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Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Apr 14, 2014, 10:06 PM CDT for Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 14, 2014, 10:06 PM CDT (03:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 2014, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Escambia County, FL, Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:07 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, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 272 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
- 127 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -66 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 840 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
827
WGUS54 KMOB 150306
FFWMOB
FLC033-091-113-150600-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0017.140415T0306Z-140415T0600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1006 PM CDT MON APR 14 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
WESTERN OKALOOSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
SANTA ROSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 100 AM CDT
* AT 1004 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER
MUCH OF SOUTHEASTERN ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA...AND WESTERN OKALOOSA
COUNTIES. RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN
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...
PENSACOLA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT... ROEVILLE...
PEA RIDGE... MULAT... HOLLEY...
FLORIDATOWN... PACE... MILTON...
BAGDAD...
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 3032 8745 3043 8735 3048 8741 3076 8691
3100 8713 3099 8656 3051 8663 3042 8698
3045 8695 3054 8703 3040 8707 3039 8711
3050 8710 3057 8717 3038 8712 3042 8717
3037 8717 3039 8723 3035 8727 3029 8755
$$1 follow-up statement
656
WGUS74 KMOB 150600
FFSMOB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
100 AM CDT TUE APR 15 2014
FLC033-091-113-150608-
/O.EXP.KMOB.FF.W.0017.000000T0000Z-140415T0600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
OKALOOSA FL-SANTA ROSA FL-ESCAMBIA FL-
100 AM CDT TUE APR 15 2014
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE FOR
SOUTHEASTERN ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA AND WESTERN OKALOOSA
COUNTIES...BUT WILL BE REPLACED WITH AN AREAL FLOOD WARNING...
AT 1253 AM CDT...THE HEAVY RAINFALL THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR
SOUTHEASTERN ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA AND WESTERN OKALOOSA COUNTIES HAS
SUBSIDED SUFFICIENTLY THAT THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING HAS ENDED.
HOWEVER...A NEW AREAL FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ISSUED WILL COVER MUCH
OF THE WARNED AREA TO ALLOW FOR POOR DRAINAGE AREAS TO DRAIN.
IF YOU ARE IN DANGER FROM THE FLOOD WATERS AND NEED RESCUE ASSISTANCE
CALL 911. TO REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CALL
(800) 284-9059.
LAT...LON 3032 8745 3043 8735 3048 8741 3076 8691
3100 8713 3099 8656 3051 8663 3042 8698
3045 8695 3054 8703 3040 8707 3039 8711
3050 8710 3057 8717 3038 8712 3042 8717
3037 8717 3039 8723 3035 8727 3029 8755
$$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, 8:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 117 min |
| Apr 14, 8:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 55 min |
| 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 |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.