Alert archive / Florida / Flash Flood Warnings in 1998
Flash Flood Warning 26, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this flash flood warning at Feb 22, 1998, 7:47 PM EST for Bradford County, Florida. It was in force for 5 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 22, 1998, 7:47 PM EST (00:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 23, 1998, 1:00 AM EST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Bradford County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 76 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 778 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -91 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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.
NWS Jacksonville, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Feb 22, 9:40 AM EST, 10 hours 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 22, 9:40 AM EST, 10 hours 7 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 940 AM EST SUN FEB 22 1998 FIRST BATCH OF CONVECTION OVR THE EXTRM WRN PTNS OF OUR FL CWA ATTM AND PROPAGATING RPDLY NNE. MRNG SOUNDING AT JAX INDICATE LLVL DIR SHEAR WITH 20KT ELY FLO AT 1000MB THEN BCMG SWLY ARND 25KT ABV 950MB. TOR WATCH OVR WRN FL CTYS AND WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED ANOTHER ONE LTR THIS AFTN TO ITS EAST AS FAVORABLE U/L DYNAMICS SHIFT ACROSS AREA. HAVE UPDATED FL ZONE PACKAGE TO INCLUDE TOR WATCH ALSO AND BUMPED POPS UP A NOTCH...OTRW CURRENT PACKAGE LOOKS TO BE ON TRACK. MOBBS
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Feb 22, 4:22 PM EST, 3 hours 25 minutes before
AMZ435-450-452-454-470-472-474-FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040- GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-230315- NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL...UPDATED... 422 PM EST SUN FEB 22 1998 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM FOR ALACHUA...MARION...PUTNAM AND FLAGLER COUNTIES. ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH AND NORTHEAST FLORIDA THROUGH TONIGHT... A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO TRACK EASTWARD OVER THE NORTHCENTRAL FLORIDA PENINSULA. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL AND TORNADOES. ELSEWHERE OVER NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA WIDESPREAD RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM NOW LOCATED IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI WILL TRACK NORTHEAST TONIGHT. AN ASSOCIATED FRONT WILL SLOWLY WORK EAST OVER THE AREA WITH RAIN TAPERING OFF FROM THE WEST LATE TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM THE STORM WILL AVERAGE FROM ONE TO ONE AND HALF INCHES WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES. SINCE THE GROUND REMAINS SATURATED ANY SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL WILL ONLY SERVE TO COMPLICATE THE FLOODING SITUATION. INTERESTS IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD CONSIDER TAKING PRECAUTIONS FOR THE PROTECTION OF PROPERTY. GENERALLY...IF YOU EXPERIENCED FLOODING PROBLEMS DURING LAST MONDAYS STORM IT WOULD BE PRUDENT TO ASSUME FLOODING COULD OCCUR ONCE AGAIN. RIVER FLOODING...FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA RIVERS. NUMEROUS RIVERS IN THE AREA CONTINUE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. DETAILS ON THESE RIVERS ARE CONTAINED IN RIVER FLOOD STATEMENTS. RESIDENTS AND INTERESTS IN NORTH FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA ARE URGED TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO...TV...CABLE TELEVISION OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING STORM. MORE OUTLOOKS WILL BE ISSUED AS THE WEATHER SITUATION EVOLVES. ALONG THE COAST...A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT DUE TO INCREASING WINDS AND BUILDING SEAS. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE COASTAL WATERS INTO THE EVENING WITH THE STRONGEST LOCATED TO THE SOUTH OF ST AUGUSTINE. SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED THROUGH THE EVENING. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED ON THE WEB AT: HTTP://WWW.UNF.EDU/NWS/JAX/ RAM
