Alert archive / Florida / Flash Flood Warnings in 1994
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this flash flood warning at Mar 1, 1994, 10:30 PM EST for Leon County, Florida. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 1, 1994, 10:30 PM EST (03:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 1994, 4:30 AM EST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Leon County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 7 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
- 61 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 461 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 265 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 KTLH 020324 FFWTLH FLC073-020930- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1030 PM EST TUE MAR 1 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH FLORIDA ...LEON COUNTY ...FLOOD WARNING FOR LEON COUNTY... DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS OVER 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER TALLAHASSEE AND VICINITY. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. THEREFORE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO BE HEAVY THROUGH ABOUT MIDNIGHT ACROSS LEON COUNTY. ANOUTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN COULD FALL ACROSS THE AREA BY MIDNIGHT. TALLAHASSEE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS REPORTED NUMEROUS STREET CLOSINGS DUE TO EXCESSIVE RAINFALL. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO AVOID TRAVEL IF POSSIBLE DURING THE REST OF THE EVENING. PEOPLE IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD BEWARE THAT FLOODING MAY BECOME WORSE DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES, DIPS, OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS 8THE 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, Mar 1, 4:45 PM EST, 5 hours 45 minutes before
FLZ011-013-012245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 450 PM EST (350 PM CST) TUE MAR 1 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO JACKSON AND CALHOUN COUNTIES... AT 345 PM CST 445 PM EST A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING RAPIDLY EASTWARD AND WAS JUST WEST OF MARIANNA TO ABOUT 30 MILES WEST OF BLOUNTSTOWN. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT AT ABOUT 45 MILES AN HOUR. HEAVY RAIN... STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED OVER CALHOUN AND JACKSON COUNTY BETWEEN 345 AND 430 PM CST. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER RELIABLE SOURCES OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Mar 1, 4:45 PM EST, 5 hours 45 minutes before
FLZ011-013-012245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 450 PM EST (350 PM CST) TUE MAR 1 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO JACKSON AND CALHOUN COUNTIES... AT 345 PM CST 445 PM EST A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING RAPIDLY EASTWARD AND WAS JUST WEST OF MARIANNA TO ABOUT 30 MILES WEST OF BLOUNTSTOWN. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT AT ABOUT 45 MILES AN HOUR. HEAVY RAIN... STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED OVER CALHOUN AND JACKSON COUNTY BETWEEN 345 AND 430 PM CST. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER RELIABLE SOURCES OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Mar 1, 5:58 PM EST, 4 hours 32 minutes before
FLZ016-026-GAZ156-157-158-020000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 602 PM EST TUE MAR 1 1994 ...LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN... AT 600 PM EST RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST WEST OF BAINBRIDGE GEORGIA... ACROSS THE LAKE SEMINOLE AREA TO BLOUNTSTOWN AND DOWN TO NEAR PANAMA CITY. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 TO 40 MPH. AMATURE RADIO REPORTS INDICATE THAT EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN WAS FALLING ALONG I-10 EAST NEAR CHATTAHOOCHEE DURING THESE STORMS. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS DECATUR AND GRADY COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA BETWEEN 6 AND 7PM AS WELL AS GADSDEN AND LIBERTY COUNTIES. VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED IN THESE AREAS AS THE STORMS PASS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER RELIABLE SOURCES OF WEATHER INFORMATION DURING THIS EVENI(NG FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Mar 1, 6:02 PM EST, 4 hours 28 minutes before
FLZ016-026-GAZ156-157-158-020000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 602 PM EST TUE MAR 1 1994 ...LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN... AT 600 PM EST RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST WEST OF BAINBRIDGE GEORGIA... ACROSS THE LAKE SEMINOLE AREA TO BLOUNTSTOWN AND DOWN TO NEAR PANAMA CITY. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 TO 40 MPH. AMATURE RADIO REPORTS INDICATE THAT EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN WAS FALLING ALONG I-10 EAST NEAR CHATTAHOOCHEE DURING THESE STORMS. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS DECATUR AND GRADY COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA BETWEEN 6 AND 7PM AS WELL AS GADSDEN AND LIBERTY COUNTIES. VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED IN THESE AREAS AS THE STORMS PASS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER RELIABLE SOURCES OF WEATHER INFORMATION DURING THIS EVENING FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Mar 1, 7:20 PM EST, 3 hours 10 minutes before
FLZ017-018-019-027-028-GAZ159-020130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 725 PM EST TUE MAR 1 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING ACROSS SOUTH GEORGIA...FLORIDA BIG BEND... AT 725 PM A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED MOVING SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS SOUTH GEORGIA AND THE FLORIDA BIG BEND. THE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM AROUND QUITMAN GEORGIA...WEST OF VALDOSTA... SOUTHEAST TO NEAR MONTICELLO FLORIDA AND THE TALLAHASSEE AREA... AND CONTINUED SOUTHWEST ALL THE WAY TO PANAMA CITY AND BEYOND. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH AND BRING HEAVY RAIN... LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS TO AREAS FROM MONTICELLO... MADISON AND TO THE COAST OF THE APALACHEE BAY BETWEEN 730 AND 830 PM THIS EVENING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR MONITOR WEATHER STATEMENTS ON RELIABLE SOURCES OF WEATHER INFORMATION THIS EVENING.
Special weather statement, Mar 1, 7:25 PM EST, 3 hours 5 minutes before
FLZ017-018-019-027-028-GAZ159-020130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 725 PM EST TUE MAR 1 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING ACROSS SOUTH GEORGIA...FLORIDA BIG BEND... AT 725 PM A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED MOVING SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS SOUTH GEORGIA AND THE FLORIDA BIG BEND. THE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM AROUND QUITMAN GEORGIA...WEST OF VALDOSTA... SOUTHEAST TO NEAR MONTICELLO FLORIDA AND THE TALLAHASSEE AREA... AND CONTINUED SOUTHWEST ALL THE WAY TO PANAMA CITY AND BEYOND. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH AND BRING HEAVY RAIN... LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS TO AREAS FROM MONTICELLO... MADISON AND TO THE COAST OF THE APALACHEE BAY BETWEEN 730 AND 830 PM THIS EVENING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR MONITOR WEATHER STATEMENTS ON RELIABLE SOURCES OF WEATHER INFORMATION THIS EVENING.
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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.