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Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Mobile, AL

September 28, 2015Okaloosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Sep 28, 2015, 7:15 PM CDT for Okaloosa 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
Sep 28, 2015, 7:15 PM CDT (00:15 UTC)
Expired
Sep 28, 2015, 10:15 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Okaloosa County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:17 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, 0.3 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2015-09-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 538 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2015-09-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 79 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
538 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
810 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
118 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.9

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

832 
WGUS54 KMOB 290015
FFWMOB
FLC091-290315-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0022.150929T0015Z-150929T0315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
715 PM CDT MON SEP 28 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN OKALOOSA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN FLORIDA...

* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT

* AT 708 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. RADAR ESTIMATES ALSO INDICATE STORM 
  TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS APPROACHING 14 INCHES IN LOCALIZED 
  AREAS...WITH ACTUAL RAIN GAUGE MEASUREMENTS OF AROUND 8 INCHES.   
  HEAVY RAINFALL IS STILL FALLING AND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR 
  THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING IN SOME 
  LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNED AREA AND THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH 
  FLOODING WILL CONTINUE. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  FORT WALTON BEACH...   NICEVILLE...           DESTIN...
  VALPARAISO...          MARY ESTHER...         WRIGHT...
  OCEAN CITY...          EGLIN AFB...           LAKE LORRAINE...
  SHALIMAR...            CINCO BAYOU...         POSTIL...

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.

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 3038 8651 3039 8652 3040 8662 3039 8669
      3040 8669 3041 8666 3041 8669 3042 8670
      3064 8639 3045 8639 3045 8642 3040 8642
      3040 8639 3038 8640

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 29, 10:31 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMOBOkaloosa49 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Florida, 2015Every flash flood warning in 2015

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.