Alert archive / Florida / Flash Flood Warnings in 1994
Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this flash flood warning at Aug 16, 1994, 3:29 AM EDT for Gadsden County, Leon County, Florida. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 16, 1994, 3:29 AM EDT (07:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 1994, 9:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Gadsden County, FL, Leon County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 19 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
- 20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 525 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -158 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -97 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 KTLH 160731 RRA FFWTLH FLC039-065-073-123-129-161330- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 329 AM EDT TUE AUG 16 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH FLORIDA ...GADSDEN COUNTY...JEFFERSON COUNTY...LEON COUNTY ...WAKULLA COUNTY...TAYLOR COUNTY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDBIG BEND. RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES HAVE OCCURED IN THE WARNING AREA WITH ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 3 INCHES POSSIBLE THIS MORNING. NUMEROUS ROADS THROUGHOUT THE AREA HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO BE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. 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 THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAzM, 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, Aug 15, 10:18 PM EDT, 5 hours 11 minutes before
FLZ011-013-016>019-026>028-034-160325- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1020 PM EDT MON AUG 15 1994 ...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE THE BIG BEND COAST... ...A FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 AM EDT FOR GADSDEN... LIBERTY...LEON...AND WAKULLA COUNTIES... ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT FOR ALL OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND... A FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE OCHLOCKONEE RIVER AT HAVANA AND BLOXHAM... ...A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND THROUGH TONIGHT... ...CONDITIONS DETERIORATE ACROSS THE FLORIDA BIG BEND... RAINBANDS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM BERYL HAVE CREATED VERY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS ACROSS PARTS OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND. EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINFALL HAS RESULTED IN NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES ACROSS LEON COUNTY AND THE TALLAHASSE AREA. THESE CONDITIONS LIKELY EXIST ELSWHERE SO FLOOD WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF THE FLORIDA BIG BED. IN ADDITION...STRONG SQUALLS HAVE PRODUCED WINDS OCCASIONALLY NEAR OR EXCEEDING 50 MPH. A COMBINATION OF THE STRONG WINDS AND COPIOUS RAINFALL HAVE CAUSED TREES TO FALL ACROSS MANY ROADS. TREES WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THE NIGHT... CREATING DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. RESIDENTS SHOULD STAY OFF THE ROADS EXCEPT FOR EMERGENCY SITUATIONS. CONDITIONS WILL BECOME WORSE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...WITH EVEN STRONGER RAINBANDS AND SQUALLS APPROACHING THE TALLAHASSEE AREA AND OTHER LOCATIONS AROUND THE FLORIDA BIG BEND. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Aug 15, 10:20 PM EDT, 5 hours 9 minutes before
FLZ011-013-016>019-026>028-034-160325- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1020 PM EDT MON AUG 15 1994 ...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE THE BIG BEND COAST... ...A FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 AM EDT FOR GADSDEN... LIBERTY...LEON...AND WAKULLA COUNTIES... ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT FOR ALL OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND... A FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE OCHLOCKONEE RIVER AT HAVANA AND BLOXHAM... ...A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND THROUGH TONIGHT... ...CONDITIONS DETERIORATE ACROSS THE FLORIDA BIG BEND... RAINBANDS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM BERYL HAVE CREATED VERY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS ACROSS PARTS OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND. EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINFALL HAS RESULTED IN NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES ACROSS LEON COUNTY AND THE TALLAHASSE AREA. THESE CONDITIONS LIKELY EXIST ELSWHERE SO FLOOD WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF THE FLORIDA BIG BED. IN ADDITION...STRONG SQUALLS HAVE PRODUCED WINDS OCCASIONALLY NEAR OR EXCEEDING 50 MPH. A COMBINATION OF THE STRONG WINDS AND COPIOUS RAINFALL HAVE CAUSED TREES TO FALL ACROSS MANY ROADS. TREES WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THE NIGHT... CREATING DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. RESIDENTS SHOULD STAY OFF THE ROADS EXCEPT FOR EMERGENCY SITUATIONS. CONDITIONS WILL BECOME WORSE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...WITH EVEN STRONGER RAINBANDS AND SQUALLS APPROACHING THE TALLAHASSEE AREA AND OTHER LOCATIONS AROUND THE FLORIDA BIG BEND. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Aug 15, 11:01 PM EDT, 4 hours 28 minutes before
