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Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Sep 25, 2002, 10:12 PM CDT for Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 25, 2002, 10:12 PM CDT (03:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 26, 2002, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Escambia County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 249 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
- 201 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 461 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 365 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 455 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS54 KMOB 260312 CCA FFWMOB FLC033-113-260600- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING...CORRECTED 1ST BULLET NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1001 PM CDT WED SEP 25 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PENSACOLA SANTA ROSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF NAVARRE * UNTIL 100 AM CDT * AT 959 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE LEADING EDGE OF A BAND OF VERY HEAVY RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM ISIDORE MOVING ACROSS ESCAMBIA AND SANTA ROSA COUNTIES OF FLORIDA. * THIS AREA OF RAINFALL EXTENDS NEARLY 30 MILES OFFSHORE...AND WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH INTO ESCAMBIA AND SANTA ROSA COUNTIES INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. RAINFALL RATES WILL LIKELY APPROACH 1.5 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS...WHICH WILL LIKELY RESULT IN FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS...AS WELL AS STANDING WATERS ON MANY AREA ROADWAYS. 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 HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. DONT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MOBILE. LAT...LON 3035 8726 3036 8679 3098 8682 3098 8757
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 10:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 3 hr |
| Sep 26, 8:00 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Santa Rosa | 24 days |
| Sep 26, 8:48 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 24 days |
| Sep 26, 8:48 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 24 days |
| Sep 26, 9:07 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 33 days |
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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.