Alert archive / Florida / Flash Flood Warnings in 1998
Flash Flood Warning 15, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Mar 8, 1998, 3:50 AM CST for Escambia 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 8, 1998, 3:50 AM CST (09:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 8, 1998, 5:55 AM CST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Escambia County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 230 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
- 65 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -254 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 520 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 77 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 530 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 619 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMOB 080952 FFWMOB FLC033-081150- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 350 AM CST SUN MAR 8 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE AL HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 555 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWESTERN FLORIDA ...ESCAMBIA COUNTY MOBILE DOPPLER WEATHER SHOWED BETWEEN TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE NORTH PART OF THE COUNTY SINCE 100 AM. THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING THROUGH THE COUNTY AND AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED. MANY STREETS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS WILL LIKELY BECOME FLOODED BY THE ADDITIONAL RAINS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED... ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AT NIGHT TO TELL HOW MUCH WATER IS ON ROADS. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY AND THE ROAD BENEATH MAYn NOT BE INTACT. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. IT ONLY TAKES A FOOT OR TWO OF FLOWING WATER TO WASH MOST CARS AWAY. REMEMBER... MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 4:32 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia | 33 min |
| Mar 8, 4:44 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Santa Rosa | 36 min |
| Mar 8, 5:58 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 4 hr |
| Mar 8, 10:14 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 5 hr |
| Mar 8, 10:14 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 5 hr |
| Mar 8, 2:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 62 min |
| Mar 8, 2:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 63 min |
| Mar 8, 3:30 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 6 hr |
| Mar 8, 3:30 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.