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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Mobile, AL

March 30, 1996Santa Rosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Mar 30, 1996, 7:30 AM CST for Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 30, 1996, 7:30 AM CST (13:30 UTC)
Expired
Mar 30, 1996, 9:30 AM CST
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Santa Rosa County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 262 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 1996-03-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°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 1996-03-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 129 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
554 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
129 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
263 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMOB 301333
FFWMOB
FLC113-301530-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
730 AM CST SAT MAR 30 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  930 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA
 
   ...CENTRAL SANTA ROSA COUNTY
 
MOBILE DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR SHOWS RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IN
THE CENTRAL PART OF SANTA ROSA COUNTY DURING THE PAST THREE HOURS.
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICALS REPORT RISING WATER IN THE PACE AREA.
 
SOME SANDBAGGING HAS TAKEN PLACE TO PROTECT SOME HOMES.  ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING WHICH WILL MAKE THE
FLOODING MORE WIDESPREAD.
 
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 FLOWIN~G STREAM...EVEN A SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT.  TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.

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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.