Alert archive / Florida / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this flash flood warning at Mar 16, 1990, 9:51 AM CST for Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 16, 1990, 9:51 AM CST (15:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 16, 1990, 12:00 PM CST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Escambia 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, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 233 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
- 17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -169 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1083 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 238 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 323 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KPNS 161547 FFWPNS FLC033-113-161800- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 951 AM CST FRI MAR 16 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENSACOLA HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL NOON CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA ...ESCAMBIA COUNTY...SANTA ROSA COUNTY HEAVY RAIN HAS OCCURRED OVER MOST OF ESCAMBIA AND MUCH OF SANTA ROSA COUNTIES FLORIDA DURING THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS. AS MUCH AS 6 INCHES HAS FALLEN DURING THE PAST FOUR HOURS AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS IN THESE TWO COUNTIES. FLOODING IS OCCURRING AT THIS TIME IN BOTH COUNTIES. REPORTS OF ROADS BEING WASHED OUT IN ESCAMBIA COUNTY ARE NUMEROUS. CREEKS AND DICTHES ARE OVERFLOWING IN MANY AREAS. MORE RAIN IS ON THE WAY. AS MUCH AS 2 TO 4 INCHES MAY FALL IN THESE AREAS DURING THE NEXT TWO HOURS. 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 8:01 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 59 min |
| Mar 16, 10:37 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 38 min |
| Mar 16, 12:04 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 116 min |
| Mar 16, 1:55 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 2 hr |
| Mar 16, 2:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 61 min |
| Mar 16, 3:55 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 5 hr |
| Mar 16, 3:55 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Okaloosa | 5 hr |
| Mar 16, 4:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 28 min |
Nearby
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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.