Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Mobile, AL

Issued

Dec 10, 2008, 12:32 PM CST (18:32 UTC)

Expired

Dec 10, 2008, 3:15 PM CST

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Mobile, AL

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County Okaloosa County, FL

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:31 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.

000 
WGUS54 KMOB 101832
FFWMOB
FLC091-102115-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0028.081210T1832Z-081210T2115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1232 PM CST WED DEC 10 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN OKALOOSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...FORT WALTON BEACH...DESTIN...

* UNTIL 315 PM CST

* AT 1221 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED CLUSTERS 
  OF THUNDERSTORMS OFF THE COAST OF SOUTHERN OKALOOSA COUNTY.
  THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT AROUND 30 MPH. THESE STORMS 
  WILL LIKELY IMPACT THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF OKALOOSA COUNTY WITH 
  ADDITIONAL LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. 

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO OCEAN
  CITY...EGLIN AFB...VALPARAISO...POSTIL...NICEVILLE...DEERLAND AND
  SEMINOLE

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF NEARLY TWO INCHES HAS FALLEN SINCE 10 AM OVER THE WARNING
AREA. WITH ADDITIONAL STORMS...CAPABLE OF DEPOSITING HEAVY RAINS MOVING
NORTHEAST INTO THE AREA OFF THE GULF...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS 
OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. THERE HAS BEEN A HISTORY OF WATER COVERED 
ROADS IN THOSE AREAS WHERE DRAINAGE IS TYPICALLY POOR.  

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

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.

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.

LAT...LON 3039 8638 3040 8651 3043 8646 3042 8643
      3045 8642 3049 8645 3043 8655 3044 8658
      3042 8657 3041 8652 3039 8653 3039 8678
      3068 8679 3080 8639 3046 8638 3046 8641
      3042 8643 3041 8639

$$

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000 
WGUS74 KMOB 102027
FFSMOB

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
227 PM CST WED DEC 10 2008

FLC091-102115-
/O.CON.KMOB.FF.W.0028.000000T0000Z-081210T2115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
OKALOOSA FL-
227 PM CST WED DEC 10 2008

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM CST FOR
SOUTHERN OKALOOSA COUNTY...

AT 221 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE CLUSTERS OF SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS STREAMING 
NORTHEAST AT AROUND 30 MPH...OFF THE SOUTHERN OKALOOSA COUNTY COAST.
THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE WARNING AREA 
WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS THROUGH MID AFTERNOON.   

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO VALPARAISO...
SEMINOLE...POSTIL...NICEVILLE AND DEERLAND

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM A HALF TO ONE INCH IS POSSIBLE 
THROUGH 315 PM. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER 
COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR 
CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

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 3039 8638 3040 8651 3043 8646 3042 8643
      3045 8642 3049 8645 3043 8655 3044 8658
      3042 8657 3041 8652 3039 8653 3039 8678
      3068 8679 3080 8639 3046 8638 3046 8641
      3042 8643 3041 8639

$$

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000 
WGUS74 KMOB 102058
FFSMOB

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
258 PM CST WED DEC 10 2008

FLC091-102115-
/O.CON.KMOB.FF.W.0028.000000T0000Z-081210T2115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
OKALOOSA FL-
258 PM CST WED DEC 10 2008

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM CST FOR
SOUTHERN OKALOOSA COUNTY...

AT 251 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
SHOW CLUSTERS OF SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WITH MODERATE RAINS 
STREAMING NORTHEAST ABOUT 30 MPH OFF THE COAST OF OKALOOSA COUNTY.   

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 
VALPARAISO...SEMINOLE...POSTIL...NICEVILLE AND DEERLAND

LATEST RADAR TRENDS SUGGEST A DECREASED COVERAGE OF THE HEAVIER 
RAINS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM A QUARTER TO HALF INCH IS 
POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA AS THE GULF ACTIVITY MOVES IN. DUE TO 
RADAR TRENDS...THE WARNING IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE EXTENDED AND WILL 
BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 315 PM. 


LAT...LON 3039 8638 3040 8651 3043 8646 3042 8643
      3045 8642 3049 8645 3043 8655 3044 8658
      3042 8657 3041 8652 3039 8653 3039 8678
      3068 8679 3080 8639 3046 8638 3046 8641
      3042 8643 3041 8639

$$

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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.