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Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Mobile, AL

June 10, 2018Escambia County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Jun 10, 2018, 4:04 PM CDT for Escambia County, Florida. It was in force for 69 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 10, 2018, 4:04 PM CDT (21:04 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2018, 5:13 PM CDT
In force
69 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Escambia County, FL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:05 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

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 242 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2018-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1960 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2018-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -40 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
1960 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
863 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
4 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-52 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

433 
WGUS54 KMOB 102104
FFWMOB
FLC033-102300-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0016.180610T2104Z-180610T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
404 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2018

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  South central Escambia County in northwestern Florida...

* Until 600 PM CDT.

* At 403 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Two to three inches of rain 
  have already fallen in parts of the Pensacola metro area. Flash 
  flooding is expected to begin shortly.

* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
  Pensacola, Ferry Pass, Brent, Ensley and Goulding. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3053 8713 3043 8712 3045 8728 3057 8730

$$
1 follow-up statement
786 
WGUS74 KMOB 102213
FFSMOB

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
513 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2018

FLC033-102222-
/O.CAN.KMOB.FF.W.0016.000000T0000Z-180610T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Escambia FL-
513 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2018

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a
threat. Please continue to heed any remaining road closures.

LAT...LON 3053 8713 3043 8712 3045 8728 3057 8730

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 12:52 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia38 min
Jun 10, 10:57 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBOkaloosa48 min
Jun 10, 2:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBSanta Rosa36 min
Jun 10, 3:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBSanta Rosa30 min
Jun 10, 3:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBSanta Rosa40 min
Jun 10, 3:19 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa56 min
Jun 10, 3:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia43 min
Jun 10, 3:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia46 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.