GAZ155>159-160405- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1102 PM EDT MON AUG 15 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT FOR SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST GEORGIA OVERNIGHT... ...CONDITIONS DETERIORATE RAPIDLY ACROSS SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... RAINBANDS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM BERYL HAVE MOVED INTO SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...CREATING VERY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS ACROSS PARTS SEMINOLE...DECATUR...GRADY...AND THOMAS COUNTIES. THE RAINBANDS WILL MOVE INTO BROOKS COUNTY BY 1130 PM EDT. EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE LOCAL FLOODING PROBLEMS ACROSS SOUTHEST GEORGIA DURING THE REST OF THE NIGHT. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CLOSELY MONITOR THE RAINFALL FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. IN ADDITION...STRONG SQUALLS WILL PRODUCE WINDS OCCASIONALLY BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH. A COMBINATION OF THE STRONG WINDS AND COPIOUS RAINFALL MAY CAUSE TREES TO FALL OVERNIGHT. TREES FALLING ACROSS AREA ROADS MAY CREATE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. RESIDENTS SHOULD STAY OFF THE ROADS EXCEPT FOR EMERGENCY SITUATIONS. CONDITIONS WILL BECOME WORSE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...WITH EVEN STRONGER RAINBANDS AND SQUALLS APP ROACHING SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Aug 15, 11:02 PM EDT, 4 hours 27 minutes before
GAZ155>159-160405- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1102 PM EDT MON AUG 15 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT FOR SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST GEORGIA OVERNIGHT... ...CONDITIONS DETERIORATE RAPIDLY ACROSS SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... RAINBANDS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM BERYL HAVE MOVED INTO SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...CREATING VERY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS ACROSS PARTS SEMINOLE...DECATUR...GRADY...AND THOMAS COUNTIES. THE RAINBANDS WILL MOVE INTO BROOKS COUNTY BY 1130 PM EDT. EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE LOCAL FLOODING PROBLEMS ACROSS SOUTHEST GEORGIA DURING THE REST OF THE NIGHT. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CLOSELY MONITOR THE RAINFALL FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. IN ADDITION...STRONG SQUALLS WILL PRODUCE WINDS OCCASIONALLY BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH. A COMBINATION OF THE STRONG WINDS AND COPIOUS RAINFALL MAY CAUSE TREES TO FALL OVERNIGHT. TREES FALLING ACROSS AREA ROADS MAY CREATE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. RESIDENTS SHOULD STAY OFF THE ROADS EXCEPT FOR EMERGENCY SITUATIONS. CONDITIONS WILL BECOME WORSE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...WITH EVEN STRONGER RAINBANDS AND SQUALLS APPROACHING SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Aug 16, 1:38 AM EDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
FLZ011-013-016>019-026>028-034-505-GAZ155>159-160845- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 140 AM EDT TUE AUG 16 1994 ...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE BIG BEND COAST... ...A FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 AM EDT FOR GADSDEN... LIBERTY...LEON...JEFFERSON AND WAKULLA COUNTIES... ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT FOR ALL OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND... A FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE OCHLOCKONEE RIVER AT HAVANA AND BLOXHAM... ...A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND THROUGH TONIGHT... RAINBANDS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM BERYL HAVE CREATED VERY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS ACROSS PARTS OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION EXTENDS FROM NEAR THOMASVILLE GEORGIA...SOUTHWARD THROUGH MADISON AND PERRY TO THE SOUTHERN TAYLOR COUNTY COAST. THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS HEAVY RAIN IS SLOWLY MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST. TROPICAL STORM