Alert archive / Florida / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 23, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Jul 6, 2012, 7:01 AM CDT for Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 119 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 6, 2012, 7:01 AM CDT (12:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2012, 9:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 119 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Santa Rosa County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 250 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
- 1800 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 922 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
493
WGUS54 KMOB 061201
FFWMOB
FLC113-061400-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0023.120706T1201Z-120706T1400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
701 AM CDT FRI JUL 6 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 900 AM CDT
* AT 652 AM CDT...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS INDICATED OVER EXTREME
SOUTHERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY. BROADCAST MEDIA REPORTS WATERING
ENTERING INTO BUSINESSES 3 MILES EAST OF TIGER POINT. RADAR
ESTIMATES SHOW 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED OVER
THE PAST HOUR AND AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE OVER
THE NEXT HOUR. THIS WILL LIKELY CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING
IN THE WARNED AREA.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MIDWAY... WOODLAWN BEACH... TIGER POINT...
ORIOLE BEACH... GULF BREEZE...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 3036 8721 3038 8716 3037 8715 3038 8714
3041 8708 3040 8706 3042 8699 3045 8695
3039 8692 3037 8709 3034 8718
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 4:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 43 min |
| Jul 6, 5:24 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Santa Rosa | 66 min |
| Jul 6, 6:24 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 2 hr |
| Jul 6, 6:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 51 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.