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Flash Flood Warning 23, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at May 17, 2016, 6:40 PM CDT for Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; Escambia County, Alabama. 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
- May 17, 2016, 6:40 PM CDT (23:40 UTC)
- Expired
- May 17, 2016, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Escambia County, AL, Escambia County, FL, Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:42 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
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 248 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
- 30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -192 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1257 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 224 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 319 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
321
WGUS54 KMOB 172340
FFWMOB
ALC053-FLC033-091-113-180245-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0023.160517T2340Z-160518T0245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
640 PM CDT TUE MAY 17 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
NORTH CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN FLORIDA...
NORTHERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN FLORIDA...
NORTHWESTERN OKALOOSA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 945 PM CDT
* AT 639 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BREWTON...CENTURY...FLOMATON...EAST BREWTON...JAY...POLLARD AND
RIVERVIEW.
LAT...LON 3082 8682 3081 8741 3110 8732 3111 8670
3109 8670
$$1 follow-up statement
105
WGUS74 KMOB 180102
FFSMOB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
802 PM CDT TUE MAY 17 2016
ALC053-FLC033-091-113-180112-
/O.CAN.KMOB.FF.W.0023.000000T0000Z-160518T0245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ESCAMBIA AL-ESCAMBIA FL-SANTA ROSA FL-OKALOOSA FL-
802 PM CDT TUE MAY 17 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ESCAMBIA...NORTH CENTRAL
ESCAMBIA...NORTHERN SANTA ROSA AND NORTHWESTERN OKALOOSA COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3082 8682 3081 8741 3110 8732 3111 8670
3109 8670
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 5:07 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 3 hr |
| May 17, 5:14 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 6 hr | |
| May 17, 5:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia | 42 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.