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Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Jun 6, 2017, 8:20 PM CDT for Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 6 hr. 9 reports 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
- Jun 6, 2017, 8:20 PM CDT (01:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 2017, 2:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Escambia County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:21 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 9:20 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 Wnw Milton, FL | WATER OVER THE ROAD ALONG AND ON ANDERSON RD NEAR BERRYHILL RD IN MILTON. |
| Jun 6, 10:30 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Ene Pace, FL | PARTS OF HWY 90 AND WEST SPENCER FIELD ROAD ARE BARRICADED OFF DUE TO WATER OVER THE ROADWAY. |
| Jun 6, 10:30 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Wnw Bagdad, FL | VEHICLE STALLED ON HWY 90 AND GLOVER LN DUE TO WATER ON ROADWAY. |
| Jun 6, 10:40 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Se Pace, FL | PACE FIRE RESCUE DISPATCHED TO RESIDENT REPORTING FLOODING CONDITIONS ON SHERDIAN DR. VIA SOCIAL MEDIA |
| Jun 6, 10:40 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 7.48 | 4 Ne Pace, FL | OVER 7.48 INCHES OF RAINFALL MEASURED AT BERRYHILL ELEMENTARY VIA WEATHER BUG MESONET. |
| Jun 6, 11:00 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 E Avalon Beach, FL | EASTBOUND ENTRANCE AND EXIT RAMPS OF I-10 TEMPORARILY CLOSED OVERNIGHT DUE TO WATER OVER THE ROADWAY AT EXIT 22 AND AVALON BLVD. PICTURES VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Jun 6, 11:00 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Pace, FL | APPROXIMATELY 1-4 INCHES OF WATER ENTERED 12 HOUSES IN THE PACE, FL AREA OVERNIGHT. THESE HOUSES WERE LOCATED IN EAST TIBURON ESTATES OF PACE PATRIOT BLVD, SHERIDAN ST, AND BARCLAY DR. NUMEROUS OTHER ROADS AND BRIDGES WERE CLOSED DUE TO RUSHING WATER OVER THE |
| Jun 6, 11:35 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 E Avalon Beach, FL | WATER ACCROSS THE ROAD AT EXIT 281 OFF I-10 ON AVALON BLVD. PICTURE VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Jun 7, 12:00 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 10.03 | 1 Nw Milton, FL | RECORDED 10.03 INCHES OF TOTAL RAINFALL FROM CWOP MESONET SITE. RAIN STILL ONGOING. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 256 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
- 418 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 704 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 1 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
442 WGUS54 KMOB 070120 FFWMOB FLC033-113-070715- /O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0022.170607T0120Z-170607T0715Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Flash Flood Warning National Weather Service Mobile AL 820 PM CDT TUE JUN 6 2017 The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Central Santa Rosa County in northwestern Florida... Central Escambia County in northwestern Florida... * Until 215 AM CDT * At 819 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... Pensacola, Ferry Pass, Pace, Milton, Bagdad, Pea Ridge, Roeville, Floridatown and Point Baker. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. && LAT...LON 3073 8693 3052 8695 3050 8725 3073 8726 $$
1 follow-up statement
387 WGUS74 KMOB 070334 FFSMOB Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service Mobile AL 1034 PM CDT TUE JUN 6 2017 FLC033-113-070715- /O.CON.KMOB.FF.W.0022.000000T0000Z-170607T0715Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Santa Rosa FL-Escambia FL- 1034 PM CDT TUE JUN 6 2017 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 AM CDT FOR CENTRAL SANTA ROSA AND CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTIES... At 1032 PM CDT, local law enforcement reported heavy rain due to a thunderstorm over central Santa Rosa County. 5 inches of rain have fallen, with local emergency management already reporting closed roads along with homes and businesses flooding. Some locations that will experience flooding include... Pensacola, Ferry Pass, Pace, Milton, Bagdad, Pea Ridge, Roeville, Floridatown and Point Baker. Additional rainfall amounts of up to 2 inches are possible in the warned area. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. && LAT...LON 3073 8693 3052 8695 3050 8725 3073 8726 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 8:21 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 3 hr |
| Jun 6, 8:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 6 hr |
| Jun 7, 12:20 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 6 hr |
| Jun 7, 2:07 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 3 hr |
| Jun 7, 6:15 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Santa Rosa | 6 hr |
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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.