Alert archive / Florida / Flash Flood Warnings in 1994
Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this flash flood warning at Jul 7, 1994, 3:18 AM CDT for Washington County, Florida. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 7, 1994, 3:18 AM CDT (08:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 1994, 6:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Washington County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1435 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -19 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KPNS 070818 FFWPNS FLC133-071115- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 318 AM CDT THU JUL 7 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENSACOLA HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA ...SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY PERSISTENT HEAVY RAIN HAS BEEN OCCURRING OVER THE SOUTH PORTIONS OF WASHINGTON COUNTY SINCE AROUND MIDNIGHT. SINCE THE GROUND...RIVERS ...LAKES AND STREAMS ARE ALREADY SATURATED...THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL MAY CREATE FLASH FLOODING IN SOME AREAS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEAT HS 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.
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, Jul 6, 9:38 PM CDT, 5 hours 40 minutes before
FLZ016-017-018-019-026-027-028-034-GAZ155-156-157-158-159-FLZ011- 013-070545- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1038 PM EDT (938 PM CDT) WED JUL 6 1994 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF GEORGIA OVERNIGHT...INCLUDING SEMINOLE...DECATUR...GRADY...THOMAS...AND BROOKS COUNTIES... AT 1035 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED HEAVY SHOWERS OVER PARTS OF SOUTH ALABAMA...THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. THE LARGEST CONCENTRATION OF RAIN WAS LOCATED GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM DONALDSON GEORGIA TO PANAMA CITY. MOTORISTS HEADING WEST ALONG INTERSTATE 10 SHOULD BE AWARE OF FLOODING PROBLEMS ALONG THE ROUTE WEST. THE JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED THAT THE WESTBOUND LANE OF INTERSATE 10 IS CLOSED BETWEEN HIGHWAY 231 AND HIGHWAY 331 DUE TO FLOODING.. AS A RESULT...WESTBOUND TRAFFIC ALONG INTERSTATE 10 IS BEING ROUTED SOUTH ON HIGHWAY 231 TO HIGHWAY 20...THEN WEST ON HIGHWAY 20 TO HIGHWAY 331 NEAR FREEPORT...THEN NORTH ON HIGHWAY 331 TO INTERSTATE 10. IN ADDITION...HIGHWAY 90 WEST OF JACKSON COUNTY IS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. AT THE PRESENT TIME...IT APPEARS THAT THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL REMAIN WELL WEST OF TALLAHASSEE AND VICINITY OVERNIGHT. HOWEVER...RESIDENTS OF BOTH THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR CHANGING CONDITIONS. MUCH OF THE AREA HAS BEEN SATURATED BY PREVIOUS HEAVY RAINS AND LOCAL FLOODING COULD OCCUR IF HEAVY RAINFALL REDEVELOPS. STAY TUNED TO RADIO OR LOCAL TV FOR FURTHER UPDATES...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF HEAVY RAINFALL REDEVELOPS OVER THE FLORIDA BIG BEND OR SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. & WWUS35KGRR .l
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 9:38 PM CDT, 5 hours 40 minutes before
FLZ016-017-018-019-026-027-028-034-GAZ155-156-157-158-159-FLZ011- 013-070545- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1038 PM EDT (938 PM CDT) WED JUL 6 1994 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF GEORGIA OVERNIGHT...INCLUDING SEMINOLE...DECATUR...GRADY...THOMAS...AND BROOKS COUNTIES... AT 1035 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED HEAVY SHOWERS OVER PARTS OF SOUTH ALABAMA...THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. THE LARGEST CONCENTRATION OF RAIN WAS LOCATED GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM DONALDSON GEORGIA TO PANAMA CITY. MOTORISTS HEADING WEST ALONG INTERSTATE 10 SHOULD BE AWARE OF FLOODING PROBLEMS ALONG THE ROUTE WEST. THE JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED THAT THE WESTBOUND LANE OF INTERSATE 10 IS CLOSED BETWEEN HIGHWAY 231 AND HIGHWAY 331 DUE TO FLOODING.. AS A RESULT...WESTBOUND TRAFFIC ALONG INTERSTATE 10 IS BEING ROUTED SOUTH ON HIGHWAY 231 TO HIGHWAY 20...THEN WEST ON HIGHWAY 20 TO HIGHWAY 331 NEAR FREEPORT...THEN NORTH ON HIGHWAY 331 TO INTERSTATE 10. IN ADDITION...HIGHWAY 90 WEST OF JACKSON COUNTY IS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. AT THE PRESENT TIME...IT APPEARS THAT THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL REMAIN WELL WEST OF TALLAHASSEE AND VICINITY OVERNIGHT. HOWEVER...RESIDENTS OF BOTH THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR CHANGING CONDITIONS. MUCH OF THE AREA HAS BEEN SATURATED BY PREVIOUS HEAVY RAINS AND LOCAL FLOODING COULD OCCUR IF HEAVY RAINFALL REDEVELOPS. STAY TUNED TO RADIO OR LOCAL TV FOR FURTHER UPDATES...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF HEAVY RAINFALL REDEVELOPS OVER THE FLORIDA BIG BEND OR SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. & WWUS35KGRR .l
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 1:15 AM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
FLZ011-013-016>019-026>028-034-505-GAZ155>159-070915- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 213 AM EDT THU JUL 7 1994 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF GEORGIA OVERNIGHT...INCLUDING SEMINOLE...DECATUR...GRADY...THOMAS AND BROOKS COUNTIES... AT 210 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AREAS OF RAIN AND A FEW HEAVIER SHOWERS OVER PARTS OF SOUTH ALABAMA...THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. ONE AREA WAS BETWEEN DOTHAN ALABAMA AND PANAMA CITY FLORIDA. THIS AREA WAS MOVING INTO WESTERN JACKSON COUNTY...BUT WAS WEAKENING IN INTENSITY AND COVERAGE AS IT MOVED NORTHEAST. MOTORISTS HEADING WEST ALONG INTERSTATE 10 SHOULD BE AWARE OF FLOODING PROBLEMS ALONG THE ROUTE WEST. THE JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE REPORTED THAT THE WESTBOUND LANE OF INTERSTATE 10 WAS CLOSED BETWEEN HIGHWAY 231 AND HIGHWAY 331 DUE TO FLOODING. AS A RESULT...WESTBOUND TRAFFIC ALONG I-10 HAS BEEN ROUTED SOUTH ON HIGHWAY 231 TO HIGHWAY 20... THEN WEST ON HIGHWAY 20 TO HIGHWAY 331 NEAR FREEPORT...AND THEN NORTH ON HIGHWAY 331 TO I-10. IN ADDITION...HIGHWAY 90 WEST OF JACKSON COUNTY IS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. AT THE CURRENT TIME...IT APPEARS THAT THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL REMAIN WELL WEST OF TALLAHASSEE AND VICINITY FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT. HOWEVER...RESIDENTS OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR CHANGING CONDITIONS. MUCH OF THE AREA HAS BEEN SATURATED BY PREVIOUS HEAVY RAINS AND LOCAL FLOODING COULD OCCUR IF HEAVY RAINFALL REDEVELOPS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...AND LOCAL TELEVEISON AND RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES. BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF HEAVY RAINFALL REDEV~ELOPS OVER THE FLORIDA BIG BEND OR SOUTHWEST GEORGIA.
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.