Alert archive / Florida / Flash Flood Warnings in 1989
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this flash flood warning at Jun 8, 1989, 4:29 PM CDT for Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 8, 1989, 4:29 PM CDT (21:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 1989, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Escambia County, FL, Okaloosa County, FL, 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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 217 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 082129
FFWPNS
FLC033-091-113-090030-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
429 PM CDT THU JUN 8 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENSACOLA HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA
...ESCAMBIA...OKALOOSA...SANTA ROSA
SANTA ROSA COUNTY...NUMEROUS ROADS IN SANTA ROSA COUNTY EITHER HAVE
WATER IN THEM OR ARE CLOSED.
ESCAMBIA COUNTY...CD REPORTS THAT MOBILE HWY AT 8 MILE CREEK IS
CLOSED. WATER WAS REPORTED IN SOME HOMES ON MOBILE HWY NEAR 11 MILE
CREEK.
OKALOOSA COUNTY...ANTIOCH ROAD WEST OF HWY 85 NEAR CRESTVIEW WAS
CLOSED. NEW ANTIOCH ROAD JUST NORTH OF CRESTVIEW WAS CLOSED. HWY 4
ONE MILE WEST OF THE BLACKWATER RIVER ONLY HAD 1 LANE OPEN.
WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW THUNDERSTORMS TRAINING ACROSS
CENTRAL ESCAMBIA...CENTRAL AND NORTH SANTA ROSA AND NORTH OKALOOSA
COUNTIES. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 1 TO 2
HOURS AND WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO CONTINUE.
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, 12:44 PM CDT, 3 hours 45 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, 2 hours 46 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.
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 2:28 PM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 438 PM EDT THU JUN 8 1989 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 439 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... A 325 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST THROUGH JACKSON COUNTY AT 25 MPH AND INTO SEMINOLE COUNTY GA DURING THE NEXT HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDQS...VERY HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THE AREA DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADION FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS ON THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 2:51 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FL 340 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 326 PM EDT...SCATTERED CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE OVER THE GULF FROM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF APALACHICOLA TO 35 MILES SOUTH OF CAPE SAN BLAS. OTHER SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER HOLMES AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES OR ROUGHLY AMOUNG DE FUNIAK SPRINGS...BONIFAY... AND GRACEVILLE. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND LARGE AREAS OF RAIN WERE OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...AND SOUTHEAST ALABAMA. MOVEVENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 3:38 PM CDT, 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 438 PM EDT THU JUN 8 1989 ...TORDAOD WATCH NUMBER 439 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... A 325 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST THROUGH JACKSON COUNTY AT 25 MPH AND INTO SEMINOLE COUNTY GA DURING THE NEXT HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDOS...VERY HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THE AREA DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADION FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS ON THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 3:46 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FL 443 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 229 PM EDT...SCATTERED CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE OVER THE GULF FROM JUST SOUTH THROUGH 25 MILES SOUTH OF CAPE SAN BLAS AND FROM 25 TO 50 MILES SOUTHEAST OF APALACHICOLA. OTHER SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE OCCURRING FROM WESTVILLE IN HOLMES COUNTY TO 20 MILES EAST OF CAMBELLTON IN JACKSON COUNTY. WATERSPOUTS MAY DEVELOP IN THE BAYS AND COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SAN BLAS TO CARRABELLE. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND LARGE AREAS OF RAIN WERE OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...AND SOUTHEAST ALABAMA. > MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAS@T 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, 2:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Santa Rosa | 2 hr |
| Jun 8, 4:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Franklin | 38 min |
| 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.