ARE ALREADY
COVERED BY WATER...ESPECIALLY IN ESCAMBIA AND SANTA ROSA COUNTIES.
 
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT.  MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY.  NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT.  TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE< UP TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
 
 
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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 10, 12:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Santa Rosa	37 min
May 10, 1:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Escambia, Santa Rosa	60 min
May 10, 1:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Okaloosa	60 min
May 10, 2:02 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Santa Rosa	3 hr
May 10, 2:33 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Escambia	3 hr
May 10, 5:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Escambia	61 min
May 10, 5:39 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Escambia, Santa Rosa	5 hr
May 10, 6:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Santa Rosa	37 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.