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Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Mobile, AL

April 5, 2017Okaloosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Apr 5, 2017, 1:55 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
Apr 5, 2017, 1:55 PM CDT (18:55 UTC)
Expired
Apr 5, 2017, 5:00 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), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 12:00Z, 6.9 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 12:00Z on 2017-04-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1335 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 12:00Z on 2017-04-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 151 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1335 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-57 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
643 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
151 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
152 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
8.2

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The text

As transmitted.

700 
WGUS54 KMOB 051855
FFWMOB
FLC091-052200-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0010.170405T1855Z-170405T2200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
155 PM CDT WED APR 5 2017

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Southern Okaloosa County in northwestern Florida...

* Until 500 PM CDT

* At 155 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
  heavy rain across the warned area. Up to three inches of rain have
  already fallen. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly.

* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
  Wright, Fort Walton Beach, Niceville, Destin, Eglin AFB,
  Valparaiso, Mary Esther, Ocean City, Lake Lorraine, Shalimar and
  Cinco Bayou.

LAT...LON 3037 8679 3057 8679 3060 8639 3046 8639
      3046 8638 3039 8638 3040 8639 3038 8640
      3038 8650 3039 8653 3039 8665

$$
1 follow-up statement
464 
WGUS74 KMOB 052013
FFSMOB

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
313 PM CDT WED APR 5 2017

FLC091-052023-
/O.CAN.KMOB.FF.W.0010.000000T0000Z-170405T2200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Okaloosa FL-
313 PM CDT WED APR 5 2017

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHERN OKALOOSA COUNTY 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 3037 8679 3057 8679 3060 8639 3046 8639
      3046 8638 3039 8638 3040 8639 3038 8640
      3038 8650 3039 8653 3039 8665

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 4, 11:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBOkaloosa45 min
Apr 4, 11:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBOkaloosa39 min
Apr 4, 11:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBOkaloosa, Santa Rosa50 min
Apr 5, 12:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia43 min
Apr 5, 11:38 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia52 min
Apr 5, 12:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBSanta Rosa44 min
Apr 5, 12:48 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa3 hr
Apr 5, 12:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa55 min
Apr 5, 1:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBOkaloosa46 min
Apr 5, 1:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBOkaloosa, Santa Rosa36 min
Apr 5, 2:06 PM CDTWind AdvisoryMOBEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa23 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.