Special weather statement, Feb 22, 4:22 PM EST, 3 hours 25 minutes before
AMZ435-450-452-454-470-472-474-FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040- GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-230315- NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL...UPDATED... 422 PM EST SUN FEB 22 1998 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM FOR ALACHUA...MARION...PUTNAM AND FLAGLER COUNTIES. ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH AND NORTHEAST FLORIDA THROUGH TONIGHT... A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO TRACK EASTWARD OVER THE NORTHCENTRAL FLORIDA PENINSULA. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL AND TORNADOES. ELSEWHERE OVER NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA WIDESPREAD RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM NOW LOCATED IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI WILL TRACK NORTHEAST TONIGHT. AN ASSOCIATED FRONT WILL SLOWLY WORK EAST OVER THE AREA WITH RAIN TAPERING OFF FROM THE WEST LATE TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM THE STORM WILL AVERAGE FROM ONE TO ONE AND HALF INCHES WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES. SINCE THE GROUND REMAINS SATURATED ANY SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL WILL ONLY SERVE TO COMPLICATE THE FLOODING SITUATION. INTERESTS IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD CONSIDER TAKING PRECAUTIONS FOR THE PROTECTION OF PROPERTY. GENERALLY...IF YOU EXPERIENCED FLOODING PROBLEMS DURING LAST MONDAYS STORM IT WOULD BE PRUDENT TO ASSUME FLOODING COULD OCCUR ONCE AGAIN. RIVER FLOODING...FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA RIVERS. NUMEROUS RIVERS IN THE AREA CONTINUE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. DETAILS ON THESE RIVERS ARE CONTAINED IN RIVER FLOOD STATEMENTS. RESIDENTS AND INTERESTS IN NORTH FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA ARE URGED TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO...TV...CABLE TELEVISION OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING STORM. MORE OUTLOOKS WILL BE ISSUED AS THE WEATHER SITUATION EVOLVES. ALONG THE COAST...A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT DUE TO INCREASING WINDS AND BUILDING SEAS. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE COASTAL WATERS INTO THE EVENING WITH THE STRONGEST LOCATED TO THE SOUTH OF ST AUGUSTINE. SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED THROUGH THE EVENING. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED ON THE WEB AT: HTTP://WWW.UNF.EDU/NWS/JAX/ RAM
Special weather statement, Feb 22, 5:56 PM EST, 1 hour 51 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>Special weather statement, Feb 22, 7:28 PM EST, 19 minutes before
FLZ020>025-030-031-035-036-GAZ150-162>166-230430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 728 PM EST SUN FEB 22 1998 FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE ACROSS LARGE PORTIONS OF NORTH FLORIDA AND SOUTH GEORGIA ALONG THE FLORIDA-GEORGIA BORDER. THESE WARNINGS ARE BEING EXTENDED AND UPDATED AT THIS TIME AND WILL EXTEND TO MIDNIGHT. MANY EMERGENCY MANAGERS ARE REQUESTING THAT RESIDENTS IN NORTH FLORIDA AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AVOID TRAVEL UNLESS IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. ROADWAYS THAT ARE FLOODED...IMPASSABLE OR WASHED