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Flash Flood Warning 15, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Jun 9, 2012, 9:56 AM CDT for Escambia County, Florida. It was in force for 4 hr. 2 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
- Jun 9, 2012, 9:56 AM CDT (14:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 2012, 2:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Escambia County, FL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:58 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 10:02 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Perdido Bay, FL | SEVERAL ROADS FLOODED WITH WATER STARTING TO GET INTO HOUSES. |
| Jun 9, 10:50 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 Nw Pensacola Naval Ba, FL | WATER RUNNING THROUGH HOMES ON EL MATADOR TRAIL. |
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 12:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 229 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
- 1279 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 503 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
581
WGUS54 KMOB 091456
FFWMOB
FLC033-091900-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0015.120609T1456Z-120609T1900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
956 AM CDT SAT JUN 9 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 200 PM CDT
* AT 955 AM CDT...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS INDICATED OVER THE WARNED
AREA AND RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS
OCCURRED OVER THE PAST HOUR. THIS WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING
IN THE WARNED AREA.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WARRINGTON... MYRTLE GROVE...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
NEVER TRY TO CROSS OR PLAY IN AN URBAN SPILLWAY OR FLOWING CREEK...
EVEN A SMALL ONE. URBAN FLASH FLOODING IS A MAJOR KILLER.
TO REPORT FLOODING...CALL (800) 284-9059.
&&
LAT...LON 3029 8747 3043 8738 3043 8734 3041 8720
3039 8721 3038 8726 3033 8727 3032 8726
3030 8727 3032 8731 3029 8742
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 7:56 PM CDT | Rip Current Statement | MOB | 23 hr | |
| Jun 9, 11:31 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 4 hr |
| Jun 9, 1:23 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Santa Rosa | 3 hr |
| Jun 9, 2:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 4 hr |
| Jun 9, 3:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MOB | 37 hr | |
| Jun 9, 3:23 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 6 hr |
| Jun 9, 4:33 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 117 min |
| Jun 9, 6:13 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 12 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.