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Flash Flood Warning 30, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Jul 5, 2013, 1:45 PM CDT for Okaloosa County, 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, 1:45 PM CDT (18:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2013, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:48 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 3:30 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 E Destin, FL | FLOODING IN DESTIN DOG PARK. |
| Jul 5, 3:30 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Ene Destin, FL | FLOODING IN INDIAN BAYOU. WATER UP TO BUMPER OF CARS. PHOTOS RECEIVED OF RESIDENTS PADDLEBOARDING THROUGH STREET. |
| Jul 5, 3:30 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 E Destin, FL | INTERSECTION OF HWY 98 AND CRYSTAL BEACH DRIVE IS FLOODED. DISABLED VEHICLES DUE TO WATER. |
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, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 214 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
166
WGUS54 KMOB 051845
FFWMOB
FLC091-113-060045-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0030.130705T1845Z-130706T0045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
145 PM CDT FRI JUL 5 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN OKALOOSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
SOUTHEASTERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 745 PM CDT
* AT 140 PM CDT...NUMEROUS STORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE
MOVING INTO AND ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES
SHOW THAT THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HIGH RAINFALL RATES WHICH
WILL LIKELY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER THE
NEXT 2 TO 3 HOURS WILL BE AS HIGH AS 6 INCHES IN SOME LOCATIONS.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OCEAN CITY... FORT WALTON BEACH... SHALIMAR...
LAKE LORRAINE... CINCO BAYOU... WRIGHT...
VALPARAISO... NICEVILLE... MARY ESTHER...
LAT...LON 3039 8667 3038 8679 3066 8686 3066 8638
3045 8639 3044 8642 3048 8646 3045 8649
3042 8659 3040 8658 3040 8653 3042 8649
3042 8644 3041 8640 3038 8639 3037 8651
$$1 follow-up statement
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WGUS74 KMOB 052135
FFSMOB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
435 PM CDT FRI JUL 5 2013
FLC091-113-060045-
/O.CON.KMOB.FF.W.0030.000000T0000Z-130706T0045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
OKALOOSA FL-SANTA ROSA FL-
435 PM CDT FRI JUL 5 2013
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL SANTA ROSA AND SOUTHERN OKALOOSA COUNTIES...
AT 356 PM CDT...OKALOOSA COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLASH
FLOODING ON SANTA ROSA BOULEVARD AT STARFISH AND SEAHORSE AVENUES ON
OKALOOSA ISLAND. THIS INTERSECTION WAS REPORTED TO BE NEARLY
COMPLETELY SUBMERGED WITH WATER.
AT 435 PM CDT...A LARGE AREA OF RAIN CONTINUED TO MOVE NORTHWARD
OVER SANTA ROSA AND SOUTHERN OKALOOSA COUNTIES. MANY LOCATIONS HAVE
RECEIVED BETWEEN 6 TO 9 INCHES OF STORM TOTAL RAINFALL...AND
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS OVER ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS WILL CONTINUE
TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OCEAN CITY... FORT WALTON BEACH... SHALIMAR...
LAKE LORRAINE... CINCO BAYOU... WRIGHT...
VALPARAISO... NICEVILLE... MARY ESTHER...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. SEEK
HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK INTO AREAS WHERE
WATER CROSSES A ROAD. TURN AROUND - DON'T DROWN!
&&
LAT...LON 3039 8667 3038 8679 3066 8686 3066 8638
3045 8639 3044 8642 3048 8646 3045 8649
3042 8659 3040 8658 3040 8653 3042 8649
3042 8644 3041 8640 3038 8639 3037 8651
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 9:17 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Escambia | 118 min |
| Jul 5, 11:08 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 12 hr |
| Jul 5, 11:11 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 6 hr |
| Jul 5, 11:22 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Santa Rosa | 113 min |
| Jul 5, 11:40 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Santa Rosa | 12 hr |
| Jul 5, 12:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Santa Rosa | 6 hr |
| Jul 5, 12:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 44 min |
| Jul 5, 1:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 47 min |
| Jul 5, 1:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 31 min |
| Jul 5, 5:16 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 12 hr |
| Jul 5, 6:21 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Santa Rosa | 6 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.