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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Jan 21, 2010, 12:29 AM CST for Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; Baldwin County, Escambia County, Alabama. It was in force for 6 hr. 8 reports 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
- Jan 21, 2010, 12:29 AM CST (06:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 21, 2010, 6:30 AM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Baldwin County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Escambia County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 3:00 AM CST | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Ssw Wahl, FL | CARNLEY ROAD CLOSED DUE TO WATER COVERING THE ROAD. |
| Jan 21, 3:00 AM CST | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Sw Bratt, FL | RIGBY ROAD CLOSED DUE TO WATER COVERING THE ROAD. |
| Jan 21, 3:00 AM CST | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Sw Oak Grove, FL | LAMBERT BRIDGE ROAD CLOSED DUE TO WATER COVERING THE ROAD |
| Jan 21, 3:00 AM CST | FLASH FLOOD | 4 Sw Walnut Hill, FL | OC PHILLIPS ROAD CLOSED DUE TO WATER COVERING THE ROAD |
| Jan 21, 4:00 AM CST | FLASH FLOOD | 5 Wsw Berrydale, FL | WALLING ROAD CLOSED DUE TO WATER OVER JONES BRIDGE |
| Jan 21, 4:00 AM CST | FLASH FLOOD | 6 Ssw Munson, FL | RED ROCK ROAD CLOSED DUE TO WATER COVERING 3 BRIDGES |
| Jan 21, 4:00 AM CST | FLASH FLOOD | Chumuckla, FL | THOMAS CREEK OUT OF BANKS |
| Jan 21, 4:00 AM CST | FLASH FLOOD | Munson, FL | JUNIPER CREEK OUT OF BANKS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL (KVPS), launched 00:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 81 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
- 626 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 190 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 244 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
530
WGUS54 KMOB 210629
FFWMOB
ALC003-053-FLC033-113-211230-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0005.100121T0629Z-100121T1230Z/
/00000.0.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1229 AM CST THU JAN 21 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
SANTA ROSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 630 AM CST
* AT 1225 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY
HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
APPLETON TO MCDAVID TO LOXLEY...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
* THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE NEAR...
ROSINTON AND POLLARD BY 1235 AM CST...
KEEGO BY 1240 AM CST...
KIRKLAND...EAST BREWTON...BREWTON AND JAY BY 1245 AM CST...
ROCK HILL AND DIXONVILLE BY 1255 AM CST...
BOYKIN BY 105 AM CST...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE LOCALLY IN
THE WARNED AREA.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
TO REPORT FLASH FLOODING TO YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...CALL TOLL
FREE AT 1 8 7 7 6 3 3 6 7 7 2.
LAT...LON 3059 8790 3114 8792 3127 8696 3127 8676
3121 8677 3119 8673 3120 8671 3100 8674
3100 8678 3066 8679
$$1 follow-up statement
631
WGUS74 KMOB 211148
FFSMOB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
548 AM CST THU JAN 21 2010
ALC003-053-FLC033-113-211230-
/O.CON.KMOB.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-100121T1230Z/
/00000.0.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ESCAMBIA AL-BALDWIN AL-ESCAMBIA FL-SANTA ROSA FL-
548 AM CST THU JAN 21 2010
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 AM CST FOR SANTA
ROSA...NORTHERN ESCAMBIA...CENTRAL BALDWIN AND ESCAMBIA COUNTIES...
THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE 630 AM CST. THE
LATEST THINKING IS THAT WITH LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OFF TO THE
EAST OVER THE WARNED AREA THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING HAS
DIMINISHED. INUNDATION MAY STILL EXIST AND RIVER FLOODING IS LIKELY
IN THE AFTERMATH OF THIS EVENT LOCALLY. PLEASE REFER TO RIVER
PRODUCTS (PRODUCT ID = BHMRVSMOB) FOR THE LATEST ON ANY SPECIFIC
RIVER OR SEE THE AHPS PAGE ON OUR LOCAL WEB SITE AT
HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MOB.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPORT FLASH FLOODING TO YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...CALL TOLL
FREE AT 1 8 7 7 6 3 3 6 7 7 2.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CST THURSDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3059 8790 3114 8792 3127 8696 3127 8676
3121 8677 3119 8673 3120 8671 3100 8674
3100 8678 3066 8679
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 20, 9:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia | 52 min |
| Jan 20, 10:13 PM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 3 days |
| Jan 20, 10:13 PM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 68 hr |
| Jan 20, 10:13 PM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 26 days |
| Jan 20, 10:13 PM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 5 days |
| Jan 20, 10:32 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 118 min |
| Jan 20, 10:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Santa Rosa | 42 min |
| Jan 21, 5:55 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 6 hr |
| Jan 21, 6:31 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 62 hr |
| Jan 21, 9:45 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 55 hr |
| Jan 21, 9:45 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 26 hr |
| Jan 21, 9:45 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 10 hr |
| Jan 21, 5:18 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | 7 hr | |
| Jan 20, 7:05 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 55 min | |
| Jan 20, 7:42 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Mobile | 3 hr |
| Jan 20, 8:02 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 58 min | |
| Jan 20, 8:21 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 114 min |
| Jan 20, 9:29 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 46 min | |
| Jan 20, 9:30 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 2 hr |
| Jan 20, 11:30 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 2 hr |
| Jan 21, 2:49 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Escambia, Monroe | 41 min |
| Jan 21, 5:33 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 117 min | |
| Jan 21, 9:45 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 35 hr |
| Jan 21, 9:45 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Covington, Escambia | 49 hr |
| Jan 21, 11:29 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 21 hr |
| Jan 21, 11:29 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 24 hr |
| Jan 21, 5:20 PM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | 5 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.