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Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Jun 9, 2012, 11:31 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, 11:31 AM CDT (16:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 2012, 3:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Emergency
- Flash flood emergency
- Flood severity
- None
County Escambia County, FL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:30 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, 1:15 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Pensacola, FL | WATER ENTERING 1ST FLOOR OF BAPTIST HOSPITAL. ALSO NUMEROUS AREA ROADS FLOODED. |
| Jun 9, 2:33 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Pensacola, FL | NUMEROUS ROADS AND BUSINESSES FLOODED IN THE PENSACOLA AREA INCLUDING DOWNTOWN PENSACOLA AROUND PALAFOX. PENSACOLA REGIONAL AIRPORT HAS RECEIVED 11.12 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE MIDNIGHT |
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, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 225 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.
927
WGUS54 KMOB 091631
FFWMOB
FLC033-092030-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0016.120609T1631Z-120609T2030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1131 AM CDT SAT JUN 9 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 330 PM CDT
* AT 1130 AM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED
WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA AND RADAR ESTIMATES
SHOW STORM RAINFALL TOTALS OF 6 TO 13 INCHES HAD FALLEN ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING IN THE
WARNED AREA.
THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN PORTIONS
OF ESCAMBIA COUNTY FLORIDA.
* LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND FIRST RESPONDERS ARE CONDUCTING WATER
RESCUES IN THE WARRINGTON...MYRTLE GROVE AND PERDIDO PARK AREAS.
THIS IS AN EXTREME EVENT...NOT A TYPICAL FLASH FLOOD.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WEST PENSACOLA... WARRINGTON... PENSACOLA...
MYRTLE GROVE... GOULDING... BRENT...
BELLVIEW...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING FLOODING SITUATION. YOU
SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL. STAY HOME UNLESS YOU ARE FORCED TO
EVACUATE TO HIGHER GROUND.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. SEEK
HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK INTO AREAS WHERE
WATER CROSSES A ROAD. TURN AROUND - DON'T DROWN!
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 3028 8753 3032 8751 3032 8745 3035 8743
3036 8745 3041 8743 3042 8736 3044 8735
3045 8741 3046 8741 3049 8717 3040 8720
3038 8726 3033 8727 3033 8723 3031 8723
3032 8731
$$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, 9:56 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 |
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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.