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Flash Flood Warning 73, NWS Mobile, AL

August 31, 2017Okaloosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Aug 31, 2017, 10:16 AM 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
Aug 31, 2017, 10:16 AM CDT (15:16 UTC)
Expired
Aug 31, 2017, 1:15 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), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:18 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, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 205 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 2017-08-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1781 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 2017-08-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 124 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1781 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
676 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
124 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
159 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
6.0

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The text

As transmitted.

236 
WGUS54 KMOB 311516
FFWMOB
FLC091-311815-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0073.170831T1516Z-170831T1815Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1016 AM CDT THU AUG 31 2017

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

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

* Until 115 PM CDT

* At 1015 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area, especially around the Destin 
  area. Up to two inches of rain have already fallen in the past 
  hour and an additional two to four inches is possible as 
  additional thunderstorms move in from the Gulf of Mexico. Flash 
  flooding is expected to begin shortly.

* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
  Destin.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

&&

LAT...LON 3034 8660 3054 8642 3054 8639 3046 8639
      3046 8637 3048 8633 3039 8638 3040 8639
      3038 8640 3038 8650 3029 8650

$$
1 follow-up statement
998 
WGUS74 KMOB 311655
FFSMOB

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1155 AM CDT THU AUG 31 2017

FLC091-311705-
/O.CAN.KMOB.FF.W.0073.000000T0000Z-170831T1815Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Okaloosa FL-
1155 AM CDT THU AUG 31 2017

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN OKALOOSA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

The heavy rain has ended. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled. 

LAT...LON 3034 8660 3054 8642 3054 8639 3046 8639
      3046 8637 3048 8633 3039 8638 3040 8639
      3038 8640 3038 8650 3029 8650

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 31, 4:40 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBEscambia3 hr
Aug 31, 4:50 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBOkaloosa, Santa Rosa3 hr
Aug 31, 6:35 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa3 hr
Aug 31, 7:10 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBSanta Rosa35 min
Aug 31, 7:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBOkaloosa, Santa Rosa59 min
Aug 31, 7:37 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBOkaloosa, Santa Rosa3 hr
Aug 31, 8:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBOkaloosa59 min
Aug 31, 9:31 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBOkaloosa29 min
Aug 31, 9:48 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBOkaloosa42 min
Aug 31, 10:33 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMOBOkaloosa3 days
Aug 31, 10:54 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBOkaloosa51 min
Aug 31, 3:03 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMOBOkaloosa, Santa Rosa54 hr
Aug 31, 3:06 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMOBEscambia22 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.