Alert archive / Florida / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this flash flood warning at Mar 16, 1990, 12:04 PM CST for Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 116 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 16, 1990, 12:04 PM CST (18:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 16, 1990, 2:00 PM CST
- In force
- 116 min
- 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, 6.1 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 161759 FFWPNS FLC033-113-162000- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 1204 PM CST FRI MAR 16 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENSACOLA HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 200 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA ...CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTY...CENTRAL SANTA ROSA COUNTY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL OVER ESCAMBIA AND SANTA ROSA COUNTIES FLORIDA. MORE RAIN IS ON THE WAY. AS MUCH AS 2 INCHES OF ADITIONAL RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED THE NEXT TWO HOURS. IN ESCAMBIA COUNTY...NUMEROUS REPORTS OF ROADS WASHED OUT FROM NINE MILE ROAD NORTHWARD TO THE ALABAMA LINE. CREEKS AND ROADSIDE DITCHES ARE OVERFLOWING THEIR BANKS. A YOUNG BOY WAS RESCUED FROM RUSHING WATER NEAR CANTONEMENT. A NEAR DROWNING WAS REPORTED IN A ROADSIDE DITCH AT HIGHWAY 29 AND CEDAR CREEK NEAR CANTONEMENT. RESCUE EFFORTS ARE UNDERWAY AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS IN THE COUNTY. ESCAMBIA COUNTY CIVIL DEFENSE REQUEST THAT THE GENERAL PUBLIC RESTRICT TRAVEL FROM NINE MILE ROAD NORTHWARD. IN SANTA ROSA COUNTY...NUMEROUS ROADS CLOSED FROM MILTON NORTHWARD TO THE ALABAMA LINE. SOME CREEKS AND RIVERS ARE RISING RAPIDLY. PLEASE TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPTERTY. RESTRICTED TRAVEL IS REQUESTED IN THE AFFECTED AREAS. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPPT 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, 9:51 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 2 hr |
| Mar 16, 10:37 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 38 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 |
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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.