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Areal Flood Warning 19, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this areal flood warning at May 14, 2014, 7:09 PM CDT for 4 counties in Alabama; Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 14, 2014, 7:09 PM CDT (00:09 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 2014, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Butler County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Covington County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Escambia County, FL, Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:08 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 279 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1088 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this areal flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Mobile, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this areal flood warning went out at May 14, 6:43 PM CDT, 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 14, 6:43 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 14, 5:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 540 PM CDT WED MAY 14 2014 ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-152300- CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE- LOWER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-WAYNE-PERRY- GREENE-STONE-GEORGE- 540 PM CDT WED MAY 14 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A HIGH RISK OF DEADLY RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE CONTINUES. A COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO PUSH EAST ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF COAST TONIGHT...BRINGING AN END TO THE HEAVY RAIN ONCE IT PASSES THROUGH. SEVERAL AREA RIVERS...SOUTHEAST OF INTERSTATE 65...HAVE ELEVATED STAGES DUE TO RECENT HEAVY RAINS. SEE THE LATEST RIVER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS FOR SPECIFIC RIVER INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THERE WILL BE A MODERATE TO HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE COASTAL BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE THURSDAY...THEN A LOWER RISK OF RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED FOR MOST OF THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF SKYWARN SEVERE STORM SPOTTER NETWORKS IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE REQUIRED. GMZ630>635-650-655-670-675-152300- NORTHERN MOBILE BAY-SOUTHERN MOBILE BAY-MISSISSIPPI SOUND- PERDIDO BAY-PENSACOLA BAY SYSTEM-CHOCTAWHATCHEE BAY- COASTAL WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS FROM 20 TO 60 NM-WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 540 PM CDT WED MAY 14 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT INCREASING WINDS AND SEAS EXPECTED WITH A WIND SHIFT ASSOCIATED WITH A FRONTAL PASSAGE TONIGHT. A STRONG OFFSHORE FLOW AND BUILDING SEAS IS FORECAST LATE TONIGHT RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS OPERATING CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES REMAIN IN EFFECT AS STRONG OFFSHORE FLOW IS FORECAST TO PERSIST THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING EAST ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF. HIGH SEAS CONTINUE. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER FORECAST FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 14, 2:45 PM CDT, 4 hours 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
245 PM CDT WED MAY 14 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0230 PM FLASH FLOOD 5 SE FAIRHOPE 30.47N 87.84W
05/14/2014 BALDWIN AL LAW ENFORCEMENT
WATER OVER THE ROAD AT AL 181 AND CR 32 AND NEAR AL 104.
WATER OVER THE ROAD AT FAIRHOPE AVE NEAR THE SCHOOL
0230 PM FLASH FLOOD 3 S MAGNOLIA SPRINGS 30.36N 87.77W
05/14/2014 BALDWIN AL PUBLIC
WATER COVERING THE ROAD IN 2 AREAS ALONG CR 49 CLOSE TO
CR 12.
&&
MBLocal storm report, May 14, 5:02 PM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
502 PM CDT WED MAY 14 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0400 PM FLASH FLOOD ATMORE 31.02N 87.49W
05/14/2014 ESCAMBIA AL EMERGENCY MNGR
ESCAMBIA EMA REPORTS SEVERAL STREETS FLOODED AND CLOSED
IN ATMORE
0400 PM FLASH FLOOD FLOMATON 31.01N 87.26W
05/14/2014 ESCAMBIA AL EMERGENCY MNGR
ESCAMBIA EMA REPORTS SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED IN AND AROUND
FLOMATON
&&
JFBLocal storm report, May 14, 5:04 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
504 PM CDT WED MAY 14 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0500 PM FLASH FLOOD RIVER FALLS 31.35N 86.54W
05/14/2014 COVINGTON AL EMERGENCY MNGR
SEVERAL ROADS FLOODED AND CLOSED IN THE RIVER FALLS AND
RED LEVEL AREAS OF WESTERN COVINGTON COUNTY
&&
JFBLocal storm report, May 14, 5:05 PM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
505 PM CDT WED MAY 14 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0500 PM FLASH FLOOD RIVER FALLS 31.35N 86.54W
05/14/2014 COVINGTON AL BROADCAST MEDIA
SEVERAL ROADS FLOODED AND CLOSED IN THE RIVER FALLS AND
RED LEVEL AREAS OF WESTERN COVINGTON COUNTY. RELAYED BY
WSFA
&&
JFBLocal storm report, May 14, 5:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
559 PM CDT WED MAY 14 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0500 PM FLASH FLOOD FLOMATON 31.01N 87.26W
05/14/2014 ESCAMBIA AL NEWSPAPER
HIGHWAY 31 AT FLOMATON HIGH SCHOOL IS CLOSED WITH WATER
ENTERING SOME STRUCTURES.
&&
JFBLocal storm report, May 14, 6:48 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
648 PM CDT WED MAY 14 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0545 PM FLASH FLOOD 1 N BROOKLYN 31.28N 86.77W
05/14/2014 CONECUH AL 911 CALL CENTER
BRIDGE WASHED OUT ON CALLOWAY ROAD. 4 OTHER COUNTY ROADS
IN EASTERN CONECUH COUNTY ARE CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
0545 PM FLASH FLOOD EVERGREEN 31.43N 86.95W
05/14/2014 CONECUH AL 911 CALL CENTER
3 ROADS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING IN THE CITY OF EVERGREEN
&&
JFBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 9:34 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 42 hr |
| May 14, 9:34 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Covington, Escambia | 3 days |
| May 15, 12:05 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | MOB | Covington, Escambia | 7 hr |
Nearby
Areal Flood Warnings in Alabama, 2014Areal Flood Warnings in Florida, 2014Every areal flood warning in 2014
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.