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Flash Flood Warning 27, NWS Mobile, AL

September 5, 2018Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Sep 5, 2018, 9:57 AM CDT for Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 6 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
Sep 5, 2018, 9:57 AM CDT (14:57 UTC)
Expired
Sep 5, 2018, 3:29 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:58 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 252 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 2018-09-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 361 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 2018-09-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 51 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
361 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-43 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
856 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

040 
WGUS54 KMOB 051457
FFWMOB
FLC091-113-052100-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0027.180905T1457Z-180905T2100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
957 AM CDT WED SEP 5 2018

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

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

* Until 400 PM CDT Wednesday.

* At 956 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain across the warned
  area. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly.

* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
  Wright, Fort Walton Beach, Milton, Mary Esther, Bagdad, Ocean City,
  Baker, Navarre, Cinco Bayou, Navarre Beach, Roeville and Point
  Baker.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3033 8701 3035 8701 3037 8692 3036 8701
      3100 8712 3099 8671 3038 8659

$$
1 follow-up statement
195 
WGUS74 KMOB 052029
FFSMOB

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
329 PM CDT WED SEP 5 2018

FLC091-113-052038-
/O.CAN.KMOB.FF.W.0027.000000T0000Z-180905T2100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Okaloosa FL-Santa Rosa FL-
329 PM CDT WED SEP 5 2018

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WESTERN OKALOOSA AND SANTA ROSA
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

Flood waters have receded. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a
threat. Please continue to heed any remaining road closures.

LAT...LON 3033 8701 3035 8701 3037 8692 3036 8701
      3100 8712 3099 8671 3038 8659

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 4, 8:24 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa12 hr
Sep 4, 8:31 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMOBEscambia4 days
Sep 4, 9:29 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa31 min
Sep 4, 9:55 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedMOBSanta Rosa27 min
Sep 4, 10:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa12 hr
Sep 5, 3:10 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBOkaloosa, Santa Rosa29 min
Sep 5, 3:31 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBOkaloosa19 min
Sep 5, 5:15 AM CDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa9 hr
Sep 5, 5:15 AM CDTHigh Surf AdvisoryMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa9 hr
Sep 5, 7:54 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa6 hr
Sep 5, 1:50 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa6 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Florida, 2018Every flash flood warning in 2018

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.