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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Feb 5, 2010, 3:08 AM CST for Okaloosa County, Florida. It was in force for 112 min. 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
- Feb 5, 2010, 3:08 AM CST (09:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 5, 2010, 5:00 AM CST
- In force
- 112 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Okaloosa County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 3:30 AM CST | FLASH FLOOD | Crestview, FL | NUMEROUS REPORTS OF ROAD CLOSURES DUE TO FLOODING IN OKALOOSA COUNTY AROUND THE CRESTVIEW AREA FROM 0330 THROUGH 0500... ADAMS ROAD, BARNES ROAD, OKALOOSA LANE, FAIRCHILD ROAD, DAIRY ROAD... |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 221 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
- 853 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 74 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 352 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 684 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
629
WGUS54 KMOB 050908
FFWMOB
FLC091-051100-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0009.100205T0908Z-100205T1100Z/
/00000.0.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
308 AM CST FRI FEB 5 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN OKALOOSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CRESTVIEW...
* UNTIL 500 AM CST
* AT 303 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A BROAD
AREA OF HEAVY RAINS WHICH HAVE CONTINUED TO FALL OVER NORTHERN
OKALOOSA COUNTY OVER THE LAST THREE HOURS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER
THE LAST THREE HOURS TOTAL AS MUCH AS BETWEEN 2.5 TO 3 INCHES
AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS AROUND ONE INCH OVER THE NEXT
HOUR WILL RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING OVER NORTHERN OKALOOSA COUNTY.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PEADEN...
DORCAS...CANNON TOWN AND BAKER
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.
LAT...LON 3070 8653 3060 8672 3078 8677 3087 8674
3095 8648 3078 8638 3075 8638
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 4, 11:20 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Escambia | 115 min |
| Feb 5, 12:36 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 114 min |
| Feb 5, 2:22 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 113 min |
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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.