Alert archive / Alabama / Flash Flood Warnings in 2017
Flash Flood Warning 79, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Oct 8, 2017, 2:06 AM CDT for Conecuh County, Covington County, Escambia County, Alabama; Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 7 hr. 3 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
- Oct 8, 2017, 2:06 AM CDT (07:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 8, 2017, 9:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Conecuh County, AL, Covington County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:09 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 8, 8:15 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 E Crestview, FL | ROAD IMPASSABLE FROM STREET FLOODING DUE TO HEAVY RAIN ALONG VALLER ROAD NEAR 1ST AVE. |
| Oct 8, 8:15 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 Wnw Dorcas, FL | ROAD IMPASSABLE FROM STREET FLOODING DUE TO HEAVY RAIN ALONG EVERGREEN PARKWAY. |
| Oct 8, 8:15 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 Ese Peaden, FL | ROAD IMPASSABLE FROM STREET FLOODING DUE TO HEAVY RAIN ALONG JACK ROAD IN LAUREL HILL. |
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 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 217 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
- 738 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1032 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 139 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
The text
As transmitted.
059
WGUS54 KMOB 080706
FFWMOB
ALC035-039-053-FLC091-113-081300-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0079.171008T0706Z-171008T1300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
206 AM CDT SUN OCT 8 2017
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Eastern Escambia County in south central Alabama...
Southern Conecuh County in south central Alabama...
Southwestern Covington County in south central Alabama...
Okaloosa County in northwestern Florida...
Northeastern Santa Rosa County in northwestern Florida...
* Until 800 AM CDT
* At 205 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated and area of heavy rain with
embedded thunderstorms producing heavy rain streaming north 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...
Wright, Fort Walton Beach, Crestview, Niceville, Destin, Eglin AFB,
Valparaiso, Brewton, Mary Esther, Ocean City, Lake Lorraine, Baker,
East Brewton, Shalimar, Laurel Hill, Cinco Bayou, Riverview and
Eglin Air Force Base.
Additional rainfall amounts of two 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.
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
&&
LAT...LON 3037 8678 3129 8731 3130 8647 3076 8639
3046 8639 3047 8635 3039 8635 3040 8639
3038 8640 3038 8650 3037 8650
$$1 follow-up statement
574
WGUS54 KMOB 081235
FFWMOB
ALC035-039-053-FLC091-113-081430-
/O.EXT.KMOB.FF.W.0079.000000T0000Z-171008T1430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
735 AM CDT SUN OCT 8 2017
The National Weather Service in Mobile has extended the
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Eastern Escambia County in south central Alabama...
Southern Conecuh County in south central Alabama...
Southwestern Covington County in south central Alabama...
Okaloosa County in northwestern Florida...
Northeastern Santa Rosa County in northwestern Florida...
* Until 930 AM CDT
* At 734 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Up to five inches of rain have
already fallen. Flash flooding is already occurring.
* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Wright, Fort Walton Beach, Crestview, Niceville, Destin, Eglin AFB,
Valparaiso, Brewton, Mary Esther, Ocean City, Lake Lorraine, Baker,
East Brewton, Shalimar, Laurel Hill, Cinco Bayou, Riverview and
Eglin Air Force Base.
Additional rainfall amounts of one to two inches are possible in the
warned area.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3037 8678 3129 8731 3130 8647 3076 8639
3046 8639 3047 8635 3039 8635 3040 8639
3038 8640 3038 8650 3037 8650
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 7, 7:23 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 67 min | |
| Oct 7, 7:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile, Washington | 47 min |
| Oct 7, 7:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 32 min |
| Oct 7, 7:33 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 57 min | |
| Oct 7, 8:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Washington | 20 min |
| Oct 7, 8:21 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 54 min | |
| Oct 7, 9:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 32 min |
| Oct 7, 9:18 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 57 min | |
| Oct 7, 9:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 48 min |
| Oct 7, 9:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 32 min |
| Oct 7, 9:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 6 hr |
| Oct 7, 10:39 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 36 min | |
| Oct 7, 11:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe, Washington | 6 hr |
| Oct 7, 11:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe | 6 hr |
| Oct 8, 1:31 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Monroe, Washington, Wilcox | 6 hr |
| Oct 8, 2:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Monroe, Wilcox | 6 hr |
| Oct 8, 3:41 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 6 hr |
| Oct 8, 3:51 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 6 hr |
| Oct 8, 4:46 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Butler, Wilcox | 4 hr |
| Oct 8, 4:58 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe, Washington | 6 hr |
| Oct 8, 5:37 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe | 6 hr |
| Oct 8, 6:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Butler, Covington, Crenshaw | 3 hr |
| Oct 8, 7:20 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Monroe, Washington, Wilcox | 6 hr |
| Oct 8, 8:13 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 17 hr | |
| Oct 8, 10:14 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Covington, Escambia | 63 hr |
| Oct 8, 10:19 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 11 hr |
| Oct 8, 10:20 AM CDT | High Surf Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 21 hr |
| Oct 8, 11:09 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Escambia | 6 hr |
| Oct 8, 12:58 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 32 min |
| Oct 8, 1:18 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 27 min |
| Oct 8, 10:06 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 45 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.