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Flash Flood Warning 15, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Apr 14, 2014, 8:48 PM CDT for Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 117 min. 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
- Apr 14, 2014, 8:48 PM CDT (01:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 14, 2014, 10:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 117 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Escambia County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:49 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 9:25 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Wnw Molino, FL | INTERSECTION OF HWY 29 AND HWY 97 CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 287 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
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -142 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 840 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
419
WGUS54 KMOB 150148
FFWMOB
FLC033-113-150345-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0015.140415T0148Z-140415T0345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
848 PM CDT MON APR 14 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
NORTHWESTERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT
* AT 847 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER
THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS
FALLEN OVER THE PAST HOUR AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS WILL SPREAD
OVER THE WARNED AREA DURING THE NEXT HOUR. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL
LIKELY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WHITFIELD... PINE LEVEL... WHITING FIELD...
POINT BAKER... JAY... MOLINO...
GONZALEZ... CANTONMENT...
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!
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 3049 8743 3052 8745 3058 8741 3060 8741
3061 8740 3066 8740 3068 8741 3074 8753
3078 8754 3082 8759 3098 8711 3074 8691
3047 8743
$$1 follow-up statement
317
WGUS74 KMOB 150323
FFSMOB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1023 PM CDT MON APR 14 2014
FLC033-113-150345-
/O.CON.KMOB.FF.W.0015.000000T0000Z-140415T0345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SANTA ROSA FL-ESCAMBIA FL-
1023 PM CDT MON APR 14 2014
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CDT FOR
CENTRAL ESCAMBIA AND NORTHWESTERN SANTA ROSA COUNTIES...
LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS THAT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAYS 29 AND 97
NEAR MOLINO WERE CLOSED DUE TO FLASH FLOODING.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 3 TO 5 INCHES
OF RAIN WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OVER 6 INCHES HAS FALLEN OVER THE
WARNED AREA THIS EVENING. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINS WILL
LIKELY CAUSE CONTINUED FLASH FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WHITFIELD... PINE LEVEL... WHITING FIELD...
POINT BAKER... JAY... MOLINO...
GONZALEZ... CANTONMENT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. SEEK
HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK INTO AREAS WHERE
WATER CROSSES A ROAD. TURN AROUND - DON'T DROWN!
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 3049 8743 3052 8745 3058 8741 3060 8741
3061 8740 3066 8740 3068 8741 3074 8753
3078 8754 3082 8759 3098 8711 3074 8691
3047 8743
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 62 min |
| Apr 14, 8:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 55 min |
| Apr 14, 10:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 3 hr |
| Apr 14, 10:45 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 6 hr |
| Apr 14, 10:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 3 hr |
| Apr 15, 1:09 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 6 hr |
| Apr 15, 1:46 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 6 hr |
| Apr 15, 2:08 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 65 hr |
| Apr 15, 4:49 AM CDT | Freeze Watch | MOB | 9 hr | |
| Apr 15, 4:49 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | MOB | 13 hr | |
| Apr 15, 9:30 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 14 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.