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Flash Flood Warning 56, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Aug 29, 2021, 4:28 PM CDT for Escambia County, Florida. It was in force for 6 hr. 1 report 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
- Aug 29, 2021, 4:28 PM CDT (21:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 29, 2021, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Escambia County, FL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 4:41 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Sw Bellview, FL | IMPASSABLE ROADWAYS IN THE AREA OF BLUE ANGEL PARKWAY AND CERNY ROADS. |
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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 222 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3256 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.3
The text
As transmitted.
835
WGUS54 KMOB 292128
FFWMOB
FLC033-300330-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0056.210829T2128Z-210830T0330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
428 PM CDT Sun Aug 29 2021
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
South Central Escambia County in northwestern Florida...
* Until 1030 PM CDT Sunday.
* At 428 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across 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...
West Pensacola, Warrington, Myrtle Grove, Ramsey Beach, Millview,
Bellview, Avondale, Beach Haven, Pleasant Grove and Beulah.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3049 8744 3049 8743 3050 8743 3050 8744
3051 8745 3054 8744 3056 8737 3034 8722
3032 8734 3042 8742 3042 8741 3042 8740
3044 8740 3045 8739 3045 8741 3047 8743
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$2 follow-up statements
101
WGUS74 KMOB 300028
FFSMOB
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
728 PM CDT Sun Aug 29 2021
FLC033-300330-
/O.CON.KMOB.FF.W.0056.000000T0000Z-210830T0330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Escambia FL-
728 PM CDT Sun Aug 29 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CDT THIS
EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTY...
At 728 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy
rain across the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected
to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor
drainage and low-lying areas.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
West Pensacola, Warrington, Myrtle Grove, Ramsey Beach, Millview,
Bellview, Avondale, Beach Haven, Pleasant Grove and Beulah.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3049 8744 3049 8743 3050 8743 3050 8744
3051 8745 3054 8744 3056 8737 3034 8722
3032 8734 3042 8742 3042 8741 3042 8740
3044 8740 3045 8739 3045 8741 3047 8743
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$184
WGUS74 KMOB 300338
FFSMOB
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1038 PM CDT Sun Aug 29 2021
FLC033-300348-
/O.EXP.KMOB.FF.W.0056.000000T0000Z-210830T0330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Escambia FL-
1038 PM CDT Sun Aug 29 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ESCAMBIA
COUNTY...
The heavy rain has ended and the warning has been allowed to expire.
Please continue to heed remaining road closures.
A Flash Flood Watch remains in effect until 1200 PM CDT Tuesday for
Portions of Alabama. Portions of northwest Florida. Portions of
southeast Mississippi.
LAT...LON 3049 8744 3049 8743 3050 8743 3050 8744
3051 8745 3054 8744 3056 8737 3034 8722
3032 8734 3042 8742 3042 8741 3042 8740
3044 8740 3045 8739 3045 8741 3047 8743
$$
DREThe office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 9:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia | 39 min |
| Aug 29, 12:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Santa Rosa | 52 min |
| Aug 29, 1:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia | 48 min |
| Aug 29, 1:30 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 57 hr |
| Aug 29, 8:41 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia | 36 min |
| Aug 29, 9:18 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Escambia | 3 hr |
| Aug 29, 10:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 87 min |
| Aug 29, 10:06 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 6 hr |
| Aug 29, 10:14 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 5 days |
| Aug 29, 10:35 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Escambia | 3 hr |
| Aug 29, 11:11 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 6 hr |
| Aug 29, 1:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 89 min |
| Aug 29, 3:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia | 45 min |
| Aug 29, 5:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia, 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.