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Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Jun 9, 2012, 2:07 PM CDT for Escambia County, Santa Rosa 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, 2:07 PM CDT (19:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 2012, 6:14 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Emergency
- Flash flood emergency
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Escambia County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:07 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, 3:25 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Gulf Breeze, FL | REDWOOD DRIVE, RAMBLEWOOD CIR, MAPLEWOOD DRIVE ALL CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. RESIDENTIAL FLOODING HAS OCCURRED ON RAMBLEWOOD AND CIRCLE DRIVES. |
| Jun 9, 5:09 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Warrington, FL | 100 PEOPLE HAD TO BE EVACUATED FROM AN APPARTMENT COMPLEX EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON IN WARRINGTON. |
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, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 244 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.
396
WGUS54 KMOB 091907
FFWMOB
FLC033-113-100100-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0018.120609T1907Z-120610T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
207 PM CDT SAT JUN 9 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
SOUTHERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT
* AT 156 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED LIFE
THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES
THAT RAINFALL TOTALS OF 6 TO 14 INCHES HAVE FALLEN ACROSS THE
EXTREME SOUTHERN ESCAMBIA AND SANTA ROSA COUNTIES...WITH THE
HIGHEST TOTALS OVER SOUTHEASTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY. ADDITIONAL HEAVY
RAIN WILL MOVE IN FROM THE GULF AND MEXICO OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL
HOURS AND PRODUCE HOURLY RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES AT
TIMES. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS FLASH
FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA.
THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR THE ENTIRE WARNED AREA!
* LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND FIRST RESPONDERS ARE CONDUCTING WATER
RESCUES IN THE WARRINGTON...MYRTLE GROVE AND PERDIDO PARK AREAS.
IN ADDITION...WATER IS MOVING INTO HOMES IN GULF BREEZE AT
CIRCLE DRIVE AND RAMBLEWOOD DRIVE. THIS IS AN EXTREME EVENT...NOT
A TYPICAL FLASH FLOOD.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PENSACOLA... TIGER POINT... PEA RIDGE...
GULF BREEZE... MIDWAY... GARCON POINT...
FLORIDATOWN... EAST MILTON... DICKERSON CITY...
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!
&&
LAT...LON 3043 8735 3056 8742 3063 8690 3039 8691
3036 8692 3036 8720 3036 8721 3045 8695
3054 8703 3044 8710 3057 8717 3033 8726
3032 8721 3029 8750
$$1 follow-up statement
145
WGUS74 KMOB 092314
FFSMOB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
614 PM CDT SAT JUN 9 2012
FLC033-113-092323-
/O.CAN.KMOB.FF.W.0018.000000T0000Z-120610T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SANTA ROSA FL-ESCAMBIA FL-
614 PM CDT SAT JUN 9 2012
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SOUTHEASTERN
ESCAMBIA AND SOUTHERN SANTA ROSA COUNTIES...
AT 610 PM CDT...THE HEAVY RAINFALL THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR
SOUTHEASTERN ESCAMBIA AND SOUTHERN SANTA ROSA COUNTIES HAS
ENDED...THUS THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. WHILE THE
THREAT OF RAPIDLY RISING WATER HAS DECREASED SINCE THE HEAVY
RAIN HAS TEMPORARILY ENDED...FLOODING OF ROADS...LOW LYING AND POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS WILL CONTINUE AS LOCAL CREEKS AND STREAMS CONTINUE TO
RISE OR CREST. THEREFORE...AN AREAL FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED
UNTIL 615 AM. THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING WILL INCREASE AGAIN LATE
TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING AS ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL MOVES INTO
THE AREA. FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED AS NECESSARY FOR
EXPECTED RAPID WATER RISES.
LAT...LON 3043 8735 3056 8742 3063 8690 3039 8691
3036 8692 3036 8720 3036 8721 3045 8695
3054 8703 3044 8710 3057 8717 3033 8726
3032 8721 3029 8750
$$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, 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, 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.