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Flash Flood Warning 70, NWS Mobile, AL

August 30, 2017Santa Rosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Aug 30, 2017, 7:54 AM CDT for Santa Rosa 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
Aug 30, 2017, 7:54 AM CDT (12:54 UTC)
Expired
Aug 30, 2017, 11:00 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Santa Rosa County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:55 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 30, 8:20 AM CDTFLASH FLOODMilton, FLSEVERAL ROADS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. REPORTS VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.

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 12:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 259 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 2017-08-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 334 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 2017-08-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 117 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
334 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-50 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
832 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
117 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
123 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

As transmitted.

655 
WGUS54 KMOB 301254
FFWMOB
FLC113-301600-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0070.170830T1254Z-170830T1600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
754 AM CDT WED AUG 30 2017

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Central Santa Rosa County in northwestern Florida...

* Until 1100 AM CDT

* At 753 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
  heavy rain across the warned area. Up to two inches of rain have
  already fallen. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly.

* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
  Milton, Bagdad, Floridatown, Point Baker, Pea Ridge and Roeville. 

Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 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.

Excessive runoff from heavy rainfall will cause flooding of small
creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as
well as other drainage areas and low lying spots.

&&

LAT...LON 3087 8682 3048 8698 3053 8717 3091 8711

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 29, 8:03 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMOBEscambia63 hr
Aug 29, 8:12 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMOBOkaloosa3 days
Aug 30, 4:15 AM CDTWind AdvisoryMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa38 hr
Aug 30, 4:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia42 min
Aug 30, 5:31 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBEscambia3 hr
Aug 30, 5:49 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia41 min
Aug 30, 6:35 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBEscambia3 hr
Aug 30, 6:36 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBSanta Rosa39 min
Aug 30, 6:59 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia46 min
Aug 30, 7:07 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBEscambia3 hr
Aug 30, 7:07 AM CDTHigh Surf AdvisoryMOBEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa35 hr
Aug 30, 7:36 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBSanta Rosa39 min
Aug 30, 7:41 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBEscambia3 hr
Aug 30, 8:30 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBEscambia3 hr
Aug 30, 9:55 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBOkaloosa, Santa Rosa3 hr
Aug 30, 10:08 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa112 min
Aug 30, 11:02 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBSanta Rosa3 hr
Aug 30, 11:27 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMOBOkaloosa, Santa Rosa3 days
Aug 30, 12:52 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMOBEscambia63 hr
Aug 30, 1:17 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMOBOkaloosa, Santa Rosa48 hr
Aug 30, 3:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia48 min
Aug 30, 4:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia49 min
Aug 30, 4:20 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBEscambia25 min

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.