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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Apr 13, 2015, 2:51 AM CDT for Escambia County, Florida; Baldwin County, Alabama. 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 outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 13, 2015, 2:51 AM CDT (07:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 13, 2015, 8:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Baldwin County, AL, Escambia County, FL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:52 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
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 220 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
- 662 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 534 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 183 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 208 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
258
WGUS54 KMOB 130751
FFWMOB
ALC003-FLC033-131345-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0002.150413T0751Z-150413T1345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
251 AM CDT MON APR 13 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA...
SOUTH ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 845 AM CDT
* AT 250 AM 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...
PENSACOLA... FOLEY... ORANGE BEACH...
MYRTLE GROVE... BELLVIEW... WEST PENSACOLA...
WARRINGTON... ELBERTA... PERDIDO BEACH...
LILLIAN... BON SECOUR... PERDIDO KEY...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 3033 8776 3059 8762 3049 8732 3040 8723
3037 8732 3032 8721 3032 8728 3033 8730
3034 8727 3034 8731 3032 8732 3033 8734
3032 8735 3031 8742 3030 8741 3025 8769
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 1:47 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MOB | 17 hr | |
| Apr 12, 8:21 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Mobile | 3 hr |
| Apr 12, 8:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 6 hr |
| Apr 12, 10:46 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 89 min | |
| Apr 13, 5:27 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 6 hr |
| Apr 13, 12:04 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 86 min | |
| Apr 13, 1:20 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 6 hr |
| Apr 13, 3:25 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 95 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.