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Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Mobile, AL

April 1, 2005Escambia County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Apr 1, 2005, 12:20 AM CST for Escambia 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
Apr 1, 2005, 12:20 AM CST (06:20 UTC)
Expired
Apr 1, 2005, 3:15 AM CST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Escambia County, FL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 226 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 00:00Z on 2005-04-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1854 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2005-04-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 101 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1854 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
456 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
101 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
173 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.7
Supercell composite
7.1

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KMOB 010622
FFWMOB
FLC033-010915-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1220 AM CST FRI APR 1 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA

* UNTIL 315 AM CST

* AT 1215 AM CST...VERY HEAVY RAINS WERE REPORTED FROM A THUNDERSTORMS 
  TRAINING OVER THE COUNTY...WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS EXACERBATING FLOODING
  ACROSS THE COUNTY.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WEST
  PENSACOLA...WARRINGTON...MOLINO...GOULDING...GONZALEZ...FERRY
  PASS...ENSLEY...COTTAGE HILL...CANTONMENT...BROWNSVILLE...BRENT AND
  BELLVIEW.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. 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.

FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...
DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...
EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER
GROUND.

LAT...LON 3031 8746 3033 8731 3050 8716 3063 8727
      3078 8730 3078 8753 3067 8740 3049 8739

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 31, 6:22 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningMOBOkaloosa, Santa Rosa4 hr
Mar 31, 7:30 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningMOBEscambia2 hr
Mar 31, 9:27 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningMOBEscambia3 hr
Mar 31, 10:04 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBOkaloosa26 min
Mar 31, 10:12 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningMOBOkaloosa, Santa Rosa4 hr
Apr 1, 12:34 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa56 min
Apr 1, 1:27 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBOkaloosa18 min
Apr 1, 1:42 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa18 min
Apr 1, 2:00 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa60 min
Apr 1, 2:25 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningMOBEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa4 hr
Apr 1, 4:45 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa75 min
Apr 1, 6:07 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa53 min
Apr 1, 6:30 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningMOBEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa3 hr
Apr 1, 6:30 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningMOBEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa30 min
Apr 1, 7:09 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBOkaloosa, Santa Rosa66 min
Apr 1, 9:38 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningMOBEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa3 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.