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Flash Flood Warning 38, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Jul 22, 2013, 8:10 PM CDT for Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report 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 22, 2013, 8:10 PM CDT (01:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 2013, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 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), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:11 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 22, 8:21 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Navarre, FL | WATER KNEE DEEP IN A HOUSE ON AURORA DR IN HOLLEY BY THE SEA. |
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 00:00Z, 1.2 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
- 40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -122 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 715 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -22 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
318
WGUS54 KMOB 230110
FFWMOB
FLC113-230415-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0038.130723T0110Z-130723T0415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
810 PM CDT MON JUL 22 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT
* AT 806 PM CDT...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS INDICATED OVER THE WARNED
AREA AND RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS
OCCURRED OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS WHICH HAS RESULTED IN PONDING OF
WATER OVER ROADWAYS AND MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE MOVING INTO THE AREA WHICH WILL
BRING HEAVY RAINS TO ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS. THIS WILL LIKELY
CAUSE FLASH FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NAVARRE BEACH... HOLLEY... NAVARRE...
LAT...LON 3038 8691 3039 8690 3039 8696 3039 8699
3043 8698 3045 8695 3047 8697 3042 8680
3040 8679 3038 8680 3037 8688
$$2 follow-up statements
969
WGUS74 KMOB 230309
FFSMOB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1009 PM CDT MON JUL 22 2013
FLC113-230415-
/O.CON.KMOB.FF.W.0038.000000T0000Z-130723T0415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SANTA ROSA FL-
1009 PM CDT MON JUL 22 2013
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY...
AT 1002 PM CDT...WATER KNEE DEEP HAS BEEN REPORTED IN A HOUSE ON
AURORA DRIVE IN HOLLEY BY THE SEA. LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE
RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH DURING THE
REMAINDER OF THE WARNING. WHILE THE RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING IS
DIMINISHING...AN EXTENSION TO THE WARNING MAY BE NECESSARY TO ALLOW
FOR THE FLOOD WATERS TO FULLY RECEDE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NAVARRE BEACH... HOLLEY... NAVARRE...
LAT...LON 3038 8691 3039 8690 3039 8696 3039 8699
3043 8698 3045 8695 3047 8697 3042 8680
3040 8679 3038 8680 3037 8688
$$087
WGUS74 KMOB 230416
FFSMOB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1116 PM CDT MON JUL 22 2013
FLC113-230422-
/O.EXP.KMOB.FF.W.0038.000000T0000Z-130723T0415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SANTA ROSA FL-
1116 PM CDT MON JUL 22 2013
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 1115 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY...
AT 1114 PM CDT...THE HEAVY RAINFALL THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR
SOUTHEASTERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY HAS ENDED...THUS THE FLASH FLOOD
WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 1115 PM CDT. HOWEVER...PONDING
OF WATER MAY STILL BE ENCOUNTERED OVER ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY THE
INTERSECTION OF ORTEGA STREET AND ONICH DRIVE IN NAVARRE.
LAT...LON 3038 8691 3039 8690 3039 8696 3039 8699
3043 8698 3045 8695 3047 8697 3042 8680
3040 8679 3038 8680 3037 8688
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 7:41 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 2 hr |
| Jul 23, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 42 min |
| Jul 23, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 63 min |
| Jul 23, 6:34 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 116 min |
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.