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Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Sep 25, 2002, 6:59 PM CDT for Okaloosa 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 outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 25, 2002, 6:59 PM CDT (23:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 25, 2002, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Okaloosa County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 224 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
- 307 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 561 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 207 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 247 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS54 KMOB 252359 FFWMOB FLC091-260215- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 659 PM CDT WED SEP 25 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... OKALOOSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...FORT WALTON BEACH...DESTIN... CRESTVIEW * UNTIL 915 PM CDT * AT 651 PM CDT...OKALOOSA COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THAT FLOODING IS BECOMING MORE WIDESPEARD OVER PARTS OF OKALOOSA COUNTY...ESPECIALLY OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED OVER THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE COUNTY OVER THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS...AND INDICATIONS ARE THAT AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL LIKELY OCCUR DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR SO AS MORE HEAVY RAINFALL MOVES INLAND FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO. 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 3042 8677 3038 8641 3096 8641 3098 8678
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 2:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 3 hr |
| Sep 25, 3:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Santa Rosa | 3 hr |
| Sep 25, 3:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 3 hr |
| Sep 25, 4:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 3 hr |
| Sep 25, 4:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 4 hr |
| Sep 25, 5:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 14 hr |
| Sep 25, 5:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 117 min |
| Sep 25, 6:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 14 hr |
Nearby
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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.