ARE TOO NUMEROUS TO MENTION SPECIFICALLY. IF YOU RECEIVED FLOODING DURING LAST MONDAYS STORM IT IS PRUDENT TO ASSUME YOU WILL RECEIVE FLOODING ONCE AGAIN. AS OF 725 PM SOME OF THE MORE SIGNIFICANT REPORTS WHICH HAVE BEEN RECEIVED... ...ALACHUA COUNTY... FLOODING IS OCCURRING ON US HIGHWAY 441 AT THE 1400 BLOCK. TWO HOMES HAVE BEEN FLOODED. ...CAMDEN COUNTY... HIGHWAY 40 IS CLOSED IN CHARLTON COUNTY JUST ACROSS THE COUNTY LINE. ALTERNATE ROUTES ARE HIGHWAY 17 TO 108 IN NASSAU COUNTY OR HIGHWAY 252. ...COLUMBIA COUNTY... THE AMERICAN RED CROSS HAS OPENED A SHELTER FOR COLUMBIA COUNTY RESIDENTS AT THE MASON CITY COMMUNITY CENTER. THE CENTER IS LOCATED ON US HIGHWAY 41/441 SOUTH APPROXIMATELY TWO MILES SOUTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROAD 240 AT WATERMELON PARK. PERSONS DESIRING SHELTER SHOULD BRING ANY MEDICATION AND PERSONAL ITEMS YOU WILL NEED. NO PETS WILL BE ALLOWED IN THE SHELTER. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CALL 904-758-1125. A MAJORITY OF THE RESIDENTS ALONG THE SANTA FE RIVER HAVE VOLUNTARILY EVACUATED. ...DUVAL COUNTY... NO SHELTERS HAVE BEEN OPENED AT THIS TIME. MCCOYS AND HOGANS CREEKS ARE ON THE RISE. THE TIDE IS RISING ON THE ST. JOHNS RIVER AND IT IS POSSIBLE THAT DRAINAGE MAY BECOME INHIBITED DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. DUVAL COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS MONITORING THIS SITUATION. ...HAMILTON COUNTY... A SHELTER HAS BEEN OPENED AT THE CORINTH CHURCH ON COUNTY ROAD 143 IN THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY. ADDITIONAL SHELTERS ARE ON STANDBY IF NEEDED. IN WHITE SPRINGS...US HIGHWAY 41 AT STATE ROAD 136 IS CLOSED DUE TO A WASHOUT. THE FIRST ALTERNATE ROUTE...THROUGH WHITE SPRINGS...IS BRIDGE ST. AND SUWANNEE ST. THIS MAY HAVE TO BE CLOSED DUE TO DETERIORATING CONDITIONS. IF THE TEMPORARY ROUTE IS CLOSED THE SECOND ALTERNATE IS COUNTY ROAD 136 TO COUNTY ROAD 6. COUNTY ROAD 751 IS CLOSED NORTH OF THE SUWANNEE RIVER DUE TO FLOODING. ...SUWANNEE COUNTY... NO SHELTERS ARE OPENED AT THIS TIME. ONE SOUTHBOUND LANE OF INTERSTATE 75 1/2 MILE NORTH OF EXIT 84 IS CLOSED DUE TO THE ROADWAY BECOMING UNDERMINED. PLEASE AVOID THIS AREA IF POSSIBLE. ...UNION COUNTY... NO SHELTERS HAVE BEEN OPENED AT THIS TIME. NUMEROUS DIRT ROADS ARE IMPASSABLE DUE TO FLOODING AND WASHOUTS. SEVERAL PAVED COUNTY ROADS ARE FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE. THE RAINFALL WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF AROUND MIDNIGHT...BUT TRAVEL WILL REMAIN DIFFICULT THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. ONCE AGAIN... TRAVEL ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH FLORIDA AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST GEORGIA IS DISCOURAGED OVERNIGHT. SANDRIK
Special weather statement, Feb 22, 7:28 PM EST, 19 minutes before
FLZ020>025-030-031-035-036-GAZ150-162>166-230430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 728 PM EST SUN FEB 22 1998 FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE ACROSS LARGE PORTIONS OF NORTH FLORIDA AND SOUTH GEORGIA ALONG THE FLORIDA-GEORGIA BORDER. THESE WARNINGS ARE BEING EXTENDED AND UPDATED AT THIS TIME AND WILL EXTEND TO MIDNIGHT. MANY EMERGENCY MANAGERS ARE REQUESTING THAT RESIDENTS IN NORTH FLORIDA AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AVOID TRAVEL UNLESS IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. ROADWAYS THAT ARE FLOODED...IMPASSABLE OR WASHED ARE TOO NUMEROUS TO MENTION SPECIFICALLY. IF YOU RECEIVED FLOODING DURING LAST MONDAYS STORM IT IS PRUDENT TO ASSUME YOU WILL RECEIVE FLOODING ONCE AGAIN. AS OF 725 PM SOME OF THE MORE SIGNIFICANT REPORTS WHICH HAVE BEEN RECEIVED... ...ALACHUA COUNTY... FLOODING IS OCCURRING ON US HIGHWAY 441 AT THE 1400 