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Flash Flood Warning 27, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Aug 2, 2016, 11:01 AM CDT for Baldwin County, Alabama; Escambia 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
- Aug 2, 2016, 11:01 AM CDT (16:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2016, 2:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 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), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 216 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
- 2713 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 722 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -20 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
586 WGUS54 KMOB 021601 FFWMOB ALC003-FLC033-021900- /O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0027.160802T1601Z-160802T1900Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1101 AM CDT TUE AUG 2 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA... SOUTH CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN FLORIDA... * UNTIL 200 PM CDT * AT 1101 AM 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... PENSACOLA...FOLEY...ORANGE BEACH...LILLIAN... PERDIDO BEACH AND ELBERTA. LAT...LON 3063 8732 3029 8734 3025 8766 3062 8768 $$
2 follow-up statements
083 WGUS74 KMOB 021618 FFSMOB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1118 AM CDT TUE AUG 2 2016 ALC003-FLC033-021900- /O.CON.KMOB.FF.W.0027.000000T0000Z-160802T1900Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BALDWIN AL-ESCAMBIA FL- 1118 AM CDT TUE AUG 2 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN BALDWIN AND SOUTH CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTIES... AT 1118 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... FOLEY...ORANGE BEACH...LILLIAN...PERDIDO BEACH AND ELBERTA. LAT...LON 3063 8732 3029 8734 3025 8766 3062 8768 $$
747 WGUS74 KMOB 021839 FFSMOB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 139 PM CDT TUE AUG 2 2016 ALC003-FLC033-021849- /O.CAN.KMOB.FF.W.0027.000000T0000Z-160802T1900Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BALDWIN AL-ESCAMBIA FL- 139 PM CDT TUE AUG 2 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BALDWIN AND SOUTH CENTRAL ESCAMBIA 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 3063 8732 3029 8734 3025 8766 3062 8768 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 7:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia | 32 min |
| Aug 1, 7:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia | 51 min |
| Aug 1, 8:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin | 34 min |
| Aug 1, 9:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 40 min |
| Aug 2, 12:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 38 min |
| Aug 2, 1:08 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Mobile | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 1:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Crenshaw | 38 min |
| Aug 2, 1:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 52 min |
| Aug 2, 2:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Washington | 38 min |
| Aug 2, 2:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile, Washington | 35 min |
| Aug 2, 3:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Monroe | 50 min |
| Aug 2, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 33 min |
| Aug 2, 4:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Wilcox | 44 min |
| Aug 2, 4:44 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Wilcox | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 4:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw | 50 min |
| Aug 2, 5:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw | 47 min |
| Aug 2, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke | 35 min |
| Aug 2, 9:01 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Escambia | 119 min |
| Aug 2, 10:19 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 11:08 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 3 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.