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Flash Flood Warning 38, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Jun 7, 2014, 4:57 PM CDT for Okaloosa County, Florida. It was in force for 2 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
- Jun 7, 2014, 4:57 PM CDT (21:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 2014, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Okaloosa County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:57 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 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 214 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
- 43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -320 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1009 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
217
WGUS54 KMOB 072157
FFWMOB
FLC091-080000-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0038.140607T2157Z-140608T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
457 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL OKALOOSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 700 PM CDT
* AT 455 PM CDT...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS INDICATED OVER THE WARNED
AREA AND RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS
OCCURRED OVER THE PAST HOUR. THIS WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING
IN THE WARNED AREA.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CRESTVIEW...
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!
NEVER TRY TO CROSS OR PLAY IN AN URBAN SPILLWAY OR FLOWING CREEK...
EVEN A SMALL ONE. URBAN FLASH FLOODING IS A MAJOR KILLER.
&&
LAT...LON 3066 8639 3066 8648 3069 8657 3074 8663
3082 8664 3083 8639
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 35 min |
| Jun 7, 4:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 26 min |
| Jun 7, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 30 min |
| Jun 7, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 28 min |
| Jun 7, 5:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 23 min |
| Jun 7, 5:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 37 min |
| Jun 7, 6:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 37 min |
| Jun 7, 6:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 2 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.