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Flash Flood Warning 31, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at May 14, 2014, 9:48 AM CDT for Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; Conecuh County, Covington County, Escambia County, Alabama. It was in force for 6 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
- May 14, 2014, 9:48 AM CDT (14:48 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 2014, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties 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), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:51 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 11:10 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 Nw Whiting Field, FL | ALLENTOWN RD WEST OF HAWSEY LANE CLOSED DUE TO WATER OVER THE ROAD. |
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, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 252 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
- 501 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -85 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 711 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
134
WGUS54 KMOB 141448
FFWMOB
ALC035-039-053-FLC033-091-113-142045-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0031.140514T1448Z-140514T2045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
948 AM CDT WED MAY 14 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
OKALOOSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
SANTA ROSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
SOUTHEASTERN CONECUH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
WESTERN COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
EASTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 345 PM CDT
* AT 938 AM CDT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL
WERE INDICATED OVER THE WARNED AREA AND RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW 2 TO
3 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED OVER THE PAST THREE HOURS. ONE
TO TWO INCH PER HOUR RAINFALL RATES AREA OCCURRING AS WELL.
ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING AND WILL MOVE OVER THE
SAME AREAS THIS MORNING AND INTO THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WILL LIKELY
CAUSE FLASH FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WHITFIELD... MIDWAY... OCEAN CITY...
FORT WALTON BEACH... PINE LEVEL... WOODLAWN BEACH...
WHITING FIELD... TIGER POINT... ROEVILLE...
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 3037 8719 3045 8695 3054 8703 3044 8707
3047 8715 3042 8718 3052 8716 3047 8710
3057 8716 3156 8715 3153 8641 3045 8641
3048 8646 3042 8659 3038 8641 3038 8681
3032 8720
$$1 follow-up statement
092
WGUS74 KMOB 141802
FFSMOB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
102 PM CDT WED MAY 14 2014
FLC033-091-113-141809-
/O.CAN.KMOB.FF.W.0031.000000T0000Z-140514T2045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
OKALOOSA FL-SANTA ROSA FL-ESCAMBIA FL-
102 PM CDT WED MAY 14 2014
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR EXTREME
SOUTHEASTERN ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA AND OKALOOSA COUNTIES...
AT 1256 PM CDT...THE HEAVY RAINFALL THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR
EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA AND OKALOOSA COUNTIES HAS
MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY...THUS THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED. HOWEVER...PONDING OF WATER MAY STILL BE ENCOUNTERED.
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS DEVELOPING WELL TO THE WEST OF THE AREA.
ADDITIONAL WARNINGS MAY BE REQUIRED LATER THIS AFTERNOON AS THIS
ACTIVITY MOVES EAST.
LAT...LON 3100 8715 3155 8715 3155 8687 3152 8681
3152 8641 3099 8641
$$
ALC035-039-053-142045-
/O.CON.KMOB.FF.W.0031.000000T0000Z-140514T2045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CONECUH AL-COVINGTON AL-ESCAMBIA AL-
102 PM CDT WED MAY 14 2014
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR
EASTERN ESCAMBIA...WESTERN COVINGTON AND SOUTHEASTERN CONECUH
COUNTIES...
AT 1256 PM CDT...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS INDICATED OVER THE WARNED
AREA AND RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED
OVER THE PAST HOUR OVER EASTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY AND FAR SOUTHEASTERN
CONECUH COUNTY. 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE LAST 3
HOURS IN MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA. THE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL
WILL LIKELY CAUSE CONTINUED FLASH FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
I65 AND US 84... I65 AND CR 6... I65 AND CR 29...
I65 AND AL 83... EVERGREEN... CASTLEBERRY...
RIVER FALLS... RED LEVEL... LIBERTYVILLE...
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 3100 8715 3155 8715 3155 8687 3152 8681
3152 8641 3099 8641
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 4:16 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MOB | 16 hr | |
| May 14, 9:32 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 6 hr |
| May 14, 1:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 4 hr |
| May 14, 3:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 4 hr |
| May 14, 4:52 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 8 days |
| May 14, 5:13 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Okaloosa | 3 hr |
| May 14, 9:44 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 39 hr | |
| May 14, 11:32 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Monroe, Wilcox | 6 hr |
| May 14, 11:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw | 24 min |
| May 14, 12:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Covington, Crenshaw | 60 min |
| May 14, 12:52 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 113 min |
| May 14, 5:28 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Crenshaw, Monroe, Wilcox | 3 hr |
| May 14, 5:38 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Escambia | 6 hr |
| May 14, 5:42 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 33 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.