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Flash Flood Warning 29, NWS Mobile, AL

July 5, 2013Santa Rosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Jul 5, 2013, 12:22 PM CDT for Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 6 hr. 3 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
Jul 5, 2013, 12:22 PM CDT (17:22 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 2013, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Santa Rosa County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:25 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 5, 2:29 PM CDTFLASH FLOODNavarre, FLNOTIFIED BY THE SANTA ROSA 911 CALL CENTER THEY WERE CLOSING ONICH,SHIPTON AND ORTEGA STREETS DUE TO FLOODING.
Jul 5, 4:58 PM CDTFLASH FLOOD1 W Navarre, FLNORTHBOUND LANE OF SUNRISE DR AT HWY 98 AT THE ENTRANCE TO HOLLEY BY THE SEA IS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
Jul 5, 4:58 PM CDTFLASH FLOOD2 E Navarre, FLAVENIDA DEL SOL IS FLOODED IN NAVARRE.

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 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 259 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2013-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 349 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2013-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 98 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
349 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
729 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
98 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
161 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

994 
WGUS54 KMOB 051722
FFWMOB
FLC113-052315-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0029.130705T1722Z-130705T2315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1222 PM CDT FRI JUL 5 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 1219 PM CDT...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS INDICATED OVER THE WARNED
  AREA AND RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS
  OCCURRED OVER THE PAST HOUR. THIS WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING
  IN THE WARNED AREA.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PEA RIDGE...          MULAT...              HOLLEY...
  FLORIDATOWN...        PACE...               NAVARRE...
  MILTON...             BAGDAD...

LAT...LON 3040 8697 3042 8699 3045 8695 3050 8703
      3054 8702 3054 8703 3048 8705 3047 8705
      3064 8724 3067 8686 3041 8680

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 9:17 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBEscambia118 min
Jul 5, 11:08 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningMOBOkaloosa12 hr
Jul 5, 11:11 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBEscambia6 hr
Jul 5, 11:22 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBSanta Rosa113 min
Jul 5, 11:40 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningMOBSanta Rosa12 hr
Jul 5, 12:31 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBOkaloosa44 min
Jul 5, 1:13 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBOkaloosa47 min
Jul 5, 1:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBOkaloosa, Santa Rosa6 hr
Jul 5, 1:59 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBOkaloosa31 min
Jul 5, 5:16 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningMOBEscambia12 hr
Jul 5, 6:21 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningMOBSanta Rosa6 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.