Flash Flood Watch Issued For North Escambia Area

February 4, 2020

There is a growing threat of severe weather for Wednesday afternoon through Thursday morning. A flash flood watch has been issued beginning Wednesday afternoon. Several rounds of training showers and thunderstorms are expected to bring rainfall amounts of 2 to 4 inches, with local amounts of  six inches or more possible.

Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
Tonight: A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after midnight. Patchy fog after midnight. Otherwise, cloudy, with a low around 63. South wind 5 to 10 mph.

Wednesday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after noon. Areas of fog before noon. High near 76. South wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible.

Wednesday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Low around 63. South wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%.

Thursday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before noon, then showers likely. High near 66. West wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%.

Thursday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers before midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 39. West wind 5 to 10 mph.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 58. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the afternoon.

Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 43. Calm wind.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 64. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph.

Saturday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers before midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 44.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 63.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 45.

Monday: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 66.

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2 Responses to “Flash Flood Watch Issued For North Escambia Area”

  1. William Reynolds on February 4th, 2020 6:39 pm

    >>>What are “training showers”?

    Rain that lines up like a train…one shower after another after another over a short period of time.

    It’s the actual term used by the National Weather Service.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Training_(meteorology)

  2. MICHAEL O on February 4th, 2020 5:58 pm

    What are “training showers”? Is Mother Nature practicing for the upcoming hurricane season?

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