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Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Miami, FL

October 15, 1995Collier County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this flash flood warning at Oct 15, 1995, 12:42 AM EDT for Collier County, Florida. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 15, 1995, 12:42 AM EDT (04:42 UTC)
Expired
Oct 15, 1995, 4:45 AM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Collier County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 113 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Miami, FL at 00:00Z on 1995-10-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 628 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Miami, FL at 00:00Z on 1995-10-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 19 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
628 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
573 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMIA 150445
FFWMIA
FLC021-150845-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1242 AM EDT SUN OCT 15 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  445 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA
 
   ...WESTERN COLLIER COUNTY
 
...FLOODING AND ROAD CLOSURES IN WESTERN COLLIER COUNTY...
 
A LINE OF HEAVY SHOWERS HAS BEEN MOVING ACROSS COLLIER AND HENDRY
COUNTIES SINCE LATE SATURDAY NIGHT.  THIS LINE HAS BROUGHT HEAVY RAIN TO
THE NAPLES AREA AND FLOODED MANY ROADS THERE.  THE LINE EXTENDED FROM
NEAR MOORE HAVEN ACROSS IMMOKALEE TO NAPLES AT 1230 AM.  THE LINE WAS
MOVING SOUTHEAST ABOUT 5 TO 10 MPH.  HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE IN THE VICINITY OF NAPLES FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES TO AN HOUR.
REPORTS OF OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN PER HOUR HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE
STORMS.  MOTORISTS ALONG I-75 AND HIGHWAY 29 IN COLLIER COUNTY SHOULD BE
ESPECIALLY WATCHFUL FOR FLOODED AREAS.  SOME RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE OVER MOST OF SOUTH FLORIDA THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS
SUNDAY.
 
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.  DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS
OF PONDING WATER ON UNKNOWN DEPTH.  IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED,
ACT QUICKLY.  MOVE UP OR TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.
DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
 
 
 
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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.