Alert archive / Alabama / Flash Flood Watches in 2016
Flash Flood Watch 1, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood watch at Feb 3, 2016, 4:38 AM CST for Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; 6 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Feb 3, 2016, 7:00 AM CST. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 3, 2016, 4:38 AM CST (10:38 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 3, 2016, 7:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 3, 2016, 2:14 PM CST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Baldwin County, AL, Butler County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Escambia County, FL, Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 231 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
- 313 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 765 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 371 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 518 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 5.2
The text
As transmitted.
259 WGUS64 KMOB 031038 FFAMOB URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 438 AM CST WED FEB 3 2016 ...HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL SETS UP EAST OF INTERSTATE 65 BRINGING THE THREAT FOR LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING... .RICH GULF MOISTURE IS SPREADING NORTHWARD OFF THE GULF...AHEAD OF A SLOW EASTWARD ADVANCING COLD FRONT. THE SLOW MOVING FRONT IS INCREASING THE POTENTIAL FOR A HEAVY RAIN SET UP AND LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 65 CORRIDOR THIS MORNING...POSSIBLY CARRYING OVER INTO THE AFTERNOON. ALZ056>060-264-266-FLZ201>206-031800- /O.NEW.KMOB.FF.A.0001.160203T1300Z-160204T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-BALDWIN CENTRAL- BALDWIN COASTAL-ESCAMBIA INLAND-ESCAMBIA COASTAL- SANTA ROSA INLAND-SANTA ROSA COASTAL-OKALOOSA INLAND- OKALOOSA COASTAL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EVERGREEN...GREENVILLE...LUVERNE... BRANTLEY...ATMORE...BREWTON...FLOMATON...ANDALUSIA...OPP... DAPHNE...FAIRHOPE...FOLEY...SPANISH FORT...GULF SHORES... CENTURY...MOLINO...PENSACOLA...ENSLEY...JAY...MILTON... GULF BREEZE...CRESTVIEW...WRIGHT...FORT WALTON BEACH... NICEVILLE...DESTIN...SEMINOLE...EGLIN AFB...VALPARAISO 438 AM CST WED FEB 3 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN ALABAMA...BALDWIN CENTRAL...BALDWIN COASTAL...BUTLER...CONECUH...COVINGTON... CRENSHAW AND ESCAMBIA. IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...ESCAMBIA COASTAL...ESCAMBIA INLAND...OKALOOSA COASTAL...OKALOOSA INLAND...SANTA ROSA COASTAL AND SANTA ROSA INLAND. * THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON * 2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE OVER THE WATCH AREA WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS POTENTIALLY EXCEEDING FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$
2 follow-up statements
812 WGUS64 KMOB 031520 AAA FFAMOB FLOOD WATCH...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 920 AM CST WED FEB 3 2016 ...HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL SHIFTING MOSTLY EAST OF AREA BUT CONTINUES FOR OKALOOSA COUNTY IN THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE... .A POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES FOR OKALOOSA COUNTY IN THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE...BUT HAS ENDED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA. ALZ056>060-264-266-FLZ201>204-031630- /O.CAN.KMOB.FF.A.0001.000000T0000Z-160204T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-BALDWIN CENTRAL- BALDWIN COASTAL-ESCAMBIA INLAND-ESCAMBIA COASTAL- SANTA ROSA INLAND-SANTA ROSA COASTAL- 920 AM CST WED FEB 3 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE HEAVY RAINS HAVE SHIFTED EAST OF THE AREA AND THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED. $$ FLZ205-206-032330- /O.CON.KMOB.FF.A.0001.000000T0000Z-160204T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ OKALOOSA INLAND-OKALOOSA COASTAL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRESTVIEW...WRIGHT... FORT WALTON BEACH...NICEVILLE...DESTIN...SEMINOLE...EGLIN AFB... VALPARAISO 920 AM CST WED FEB 3 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * A PORTION OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...OKALOOSA COASTAL AND OKALOOSA INLAND. * UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING * 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE OVER THE WATCH AREA WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS POTENTIALLY EXCEEDING FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$
872 WGUS64 KMOB 032014 FFAMOB FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 214 PM CST WED FEB 3 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED... .THE HEAVY RAINS HAVE SHIFTED EAST OF THE AREA...ENDING THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING FOR THE AREA. FLZ205-206-032115- /O.CAN.KMOB.FF.A.0001.000000T0000Z-160204T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ OKALOOSA INLAND-OKALOOSA COASTAL- 214 PM CST WED FEB 3 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE HEAVY RAINS HAVE SHIFTED EAST OF THE AREA...ENDING THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING FOR THE AREA. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 3, 7:39 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 66 min |
| Feb 3, 7:49 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 36 min |
| Feb 3, 8:37 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Okaloosa | 38 min |
| Feb 3, 8:52 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Okaloosa | 53 min |
| Feb 3, 9:13 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Okaloosa | 32 min |
| Feb 3, 9:20 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 5 days |
| Feb 3, 9:35 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 3 days |
| Feb 3, 10:01 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Okaloosa | 119 min |
| Feb 3, 10:28 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 3 hr |
| Feb 3, 2:16 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Clarke, Washington, Wilcox | 89 min |
| Feb 3, 3:46 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 59 min | |
| Feb 3, 4:14 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 61 min |
| Feb 3, 4:42 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 63 min | |
| Feb 3, 5:44 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Covington | 61 min |
| Feb 3, 6:07 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 83 min | |
| Feb 3, 6:14 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington, Crenshaw | 28 min |
| Feb 3, 6:27 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington, Crenshaw | 16 min |
| Feb 3, 6:48 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 87 min | |
| Feb 3, 8:07 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 83 min | |
| Feb 3, 9:22 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 53 min | |
| Feb 3, 10:18 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 117 min | |
| Feb 3, 2:13 PM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe, Wilcox | 5 days |
| Feb 3, 3:22 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 45 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.