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Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Tallahassee, FL

March 28, 1995Escambia County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this flash flood warning at Mar 28, 1995, 11:44 AM CST for Escambia County, Florida. It was in force for 98 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 28, 1995, 11:44 AM CST (17:44 UTC)
Expired
Mar 28, 1995, 1:22 PM CST
In force
98 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Escambia County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL (KVPS), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 82 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, Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL at 12:00Z on 1995-03-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL at 12:00Z on 1995-03-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 15 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2647 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
127 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 KPNS 281741
FFWPNS
FLC033-281945-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
1144 AM CST TUE MAR 28 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENSACOLA HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  145 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA
 
   ...NORTH CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTY
 
AT 1125 AM CST AN AREA OF MODERATE TO STRONG SHOWERS WERE OVER
NORTH-CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTY. THE AREA WAS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 30
TO 35 MILES AN HOUR. ACCUMULATIONS OF .5 TO 1.00 INCHES AN HOUR CAN BE
EXPECTED IN THIS AREA.
 
DO NOT 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.
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT.  MOST FLASH 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 STREAM...EVEN A SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT.  TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 28, 6:48 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAESanta Rosa57 min
Mar 28, 6:48 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEEscambia27 min
Mar 28, 7:54 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEOkaloosa37 min

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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.