Alert archive / Florida / Flash Flood Warnings in 1989
Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this flash flood warning at Nov 8, 1989, 3:43 PM CST for Holmes County, Florida. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 8, 1989, 3:43 PM CST (21:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 8, 1989, 7:45 PM CST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Holmes 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
Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL (KVPS), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 79 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
- 1293 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 629 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 237 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 278 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.2
- Supercell composite
- 13.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KPNS 082142
FFWPNS
FLC059-090145-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
343 PM CST WED NOV 8 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENSACOLA HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA
...HOLMES
TORENTIAL RAINS OF UP TO 13 INCHES HAS OCCURRED IN HOLMES COUNTY
FLORIDA SINCE 4 AM. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF WASHED OUT ROADS...CREEKS
AND DITCHES OVER FLOWING THEIR BANKS. MORE RAIN IS FORECAST FOR THE
HOLMES COUNTY AREA...UP TO 2 MORE INCHES COULD FALL BY 7 PM TONIGHT.
SOME ROADS THAT ARE REPORTED WASHED OUT ARE: HWY 163 NORTH OF COM-
MANDER'S EXIT IN NORTHWEST PART OF THE COUNTY. THE NEW ESTO-NOMA COUNTYROAD. C81A AND C10A IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE COUNTY.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.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, Nov 8, 1:35 PM CST, 2 hours 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FL 235 PM EST WED NOV 8 1989 ...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EST FOR A LARGE PART OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...THIS INCLUDES GULF COUNTY BUT NOT FRANKLIN COUNTY. ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE... THIS WATCH DOES NOT INCLUDE FRANKLIN OR GULF COUNTIES. AT 225 PM EST...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE IN A LARGE AREA OF RAIN THAT COVERED MOST OF THE WEST TWO THIRDS OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS AREA WERE ALONG THE COAST FROM NEAR PENSACOLA TO FORT WALTON BEACH.~..AT THE EAST END OF CHOCTAWHATCHEE BAY...AND IN WEST JACKSON COUNTY NEAR GRACEVILLE. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Nov 8, 2:19 PM CST, 1 hour 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 320 PM EST WED NOV 8 1989 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTH FLORIDA COUNTIES OF CALHOUN..JACKSON..GADSDEN..LEON..LIBERTY AND WAKULLA INCLUDING THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. ALSO THE SOUTHWEST GEORGIA COUNTIES OF SEMINOLE..DECATUR AND GRADY UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR JACKSON AND CALHOUN COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA... AT 310 PM EST RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF MOSTLY LIGHT RAIN COVERING MUCH OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM DECATUR COUNTY GEORGIA SOUTHWEST TO NEAR THE PANAMA CITY AREA. THIS AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH. PERSONS IN THE VICINITY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAINFALL..STRONG GUSTY WIND..FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Nov 8, 2:30 PM CST, 1 hour 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FL 335 PM EST WED NOV 8 1989 ...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EST FOR A LARGE PART OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...THIS INCLUDES GULF COUNTY BUT NOT FRANKLIN COUNTY. ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE... THIS WATCH DOES NOT INCLUDE FRANKLIN OR GULF COUNTIES. AT 325 PM EST...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE IN A WIDESPREAD AREA OF RAIN THAT COVERED MOST OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...AND SOUTHWEST GEROGIA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS AREA WERE BETWEEN PENSACOLA AND FORT WALTON BEACH. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Nov 8, 3:10 PM CST, 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 410 PM EST WED NOV 8 1989 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTH FLORIDA COUNTIES OF CALHOUN..JACKSON..GADSDEN..LEON..LIBERTY AND WAKULLA INCLUDING THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. ALSO THE SOUTHWEST GEORGIA COUNTIES OF SEMINOLE..DECATUR AND GRADY UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR JACKSON AND CALHOUN COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA... AT 405 PM EST RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF MOSTLY LIGHT RAIN WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COVERING MUCH OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM WESTERN GRADY COUNTY IN GEORGIA TO NEAR PANAMA CITY FLORIDA AND ALSO TO NEAR FORT WALTON BEACH. THIS AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH. PERSONS IN THE VICINITY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAINFALL..STRONG GUSTY WIND..FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Nov 8, 3:32 PM CST, 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FL 435 PM EST WED NOV 8 1989 ...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EST FOR A LARGE PART OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...THIS INCLUDES GULF COUNTY BUT NOT FRANKLIN COUNTY. ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE... THIS WATCH DOES NOT INCLUDE FRANKLIN OR GULF COUNTIES. AT 426 PM EST...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE IN A WIDESPREAD AREA OF RAIN THAT COVERED MOST OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...AND SOUTHWEST GEROGIA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS AREA WERE BETWEEN FORT WALTON BEACH TO JUST WEST OF BLOUNTSTOWN. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Nov 8, 3:33 PM CST, 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 430 PM EST WED NOV 8 1989 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTH FLORIDA COUNTIES OF CALHOUN..JACKSON..GADSDEN..LEON..LIBERTY AND WAKULLA INCLUDING THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. ALSO THE SOUTHWEST GEORGIA COUNTIES OF SEMINOLE..DECATUR AND GRADY UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR JACKSON AND CALHOUN COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA..AND ALSO FOR SEMINOLE..DECATUR AND GRADY COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... HEAVY RAINS OF MORE THAN 7 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED TODAY OVER PARTS OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND MORE THAN 3 INCHES IN THE COLUMBUS GEORGIA AREA. AT 425 PM EST RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF MOSTLY LIGHT RAIN WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COVERING MUCH OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM WESTERN GRADY COUNTY IN GEORGIA TO NEAR PANAMA CITY FLORIDA AND ALSO TO NEAR FORT WALTON BEACH. THIS AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH. PERSONS IN THE VICINITY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAINFALL..STRONG GUSTY WIND..FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
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.