Alert archive / Georgia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1994
Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this flash flood warning at Oct 3, 1994, 1:45 AM EDT for Decatur County, Grady County, Georgia; Gadsden County, Florida. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 3, 1994, 1:45 AM EDT (05:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 3, 1994, 10:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Gadsden County, FL, Decatur County, GA, Grady County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 45 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
- 2226 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 485 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 198 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.5
- Supercell composite
- 10.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTLH 030602 COR FFWTLH FLC013-039-065-073-077-079-129-GAC275-087-131-031400- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 145 AM EDT (1245 AM CDT) MON OCT 3 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS EXTENDED A FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 AM EDT (900 AM CDT) FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH FLORIDA ...CALHOUN COUNTY...GADSDEN COUNTY...JEFFERSON COUNTY... ...LEON COUNTY...LIBERTY COUNTY...MADISON COUNTY ...WAKULLA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA ...THOMAS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA ...DECATUR COUNTY...GRADY COUNTY THE FLOOD WARNING FOR JACKSON COUNTY OF NORTH FLORIDA HAS EXPIRED AND FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED IN THAT AREA THIS MORNING. EXTENSIVE FLOODING CONTINUES ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST GEORGIA THIS MORNING. NUMEROUS ROADS...STREETS...AND LOW-LYING AREAS REMAIN FLOODED AT THIS TIME. THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA... BUT WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE REGION FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. HIGH WATER WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY RECEDE ACROSS THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA THIS MORNING. MANY STREETS AND SECONDARY ROADS WILL REMAIN UNDER WATER FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. STREAMS AND TRIBUTARIES MAY CONTINUE TO RISE... EVEN THOUGH THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA. PERSONS IN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR STREAMS AND CREEKS FOR RISING WATER AND TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT PROPERTY. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS MORE DIFFICULT TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGER OF FLOODS. DO NOT REMAIN IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. DO NO&T 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.
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, Oct 2, 8:33 PM EDT, 5 hours 12 minutes before
FLZ016-017-018-019-026-027-028-034-GAZ155-156-157-158-159-FLZ011- 013-030130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 833 PM EDT (733 PM CDT) SUN OCT 2 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH HAS EXPIRED ACROSS THOMAS AND BROOKS COUNTIES IN GEORGIA...AND JEFFERSON...MADISON...TAYLOR...AND DIXIE COUNTIES IN FLORIDA... THE TORNADO WATCH WHICH HAD BEEN IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST GEORGIA HAS EXPIRED. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WHICH DUMPED TORRENTIAL RAINFALL EARLIER HAVE MOVED NORTHEAST OF THE REGION. SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE AREA FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS THE REGION...EXTENSIVE FLOOD WATERS WILL PERSIST FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER FLOOD STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
Special weather statement, Oct 2, 8:34 PM EDT, 5 hours 11 minutes before
FLZ014-015-030330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FL 834 PM EDT SUN OCT 2 1994 AT 800 PM EDT...THE COASTAL FLOOD WARNING FOR GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES EXPIRED. THE TORNADO AND FLASH FLOOD WATCHES HAVE ALSO EXPIRED. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR TODAYS WEATHER HAS MOVED INLAND AND IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN OVERNIGHT. FOR THIS EVENING...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GUST NEAR 35 MILES AN HOUR NEAR THE COAST BUT THEY WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE BY SUNRISE. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT...SO MARINERS SHOULD STILL USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN VENTURING OUT OF PORT. TIDES AT APALACHICOLA ARE STILL RUNNING ABOUT 1 1/2 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL. AS THE WINDS SLACK OFF...THE TIDE SHOULD CONTINUE TO RECEDE. LISTEN FOR ANY FURTHER UPDATES ON NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL BROADCAST. NNNN
Local storm report, Oct 2, 10:28 PM EDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1030 PM EDT SUN OCT 2 1994
...PRELIMINARY SUMMARY OF SEVERE WEATHER FOR SUN 2 OCT 1994...