BERYL CONTINUES MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEASTWARD AND THE HEAVY RAIN HAS DIMINISHED OVER CALHOUN AND LIBERTY COUNTIES. A LARGE AREA OF TORRENTIAL RAIN EXTENDS WELL OUT INTO THE GULF. THIS PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTWARD INTO THE BIG BEND AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. THE EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINFALL HAS RESULTED IN NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES ACROSS THE BIG BEND. SOME ROADS IN COASTAL LOCATIONS HAVE BEEN WASHED OUT OR ARE UNDER WATER. RIVER LEVELS ALSO CONTINUE TO RISE. TRAVEL IS HIGHLY DISCOURAGED DUE TO THE DANGEROUS FLOOD CONDITIONS. IN ADDITION TO THE FLOODING CONDITIONS...STRONG SQUALLS HAVE PRODUCED WINDS OCCASIONALLY NEAR OR EXCEEDING 50 MPH. A WIND GUST TO 54 MPH WAS RECORDED AT THE TALLAHASSEE REGIONAL AIRPORT AT 1250 AM. A COMBINATION OF THE STRONG WINDS AND COPIOUS RAINFALL HAVE CAUSED NUMEROUS TREES TO FALL ACROSS MANY ROADS AND POWER LINES. TREES WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THE NIGHT...CREATING DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. RESIDENTS SHOULD STAY OFF THE ROADS EXCEPT FOR EMERGENCY SITUATIONS. THE DANGEROUS WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF THE NIGHT. IF TROPICAL STORM BERYL CONTINUES ITS SLOW NORTH-NORTHEAST MOVEMENT...WINDS rWILL BEGIN TO SLOWLY DIMINISH AFTER SUNRISE WHILE THE HEAVY RAIN THREAT MOVES TO THE NORTH AND EAST. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Aug 16, 1:40 AM EDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
FLZ011-013-016>019-026>028-034-505-GAZ155>159-160845- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 140 AM EDT TUE AUG 16 1994 ...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE BIG BEND COAST... ...A FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 AM EDT FOR GADSDEN... LIBERTY...LEON...JEFFERSON AND WAKULLA COUNTIES... ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT FOR ALL OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND... A FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE OCHLOCKONEE RIVER AT HAVANA AND BLOXHAM... ...A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND THROUGH TONIGHT... RAINBANDS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM BERYL HAVE CREATED VERY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS ACROSS PARTS OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION EXTENDS FROM NEAR THOMASVILLE GEORGIA...SOUTHWARD THROUGH MADISON AND PERRY TO THE SOUTHERN TAYLOR COUNTY COAST. THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS HEAVY RAIN IS SLOWLY MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST. TROPICAL STORM BERYL CONTINUES MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEASTWARD AND THE HEAVY RAIN HAS DIMINISHED OVER CALHOUN AND LIBERTY COUNTIES. A LARGE AREA OF TORRENTIAL RAIN EXTENDS WELL OUT INTO THE GULF. THIS PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTWARD INTO THE BIG BEND AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. THE EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINFALL HAS RESULTED IN NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES ACROSS THE BIG BEND. SOME ROADS IN COASTAL LOCATIONS HAVE BEEN WASHED OUT OR ARE UNDER WATER. RIVER LEVELS ALSO CONTINUE TO RISE. TRAVEL IS HIGHLY DISCOURAGED DUE TO THE DANGEROUS FLOOD CONDITIONS. IN ADDITION TO THE FLOODING CONDITIONS...STRONG SQUALLS HAVE PRODUCED WINDS OCCASIONALLY NEAR OR EXCEEDING 50 MPH. A WIND GUST TO 54 MPH WAS RECORDED AT THE TALLAHASSEE REGIONAL AIRPORT AT 1250 AM. A COMBINATION OF THE STRONG WINDS AND COPIOUS RAINFALL HAVE CAUSED NUMEROUS TREES TO FALL ACROSS MANY ROADS AND POWER LINES. TREES WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THE NIGHT...CREATING DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. RESIDENTS SHOULD STAY OFF THE ROADS EXCEPT FOR EMERGENCY SITUATIONS. THE DANGEROUS WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF THE NIGHT. IF TROPICAL STORM BERYL CONTINUES ITS SLOW NORTH-NORTHEAST MOVEMENT...WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SLOWLY DIMINISH AFTER SUNRISE WHILE THE HEAVY RAIN THREAT MOVES TO THE NORTH AND EAST. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 8:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Calhoun | 52 min |
| Aug 15, 11:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jackson | 51 min |
| Aug 16, 3:29 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Taylor, Wakulla | 6 hr |
| Aug 16, 3:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Taylor | 62 min |
| Aug 16, 5:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Franklin | 32 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Florida, 1994Every flash flood warning in 1994
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.