BLOCK. TWO HOMES HAVE BEEN FLOODED. ...CAMDEN COUNTY... HIGHWAY 40 IS CLOSED IN CHARLTON COUNTY JUST ACROSS THE COUNTY LINE. ALTERNATE ROUTES ARE HIGHWAY 17 TO 108 IN NASSAU COUNTY OR HIGHWAY 252. ...COLUMBIA COUNTY... THE AMERICAN RED CROSS HAS OPENED A SHELTER FOR COLUMBIA COUNTY RESIDENTS AT THE MASON CITY COMMUNITY CENTER. THE CENTER IS LOCATED ON US HIGHWAY 41/441 SOUTH APPROXIMATELY TWO MILES SOUTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROAD 240 AT WATERMELON PARK. PERSONS DESIRING SHELTER SHOULD BRING ANY MEDICATION AND PERSONAL ITEMS YOU WILL NEED. NO PETS WILL BE ALLOWED IN THE SHELTER. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CALL 904-758-1125. A MAJORITY OF THE RESIDENTS ALONG THE SANTA FE RIVER HAVE VOLUNTARILY EVACUATED. ...DUVAL COUNTY... NO SHELTERS HAVE BEEN OPENED AT THIS TIME. MCCOYS AND HOGANS CREEKS ARE ON THE RISE. THE TIDE IS RISING ON THE ST. JOHNS RIVER AND IT IS POSSIBLE THAT DRAINAGE MAY BECOME INHIBITED DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. DUVAL COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS MONITORING THIS SITUATION. ...HAMILTON COUNTY... A SHELTER HAS BEEN OPENED AT THE CORINTH CHURCH ON COUNTY ROAD 143 IN THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY. ADDITIONAL SHELTERS ARE ON STANDBY IF NEEDED. IN WHITE SPRINGS...US HIGHWAY 41 AT STATE ROAD 136 IS CLOSED DUE TO A WASHOUT. THE FIRST ALTERNATE ROUTE...THROUGH WHITE SPRINGS...IS BRIDGE ST. AND SUWANNEE ST. THIS MAY HAVE TO BE CLOSED DUE TO DETERIORATING CONDITIONS. IF THE TEMPORARY ROUTE IS CLOSED THE SECOND ALTERNATE IS COUNTY ROAD 136 TO COUNTY ROAD 6. COUNTY ROAD 751 IS CLOSED NORTH OF THE SUWANNEE RIVER DUE TO FLOODING. ...SUWANNEE COUNTY... NO SHELTERS ARE OPENED AT THIS TIME. ONE SOUTHBOUND LANE OF INTERSTATE 75 1/2 MILE NORTH OF EXIT 84 IS CLOSED DUE TO THE ROADWAY BECOMING UNDERMINED. PLEASE AVOID THIS AREA IF POSSIBLE. ...UNION COUNTY... NO SHELTERS HAVE BEEN OPENED AT THIS TIME. NUMEROUS DIRT ROADS ARE IMPASSABLE DUE TO FLOODING AND WASHOUTS. SEVERAL PAVED COUNTY ROADS ARE FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE. THE RAINFALL WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF AROUND MIDNIGHT...BUT TRAVEL WILL REMAIN DIFFICULT THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. ONCE AGAIN... TRAVEL ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH FLORIDA AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST GEORGIA IS DISCOURAGED OVERNIGHT. SANDRIK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 22, 7:47 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JAX | Alachua, Baker, Columbia, Gilchrist, Hamilton, Suwannee and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Feb 22, 7:47 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JAX | Duval, Nassau | 5 hr |
| Feb 22, 9:38 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Marion | 37 min |
| Feb 22, 10:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Flagler | 28 min |
| Feb 22, 11:22 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JAX | Baker, Nassau | 10 hr |
| Feb 22, 11:22 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JAX | Clay, Duval, Flagler, Putnam, Saint Johns | 10 hr |
| Feb 22, 11:22 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JAX | Columbia, Gilchrist, Hamilton, Suwannee | 10 hr |
| Feb 22, 11:22 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JAX | Alachua, Bradford, Union | 10 hr |
| Feb 22, 7:47 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JAX | Ware | 5 hr |
| Feb 22, 11:22 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JAX | Clinch, Echols | 10 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Florida, 1998Every flash flood warning in 1998
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.