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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Mar 31, 2005, 6:22 PM CST for Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 4 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
- Mar 31, 2005, 6:22 PM CST (00:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2005, 10:15 PM CST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 914 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -139 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 220 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS54 KMOB 010023 FFWMOB FLC091-113-010415- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 622 PM CST THU MAR 31 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... OKALOOSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA SANTA ROSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA * UNTIL 1015 PM CST * AT 622 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TRAINING FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF SANTA ROSA AND OKALOOSA COUNTIES. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE PRODUCING PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN OVER THE NEXT FOUR HOURS. THIS WILL RESULT IN CONTINUED FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. * THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN WILL EFFECT AREAS...ALONG AND NORTH OF THE I-10 CORRIDOR FROM WEST OF MILTON TO EAST OF CRESTVIEW THROUGH 1015 PM CST. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MILTON NEAR WHITING FIELD...MILLIGAN...GALLIVER...DORCAS... DEERLAND...CRESTVIEW AIRPORT...BAKER AND ALLENTOWN. 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 3079 8724 3038 8711 3043 8643 3087 8639 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS74 KMOB 010159 FFSMOB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 759 PM CST THU MAR 31 2005 FLC091-113-010415- OKALOOSA FL-SANTA ROSA FL- 759 PM CST THU MAR 31 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1015 PM CST FOR SOUTHERN SANTA ROSA AND OKALOOSA COUNTIES... AT 755 PM CST...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO TRAIN WEST TO EAST ACROSS SANTA ROSA AND OKALOOSA COUNTIES. EMERGENCY MANAGERS CONTINUE TO REPORT NUMEROUS ROADWAYS CLOSED IN THE WARNED AREA DUE TO FLOODING. RAINFALL RATES WITH THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAS BEEN GRADUALLY DECREASING...BUT WILL REMAIN SUFFICIENT TO MAINTAIN FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 1015 PM. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MILTON... MILLIGAN...HOLT...HAROLD...GALLIVER...DORCAS...DEERLAND... CRESTVIEW...BAKER AND ALLENTOWN. FLOODING IS OCCURRING. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. LAT...LON 3079 8724 3038 8711 3043 8643 3087 8639 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 7:30 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 2 hr |
| Mar 31, 9:27 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 3 hr |
| Mar 31, 10:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 26 min |
| Mar 31, 10:12 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 4 hr |
| Apr 1, 12:20 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 3 hr |
| Apr 1, 12:34 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 56 min |
| Apr 1, 1:27 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 18 min |
| Apr 1, 1:42 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 18 min |
| Apr 1, 2:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 60 min |
| Apr 1, 2:25 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 4 hr |
| Apr 1, 4:45 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 75 min |
| Apr 1, 6:07 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 53 min |
| Apr 1, 6:30 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 3 hr |
| Apr 1, 6:30 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 30 min |
| Apr 1, 7:09 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 66 min |
| Apr 1, 9:38 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 3 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.