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Flash Flood Warning 50, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Aug 25, 2021, 11:25 PM CDT for Escambia 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
- Aug 25, 2021, 11:25 PM CDT (04:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 26, 2021, 5:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Escambia County, FL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:29 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
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 233 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
- 1103 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -66 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1093 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 1 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
183
WGUS54 KMOB 260425
FFWMOB
FLC033-261030-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0050.210826T0425Z-210826T1030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1125 PM CDT Wed Aug 25 2021
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
South Central Escambia County in northwestern Florida...
* Until 530 AM CDT Thursday.
* At 1125 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain
have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 inches are
possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected
to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
other poor drainage and low-lying areas.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Pensacola, Ferry Pass, Brent, West Pensacola, Ensley, Warrington,
Goulding, Myrtle Grove, Avondale, Brownsville, Bellview, Olive,
Beach Haven, Ramsey Beach, Pine Forest, Millview, Pleasant Grove,
Beulah, Paradise Beach and Perdido Heights.
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.
Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.
&&
LAT...LON 3036 8746 3040 8745 3042 8740 3045 8739
3045 8742 3048 8744 3055 8743 3057 8742
3052 8709 3052 8710 3051 8710 3039 8712
3037 8715 3037 8717 3036 8720 3035 8718
3036 8713 3034 8713
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 10:55 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Escambia | 33 min |
| Aug 25, 11:02 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 29 min |
| Aug 25, 11:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 6 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.