Alert archive / Florida / Flash Flood Warnings in 1989
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this flash flood warning at Jun 8, 1989, 2:21 PM CDT for Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 8, 1989, 2:21 PM CDT (19:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 1989, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Santa Rosa County, FL
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Apalachicola Mun, FL (KAQQ), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 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
- 16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -123 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1038 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KPNS 081921
FFWPNS
FLC113-082130-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
221 PM CDT THU JUN 8 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENSACOLA HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA
...SANTA ROSA
SANTA ROSA CD REPORTS SOME ROADS CLOSED IN THE PACE AND MILTON AREAS
DUE TO HEAVY RAINS. GIDDENS ROAD AND ENFIGER ROAD NORTH OF PACE WERE
CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. MUNSON HWY AT CARPENTERS PARK WAS ALSO UNDER
WATER.
WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTIUES TO SHOW HEAVY RAINS IN THIS AREA. THE
RAINS WILL CONTINUE FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT 2 TO 3 HOURS.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT'S
IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR
CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD
AVOID CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 8:35 AM CDT, 5 hours 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FL 934 AM EDT THU JUN 8 1989 ...THE TORNADO WATCH HAS EXPIRED FOR COUNTIES OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE.. AT 927 AM EDT..WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS..WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN.. WERE OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE IN BAY..WASHINGTON..HOLMES COUNTIES AND NEAR PENSACOLA. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS..WITH HEAVY RAIN..AND WIDESPREAD RAIN WERE OVER MUCH OF NORTH FLORIDA.A.THE PANHANDLE..SOUTH GEORGIA..SOUTH ALABAMA AND THE NORTHEAST GULF FROM APALACHEE BAY WEST TO JUST SOUTH OF PENSACOLA. MOVEVENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 10:40 AM CDT, 3 hours 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FL 1140 AM EDT THU JUN 8 1989 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 438 IS IN EFFECT FOR GULF COUNTY UNTIL 300PM EDT. AT 1126 AM EDT...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...MAINLY WITHIN 25 MILES OF PENSACOLA. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND LARGE AREAS OF RAIN WERE OVER NORTH FLORIDA...THE PANHANDLE...SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...AND SOUTH ALABAMA. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE OVER THE GULF FROM 15 TO 65 MILES OFFSHORE BETWEEN PENSACOLA AND APALACHICOLA. WIDESPRED RAIN WAS OVER THE NORTHEAST GULF FROM CEDAR KEY 80 MILES SOUTH OF FORT WALTON BEACH. MOVEVENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 11:23 AM CDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1220 PM EDT THU JUN 8 1989 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 438 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CDT FOR JACKSON AND CALHOUN COUNTY. AT 1215 NOON EDT...NUMEROUS SHOWERS COVER MUCH OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER THE GULF 75 MILES SOUTHEAST THROUGH SOUTHWEST OF APALACHICOLA. AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED FROM CRESTVIEW TO FT WALTON. THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 11:37 AM CDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FL 1236 PM EDT THU JUN 8 1989 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 438 IS IN EFFECT FOR GULF COUNTY UNTIL 300 PM EDT. AT 1226 PM EDT...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE CLUSTERED NEAR CRESTVIEW. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE NEAR FORT WALTON BEACH...YOUNGSTOWN...AND WEWAHITCHKA. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND LARGE AREAS OF RAIN WERE OVER NORTH FLORIDA...THE PANHANDLE...SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...AND SOUTH ALABAMA. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE OVER THE GULF FROM 30 TO 80 MILES OFFSHORE BETWEEN DESTIN AND APALACHICOLA. WIDESPREAD RAIN WAS OVER THE NORTHEAST GULF FROM CEDIAR KEY TO 100 MILES SOUTHWEST OF APALACHICOLA. MOVEVENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 12:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FL 143 PM EDT THU JUN 8 1989 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 438 IS IN EFFECT FOR GULF COUNTY UNTIL 300 PM EDT. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 PM EDT. AT 129 PM EDT...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE 5 TO 20 MILES NORTH OF PENSACOLA...AND EXTENDED EAST TO DE FUNIAK SPRINGS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND LARGE AREAS OF RAIN WERE OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...AND SOUTHEAST ALABAMA. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE OVER THE GULF FROM 5 TO 70 MILES OFFSHORE BETWEEN DESTIN AND APALACHICOLA. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND LARGE PATCHES OF RAIN WERE OVER THE NORTHEAST GULF FROM CEDAR KEY TO 100 MILES SOUTHWEST OF APALACHICOLA. MOVEVENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 1:43 PM CDT, 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FL 243 PM EDT THU JUN 8 1989 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 439 IS IN EFFECT FOR GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM EDT. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 PM EDT. AT 231 PM EDT...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE 5 TO 20 MILES NORTH OF MILTON...EXTENDED EAST TO CRESTVIEW...NORTHEAST TO ENTERPRISE ALABAMA...AND SOUTH TO FREEPORT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND LARGE AREAS OF RAIN WERE OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...AND SOUTHEAST ALABAMA. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE OVER THE GULF WITHIN 60 MILES OF SHORE BETWEEN P[ANAMA CITY AND APALACHICOLA. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND LARGE PATCHES OF RAIN WERE ALSO OVER THE GULF. MOVEVENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 55 min |
| Jun 8, 4:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 69 min |
| Jun 8, 5:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 61 min |
| Jun 8, 6:16 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Escambia | 59 min |
| Jun 8, 9:26 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 49 min |
| Jun 8, 10:13 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 47 min |
| Jun 8, 11:01 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 44 min |
| Jun 8, 12:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 48 min |
| Jun 8, 1:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Okaloosa, Walton | 50 min |
| Jun 8, 2:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Escambia | 44 min |
| Jun 8, 4:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Franklin | 38 min |
| Jun 8, 4:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 3 hr |
| Jun 8, 5:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Franklin | 50 min |
| Jun 8, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 47 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Florida, 1989Every flash flood warning in 1989
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.