Alert archive / Florida / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this flash flood warning at Aug 25, 1995, 2:00 AM EDT for Duval County, Nassau County, Florida. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 25, 1995, 2:00 AM EDT (06:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 25, 1995, 8:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Duval County, FL, Nassau County, FL
The radar
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 1 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 3 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
- 582 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 466 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 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 KJAX 250601 FFWJAX FLC031-089-251200- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 200 AM EDT FRI AUG 25 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 AM EDT FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS S... IN NORTH FLORIDA ...DUVAL COUNTY...NASSAU COUNTY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNERSTORMS CONTINUE TO STREAM OVER DUVAL AND NASSAU COUNTIES THIS MORNING. WITH RECENT RAINS ACROSS THE AREA LAST EVENING AND WITH HEAVIER BANDS OF SHOWERS EXPECTED TO MOVE ON SHORE ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. REPORTS FROM STREETS AND DRAINAGE IN JACKSONVILLE INDICATE THAT PROBLEMS WITH STREET FLOODING IS CONTINUING INSIDE THE CITY LIMITS. ADDITIONAL SO REPORTS OF MINOR FLOODING OF SOME HOMES HAS BEEN RECEIVED. SHERIFFS OFFICE IN NASSAU COUNTY INDICATES THAT FLOODING ON AMELIA ISLANIS CONTINUING IN SOME LOCATIONS. TROPICAL DEPRESSION JERRY HAS REMAINED NEARLY STATIONARY OVER THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS. THIS HAS ALLOWED RAIN BANDS TO CONTINUE TO MOVE ONSHORE OF DUVAL AND NASSAU COUNTIES. 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. MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING 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. PETERSON/KUYPER &
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 8:04 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Columbia | 56 min |
| Aug 25, 8:40 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Columbia | 43 min |
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.