Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Jacksonville, FL

Issued

Jun 26, 1996, 8:29 PM EDT (00:29 UTC)

Expired

Jun 26, 1996, 10:30 PM EDT

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Jacksonville, FL

Area

Whole counties

County Alachua County, FL

The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

000 
TTAA00 KJAX 270032
FFWJAX
FLC001-270230-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
829 PM EDT WED JUN 26 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM EDT
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS ...
 
IN NORTH FLORIDA
 
   ...ALACHUA COUNTY
 
AT 826 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN
THE GAINESVILLE AREA OF ALACHUA COUNTY. AT 825 PM EDT A STORM
SPOTTER REPORTED 1 TO 2 FEET OF WATER ON PARTS OF ROUTE 441 IN GAINESVIL
.AN ADDITIONAL HALF INCH TO 1 INCH OF RAIN THE NEXT HOUR WILL MAKE
THE FLOODING CONTINUE.
 
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROA.DWAY.  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.
 
 
 
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NWS Jacksonville, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jun 26, 2:42 PM EDT, 5 hours 47 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
230 PM EDT WED JUN 26 1996

LTST SFC ANAL SHOWS FRNT IN THE VCNTY OF SAV GA EXTDG ACROSS
CNTRL GA NORTH OF WAYCROSS. SFC ANAL ALSO SHOWS C-BRZ FRNT STARTING
TO MOV IN ACROSS SE GA AND JUST OFF SHORE THE NE FL COAST. 88D SHOWS
ACTVTY BEGINNING TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY ACROSS SE GA DUE
TO C-BRZ AND FRNT INTERACTION. WITH FRNT NEARLY STATIONARY THRU
TMRW AFTN ACROSS EXTREME SE GA...MODIFIED CAPES ABOVE 3000...AND
PRECIP WATER  CLOSE TO 2 INCHES...I XPC POPS TO REMAIN IN THE GOOD
RANGE TONITE AND TOMORROW WITH HIGHER POPS ACROSS NE FL AS IT
REMAINS IN WARM SECTOR. FOR TEMPS...I XPC FL FA TO REMAIN NEAR 90 TO
LOWER 90S AND MID 80S IN SE GA TOM AS FRNT IS XPCD TO BE NEAR THE GA/FL
STATE LINE BY 12Z.

JAX TB 076/091 070/090 072 18553
GNV TB 074/093 068/091 071 18453
SSI TE 077/088 074/089 075 18543
SANTOS

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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.