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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Oct 19, 2007, 6:57 AM CDT for Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 19, 2007, 6:57 AM CDT (11:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 19, 2007, 10:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Escambia County, FL, Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:59 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 19, 7:32 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Navarre, FL | SIGNIFICANT WIDESPREAD FLOODING IN AND AROUND NAVARRE AND SURROUNDING AREAS OF COASTAL SANTA ROSA COUNTY. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 253 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
- 1091 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 986 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 4.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS54 KMOB 191208
FFWMOB
FLC033-091-113-191500-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0003.071019T1157Z-071019T1500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
710 AM CDT FRI OCT 19 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PENSACOLA...
OKALOOSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...FORT WALTON BEACH...DESTIN...
CRESTVIEW...
SANTA ROSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF NAVARRE...
* UNTIL 1000 AM CDT
* AT 710 AM CDT...SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES OVER MOST OF
THE WARNED AREA...PRIMARILY OVER SOUTHERN ESCAMBIA AND SOUTHERN
SANTA ROSA COUNTIES.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
VALPARAISO...POSTIL...PACE...NICEVILLE...MOLINO...MILTON NEAR
WHITING FIELD...MILTON...MILLIGAN...HOLT...HAROLD...GONZALEZ...
GALLIVER...FERRY PASS...ENSLEY...DORCAS...DEERLAND...CRESTVIEW
AIRPORT...COTTAGE HILL...CHUMUCKLA...CANTONMENT...BEULAH...BAKER...
BAGDAD AND ALLENTOWN
DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES SUGGEST THAT 2 TO 3
INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE COASTAL AREAS OF ESCAMBIA AND
SANTA ROSA COUNTIES WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES FARTHER EAST OVER OKALOOSA
COUNTY SINCE 3 AM.
ALTHOUGH WIDESPREAD RAINS CONTINUE OVER THE WARNED AREA...LATEST
RAINFALL RATES HAVE DIMINISHED TO 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR.
ADDITIONAL RAINS WILL AGGRAVATE ALREADY SIGNIFICANT AND WIDESPREAD
FLOODING PROBLEMS THROUGH LATE MORNING. MANY STREETS ARE REPORTED
IMPASSABLE BY COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL. MANY OTHER LOW
LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING WILL BE
IMPACTED AS WELL.
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
LAT...LON 3029 8751 3044 8737 3053 8744 3062 8739
3068 8740 3071 8747 3083 8759 3082 8639
3044 8638 3043 8642 3040 8638 3040 8677
TIME...MOT...LOC 1157Z 180DEG 0KT 3049 8697
$$
10The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 9:22 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 23 min | |
| Oct 18, 9:53 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 52 min | |
| Oct 18, 10:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MOB | 14 hr | |
| Oct 19, 12:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 3 hr |
| Oct 19, 1:05 AM CDT | Marine Weather Statement | MOB | 115 min | |
| Oct 19, 1:57 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 63 min | |
| Oct 19, 3:54 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 3 hr |
| Oct 19, 4:58 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 107 min | |
| Oct 19, 5:36 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 84 min | |
| Oct 19, 6:58 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 92 min | |
| Oct 19, 9:37 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 6 hr |
| Oct 19, 9:54 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 49 hr |
| Oct 19, 1:47 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MOB | Walton | 15 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.