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Flash Flood Warning 57, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Aug 29, 2021, 5:25 PM CDT for Escambia 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
- Aug 29, 2021, 5:25 PM CDT (22:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 29, 2021, 11:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Escambia County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 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.
029
WGUS54 KMOB 292225
FFWMOB
FLC033-113-300430-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0057.210829T2225Z-210830T0430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
525 PM CDT Sun Aug 29 2021
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Northwestern Escambia County in northwestern Florida...
West Central Santa Rosa County in northwestern Florida...
* Until 1130 PM CDT Sunday.
* At 525 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...
Ferry Pass, Ensley, Gonzalez, Molino, Molino Crossroads, Brickton,
Barth, Barrineau Park, Pine Barren, Tenile, Quintette, Bay
Springs, McKinnon, Cottage Hill, Cantonment, Pine Forest and Olive.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3087 8762 3100 8746 3052 8713 3048 8732
3059 8741 3063 8739 3068 8741 3070 8745
3070 8747 3072 8748 3072 8750 3073 8752
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$2 follow-up statements
555
WGUS74 KMOB 300028 RRA
FFSMOB
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
728 PM CDT Sun Aug 29 2021
FLC033-113-300430-
/O.CON.KMOB.FF.W.0057.000000T0000Z-210830T0430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Escambia FL-Santa Rosa FL-
728 PM CDT Sun Aug 29 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM CDT THIS
EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN ESCAMBIA AND WEST CENTRAL SANTA ROSA
COUNTIES...
At 728 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy
rain across the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected
to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor
drainage and low-lying areas.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Ferry Pass, Ensley, Gonzalez, Molino, Molino Crossroads, Brickton,
Barth, Barrineau Park, Pine Barren, Tenile, Quintette, Bay
Springs, McKinnon, Cottage Hill, Cantonment, Pine Forest and Olive.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3087 8762 3100 8746 3052 8713 3048 8732
3059 8741 3063 8739 3068 8741 3070 8745
3070 8747 3072 8748 3072 8750 3073 8752
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$043
WGUS74 KMOB 300431
FFSMOB
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1131 PM CDT Sun Aug 29 2021
FLC033-113-300441-
/O.EXP.KMOB.FF.W.0057.000000T0000Z-210830T0430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Escambia FL-Santa Rosa FL-
1131 PM CDT Sun Aug 29 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR NORTHWESTERN ESCAMBIA AND
WEST CENTRAL SANTA ROSA COUNTIES...
The heavy rain has ended thus 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 3087 8762 3100 8746 3052 8713 3048 8732
3059 8741 3063 8739 3068 8741 3070 8745
3070 8747 3072 8748 3072 8750 3073 8752
$$
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, 4:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 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.