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Flash Flood Warning 23, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Jun 6, 2017, 8:44 PM CDT for Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; Baldwin County, Escambia County, Alabama. It was in force for 6 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
- Jun 6, 2017, 8:44 PM CDT (01:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 2017, 2:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Baldwin County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Escambia County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:45 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 1:00 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 N Elsanor, AL | MINOR FLOODING REPORTED AT THE RIVERSIDE RV RESORT IN ROBERTSDALE, AL. |
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, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 228 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.
844 WGUS54 KMOB 070144 FFWMOB ALC003-053-FLC033-113-070745- /O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0023.170607T0144Z-170607T0745Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Flash Flood Warning National Weather Service Mobile AL 844 PM CDT TUE JUN 6 2017 The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Central Baldwin County in southwestern Alabama... South central Escambia County in south central Alabama... Northwestern Santa Rosa County in northwestern Florida... Northwestern Escambia County in northwestern Florida... * Until 245 AM CDT Wednesday * At 843 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... Daphne, Fairhope, Bay Minette, Spanish Fort, Robertsdale, Point Clear, Century, Loxley, Stapleton, Molino, Silverhill and Jay. Additional rainfall amounts of up to three 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 3106 8704 3078 8702 3039 8799 3080 8796 $$
1 follow-up statement
421 WGUS74 KMOB 070735 FFSMOB Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service Mobile AL 235 AM CDT WED JUN 7 2017 ALC003-053-FLC033-113-070745- /O.EXP.KMOB.FF.W.0023.000000T0000Z-170607T0745Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Baldwin AL-Escambia AL-Santa Rosa FL-Escambia FL- 235 AM CDT WED JUN 7 2017 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL BALDWIN...SOUTH CENTRAL ESCAMBIA...NORTHWESTERN SANTA ROSA AND NORTHWESTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 245 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a threat. Please continue to heed any remaining road closures. LAT...LON 3106 8704 3078 8702 3039 8799 3080 8796 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 8:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 6 hr |
| Jun 6, 8:21 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 3 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 |
| Jun 6, 7:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 6 hr |
| Jun 6, 8:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 6 hr |
| Jun 6, 8:33 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 117 min | |
| Jun 6, 9:27 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 63 min | |
| Jun 7, 12:48 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 24 hr |
| Jun 7, 1:08 AM CDT | Hydrologic Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 32 hr |
| Jun 7, 9:48 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 5 hr | |
| Jun 7, 11:40 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 21 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.