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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Feb 23, 2016, 9:32 PM CST for Okaloosa County, Florida. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 23, 2016, 9:32 PM CST (03:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2016, 12:30 AM CST
- 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), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:33 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 23, 9:35 PM CST | FLASH FLOOD | Crestview, FL | NUMEROUS REPORTS OF ROADS FLOODED. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 221 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
- 100 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 605 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 177 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
532
WGUS54 KMOB 240332
FFWMOB
FLC091-240630-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0005.160224T0332Z-160224T0630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
932 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
OKALOOSA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 1230 AM CST
* AT 932 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SERIES OF THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS
EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CRESTVIEW...FORT WALTON BEACH...VALPARAISO...MARY ESTHER...OCEAN CITY...
EGLIN AFB...LAKE LORRAINE...WRIGHT...SHALIMAR...LAUREL HILL...CINCO
BAYOU AND FORT WALTON BEACH--NAVARRE--WRIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW! ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
&&
LAT...LON 3041 8666 3041 8680 3060 8680 3098 8650
3099 8639 3073 8639 3045 8653 3043 8657
3043 8659 3046 8660 3043 8661 3043 8660
3041 8659 3040 8660 3040 8673
$$1 follow-up statement
230
WGUS74 KMOB 240539
FFSMOB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1139 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016
FLC091-240548-
/O.CAN.KMOB.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160224T0630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
OKALOOSA FL-
1139 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR OKALOOSA COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT.
LAT...LON 3041 8666 3041 8680 3060 8680 3098 8650
3099 8639 3073 8639 3045 8653 3043 8657
3043 8659 3046 8660 3043 8661 3043 8660
3041 8659 3040 8660 3040 8673
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 23, 7:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia | 62 min |
| Feb 23, 7:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 67 min |
| Feb 23, 7:28 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Escambia | 2 hr |
| Feb 23, 8:05 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 25 min |
| Feb 23, 8:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 33 min |
| Feb 23, 8:30 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 2 hr |
| Feb 23, 8:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 29 min |
| Feb 23, 8:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 36 min |
| Feb 23, 8:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 32 min |
| Feb 23, 9:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 21 min |
| Feb 23, 9:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 46 min |
| Feb 23, 10:19 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Okaloosa | 41 min |
| Feb 24, 2:39 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 4 days |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.