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Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Feb 5, 2020, 1:29 PM CST for Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 3 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
- Feb 5, 2020, 1:29 PM CST (19:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 5, 2020, 4:18 PM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Baldwin County, AL, Escambia County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 2:00 PM CST | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Nne Pace, FL | FLOODING REPORTED AT PACE HIGH SCHOOL. |
| Feb 5, 2:00 PM CST | FLASH FLOOD | 4 N Pace, FL | FLOODING REPORTED ON LUTHER FOWLER ROAD IN PACE, FL. |
| Feb 5, 2:00 PM CST | FLASH FLOOD | 6 Nw Milton, FL | MARTIN RD., NORTH OF WILLARD NORRIS RD. THERE IS SEVERE FLOODING REPORTED OVER ROADWAY. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 230 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
- 743 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 509 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 195 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 380 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.4
The text
As transmitted.
838
WGUS54 KMOB 051929
FFWMOB
ALC003-FLC033-113-060130-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0001.200205T1929Z-200206T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
129 PM CST Wed Feb 5 2020
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southeastern Baldwin County in southwestern Alabama...
Central Santa Rosa County in northwestern Florida...
Central Escambia County in northwestern Florida...
* Until 730 PM CST Wednesday.
* At 127 PM CST, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Over three inches of rain have
already fallen and an additional one to three inches is likely.
Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other
drainage and low lying areas.
* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Seminole, Ferry Pass, Brent, West Pensacola, Ensley, Gonzalez,
Pace, Molino, Pea Ridge, Floridatown and Point Baker.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3045 8760 3082 8731 3079 8689 3042 8728
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL...1-3 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
$$1 follow-up statement
957 WGUS74 KMOB 052218 FFSMOB Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service Mobile AL 418 PM CST Wed Feb 5 2020 ALC003-FLC033-113-052227- /O.CAN.KMOB.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-200206T0130Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Baldwin AL-Santa Rosa FL-Escambia FL- 418 PM CST Wed Feb 5 2020 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BALDWIN...CENTRAL SANTA ROSA AND CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... The heavy rain has ended. Flash flooding is no longer expected to pose a threat, although ponding of water on roadways may still be present. Additional heavy rain is likely tonight into Thursday morning and a Flash Flood Watch continues for the area. LAT...LON 3045 8760 3082 8731 3079 8689 3042 8728 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 4, 9:52 PM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 47 hr |
| Feb 4, 9:52 PM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 4 days |
| Feb 4, 9:52 PM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 21 days |
| Feb 5, 5:19 AM CST | High Surf Advisory | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 49 hr |
| Feb 5, 12:47 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 3 hr |
| Feb 5, 1:22 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 3 hr |
| Feb 5, 1:27 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Okaloosa | 48 min |
| Feb 5, 3:19 PM CST | Wind Advisory | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 19 hr |
| Feb 4, 9:52 PM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 41 days |
| Feb 4, 9:52 PM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 42 days |
| Feb 5, 4:35 AM CST | Gale Watch | MOB | 11 hr | |
| Feb 5, 9:53 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 82 min | |
| Feb 5, 10:29 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 61 min | |
| Feb 5, 10:57 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 93 min | |
| Feb 5, 11:15 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 38 min | |
| Feb 5, 11:59 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 64 min | |
| Feb 5, 12:21 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Washington | 39 min |
| Feb 5, 12:51 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 39 min |
| Feb 5, 3:06 PM CST | Gale Warning | MOB | 42 hr | |
| Feb 5, 3:23 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 52 min |
| Feb 5, 4:37 PM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | 14 hr | |
| Feb 5, 5:14 PM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 60 hr |
| Feb 5, 5:14 PM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Dallas, Monroe, Wilcox | 25 days |
| Feb 5, 5:14 PM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe, Wilcox | 40 days |
| Feb 5, 5:14 PM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Covington, Escambia | 5 days |
| Feb 5, 5:55 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw | 35 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.