DATE TIME COUNTY,STATE EVENT
10/02/94 323 PM EDT LEON, FL WIND GUST TO 50 KTS...58 MPH...AT
TALLAHASSEE REGIONAL AIRPORT.
10/02/94 400 PM EDT LEON, FL NUMEROUS TREES, TREE LIMBS AND POWER
LINES DOWN ACROSS SOUTHERN AND EASTERN
PARTS OF THE COUNTY. REPORTED BY
LEON COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE.
10/02/94 400-415 TAYLOR, FL TORNADO ROLLED MOBILE HOME END OVER END.
PM EDT TWO PEOPLE SERIOUSLY INJURED. NUMEROUS
TREES DOWN AND ROOFS OFF HOUSES. ALL
DAMAGE OCCURRED NEAR SHADY GROVE IN
NORTHERN TAYLOR COUNTY. REPORTED BY
TAYLOR COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE. WT 819
IN EFFECT.
10/02/94 430-445 THOMAS, GA NUMEROUS TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES
PM EDT DOWN IN THOMASVILLE AREA. A FEW TREES
ON FIRE. REPORTED BY THOMAS COUNTY
SHERIFFS OFFICE.
10/02/94 430-500 MADISON, FL SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN DIFFERENT
PM EDT LOCATIONS ACROSS COUNTY. REPORTED
BY MADISON COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE.Local storm report, Oct 2, 10:30 PM EDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1030 PM EDT SUN OCT 2 1994
...PRELIMINARY SUMMARY OF SEVERE WEATHER FOR SUN 2 OCT 1994...
DATE TIME COUNTY,STATE EVENT
10/02/94 323 PM EDT LEON, FL WIND GUST TO 50 KTS...58 MPH...AT
TALLAHASSEE REGIONAL AIRPORT.
10/02/94 400 PM EDT LEON, FL NUMEROUS TREES, TREE LIMBS AND POWER
LINES DOWN ACROSS SOUTHERN AND EASTERN
PARTS OF THE COUNTY. REPORTED BY
LEON COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE.
10/02/94 400-415 TAYLOR, FL TORNADO ROLLED MOBILE HOME END OVER END.
PM EDT TWO PEOPLE SERIOUSLY INJURED. NUMEROUS
TREES DOWN AND ROOFS OFF HOUSES. ALL
DAMAGE OCCURRED NEAR SHADY GROVE IN
NORTHERN TAYLOR COUNTY. REPORTED BY
TAYLOR COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE. WT 819
IN EFFECT.
10/02/94 430-445 THOMAS, GA NUMEROUS TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES
PM EDT DOWN IN THOMASVILLE AREA. A FEW TREES
ON FIRE. REPORTED BY THOMAS COUNTY
SHERIFFS OFFICE.
10/02/94 430-500 MADISON, FL SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN DIFFERENT
PM EDT LOCATIONS ACROSS COUNTY. REPORTED
BY MADISON COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE.Special weather statement, Oct 2, 11:14 PM EDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
FLZ014-015-030615- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FL 1114 PM EDT SUN OCT 2 1994 AT 1100 PM EDT...WINDS ARE CONTINUING TO GUST NEAR 30 MILES AN HOUR ALONG THE WEST COAST OF GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF LOCALIZED COASTAL FLOODING FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. WE HAVE RECEIVED A REPORT FROM THE GULF COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE THAT RESIDENTS IN RAISED HOUSING ON CAPE SAN BLAS NEAR STUMP HOLE HAVE WATER BENEATH THEIR HOUSES TO NEAR THE AIR CONDITIONER LEVEL. WITH THE APPROACH OF HIGH TIDE AT 316 AM EDT RESIDENTS SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY THAT ROADS CAN BECOME FLOODED. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE OR VENTURE ON FOOT INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER VTHE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABONDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. NNNN NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 8:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Tift | 31 min |
| Oct 3, 1:45 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Thomas | 8 hr |
| Oct 3, 1:45 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Madison | 8 hr |
| Oct 3, 1:45 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Calhoun | 8 hr |
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.