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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Sep 28, 2015, 1:15 PM CDT for Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. 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
- Sep 28, 2015, 1:15 PM CDT (18:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 28, 2015, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:19 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, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 242 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
- 173 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -65 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 627 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
997
WGUS54 KMOB 281815
FFWMOB
FLC091-113-290015-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0021.150928T1815Z-150929T0015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
115 PM CDT MON SEP 28 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EASTERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN FLORIDA...
OKALOOSA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 715 PM CDT MONDAY
* AT 112 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
MONITORING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL
OVER THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE 4 TO 8 INCHES OF
RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OVER
11 INCHES. ADDITIONAL VERY HEAVY RAINS MAY RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT
FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CRESTVIEW... FORT WALTON BEACH... NAVARRE...
NICEVILLE... DESTIN... VALPARAISO...
MARY ESTHER... WRIGHT... OCEAN CITY...
EGLIN AFB... BAKER...
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!
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 3041 8666 3041 8674 3038 8707 3045 8694
3044 8688 3050 8701 3058 8699 3054 8704
3059 8703 3058 8700 3060 8703 3064 8700
3064 8702 3099 8695 3099 8639 3045 8639
3045 8642 3038 8640 3040 8667 3037 8691
$$
LINDSEY1 follow-up statement
721
WGUS74 KMOB 282033
FFSMOB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
333 PM CDT MON SEP 28 2015
FLC091-113-290015-
/O.CON.KMOB.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-150929T0015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SANTA ROSA FL-OKALOOSA FL-
333 PM CDT MON SEP 28 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT MONDAY
FOR EASTERN SANTA ROSA AND OKALOOSA COUNTIES...
AT 332 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
DETECT SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL
OVER MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS INDICATED
NEAR FORT WALTON BEACH AND DESTIN. RADAR ESTIMATES AND RAIN GAUGE
REPORTS INDICATE THAT 4 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN WITH ISOLATED HIGHER
AMOUNTS HAS FALLEN OVER MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA TODAY. EXCESSIVE
RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINS WILL RESULT IN CONTINUED FLASH FLOODING.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CRESTVIEW... FORT WALTON BEACH... NAVARRE...
NICEVILLE... DESTIN... VALPARAISO...
MARY ESTHER... WRIGHT... OCEAN CITY...
EGLIN AFB... BAKER...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. SEEK
HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK INTO AREAS WHERE
WATER CROSSES A ROAD. TURN AROUND - DON'T DROWN!
IF YOU ARE IN DANGER FROM THE FLOOD WATERS AND NEED RESCUE ASSISTANCE
CALL 911. TO REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CALL
(800) 284-9059.
&&
LAT...LON 3041 8666 3041 8674 3038 8707 3045 8694
3044 8688 3050 8701 3058 8699 3054 8704
3059 8703 3058 8700 3060 8703 3064 8700
3064 8702 3099 8695 3099 8639 3045 8639
3045 8642 3038 8640 3040 8667 3037 8691
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 28, 3:43 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 18 hr |
| Sep 28, 4:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 65 min |
| Sep 28, 5:55 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 3 hr |
| Sep 28, 6:20 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 3 hr |
| Sep 28, 7:13 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 6 hr |
| Sep 28, 8:51 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Santa Rosa | 54 min |
| Sep 28, 9:13 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 4 hr |
| Sep 28, 10:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Okaloosa | 61 min |
| Sep 28, 11:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Okaloosa | 55 min |
| Sep 28, 2:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Okaloosa | 52 min |
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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.