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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Tallahassee, FL

October 3, 1994Jefferson County, Madison County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this flash flood warning at Oct 3, 1994, 1:45 AM EDT for Jefferson County, Madison 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 Jefferson County, FL, Madison County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 59 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

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

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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.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 3, 1:45 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	TAE	Gadsden	8 hr
Oct 3, 1:45 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	TAE	Leon, Liberty, Wakulla	8 hr
Oct 3, 1:45 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	TAE	Calhoun	8 hr

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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.