Alert archive / Florida / Flash Flood Warnings in 1998
Flash Flood Warning 61, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this flash flood warning at Sep 30, 1998, 12:16 PM EDT for Suwannee County, Florida. It was in force for 6 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
- Sep 30, 1998, 12:16 PM EDT (16:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 30, 1998, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Suwannee County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 128 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
- 147 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 574 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 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 Sep 30, 11:00 AM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 30, 11:00 AM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1100 AM EDT WED SEP 30 1998 THE TORNADO WATCH HAS EXPIRED AS OF 10 AM EDT...HOWEVER THERE ARE STILL A FEW STRONG STORMS ABOUT AND WE CONTINUE TO GET REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS ALONG THE SUWANNEE RIVER AREA. HELICITY VALUES REMAIN HIGH...BUT INSTABILITY IS LACKING AT THIS TIME. THE FLOOD WATCHES ALSO REMAIN IN EFFECT. AT THIS TIME WE ONLY HAVE REPORTS OF MINOR FLOODING. UNLESS IT REALLY STARTS TO DUMP IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS WE SHOULD BE OK IN THIS REGARD. WE'LL HAVE TO SEE HOW THINGS WORK OUT AT MAX HEATING...BUT PRECIP WATER IS ONLY 1.67 INCHES OFF THE KJAX SOUNDING. THIS IS NOT VERY FAVORABLE FOR WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAxIN...BUT LOCALIZED AMOUNTS COULD BE LARGE. SANDRIK
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 30, 7:39 AM EDT, 4 hours 37 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, Sep 30, 10:42 AM EDT, 1 hour 34 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, Sep 30, 10:42 AM EDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
AMZ435-450-452-454-470-472-474- FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040- GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-301800- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1042 AM EDT WED SEP 30 1998 ...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TODAY FOR ALL OF NORTH FLORIDA EXCEPT MARION AND FLAGLER COUNTIES... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TODAY FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA... THE REMNANTS GEORGES CONTINUE TO MOVE VERY SLOWLY EASTWARD ACROSS THE AREA. STRONG LOW LEVEL WINDS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO AND THERE IS STILL A POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PERSONS IN THE NORTH FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AREAS ARE URGED TO MONITOR THE WEATHER AND TO TAKE ACTION IF SEVERE WEATHER IS SIGHTED. FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCHES REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. SOME REPORTS OF FLOODING ARE BEING RECEIDVED AND SOME ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEB SITE ON THE INTERNET AT HTTP://WWW.NWSJAX.NOAA.GOV (LOWER CASE LETTERS) SANDRIK
Local storm report, Sep 30, 12:00 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA
1200 PM EDT WED SEP 30 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1230 AM NEWBURN FL TORNADO
09/30/98 SUWANNEE *** 5 INJ ***
DAMAGE MOSTLY F0-F2...PSBL
F3 IN SPOTS. TOUCHDOWN NR
NEWBURN RD AND SR 136. 100
YD WIDE-2 MILE LONG SWATH.
6-7 HOMES DAMAGED. 2
SERIOUS INJURIES.
0920 PM BAXLEY GA WIND DAMAGE
09/30/98 APPLING *** 1 INJ ***
12 MOBILE HOMES AND 1
VEHICLE DAMAGED. 4 OUT
BUILDING SHELTERS
DESTROYED AND 1 MINOR
INJURY.Local storm report, Sep 30, 12:00 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA
1200 PM EDT WED SEP 30 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1230 AM NEWBURN FL TORNADO
09/30/98 SUWANNEE *** 5 INJ ***
DAMAGE MOSTLY F0-F2...PSBL
F3 IN SPOTS. TOUCHDOWN NR
NEWBURN RD AND SR 136. 100
YD WIDE-2 MILE LONG SWATH.
6-7 HOMES DAMAGED. 2
SERIOUS INJURIES.
0920 PM BAXLEY GA WIND DAMAGE
09/29/98 APPLING *** 1 INJ ***
12 MOBILE HOMES AND 1
VEHICLE DAMAGED. 4 OUT
BUILDING SHELTERS
DESTROYED AND 1 MINOR
INJURY.Local storm report, Sep 30, 12:00 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA
1200 PM EDT WED SEP 30 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1230 AM NEWBURN FL TORNADO
09/30/98 SUWANNEE *** 5 INJ ***
DAMAGE MOSTLY F0-F2...PSBL
F3 IN SPOTS. TOUCHDOWN NR
NEWBURN RD AND SR 136. 100
YD WIDE-2 MILE LONG SWATH.
6-7 HOMES DAMAGED. 2
SERIOUS INJURIES.
0920 PM BAXLEY GA WIND DAMAGE
09/29/98 APPLING *** 1 INJ ***
12 MOBILE HOMES AND 1
VEHICLE DAMAGED. 4 OUT
BUILDING SHELTERS
DESTROYED AND 1 MINOR
INJURY.The office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 12:52 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Suwannee | 63 min |
| Sep 30, 12:57 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Hamilton | 63 min |
| Sep 30, 1:53 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Suwannee | 77 min |
| Sep 30, 3:09 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Suwannee | 81 min |
| Sep 30, 3:37 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAX | Hamilton, Suwannee | 6 hr |
| Sep 30, 4:10 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Columbia, Hamilton | 75 min |
| Sep 30, 5:17 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Suwannee | 63 min |
| Sep 30, 5:23 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Columbia, Hamilton | 77 min |
| Sep 30, 6:59 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Columbia, Gilchrist, Suwannee | 76 min |
| Sep 30, 8:43 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Alachua | 32 min |
| Sep 30, 9:53 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Hamilton, Suwannee | 52 min |
| Sep 30, 1:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Alachua | 63 min |
| Sep 30, 1:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Alachua | 66 min |
| Sep 30, 2:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Bradford | 46 min |
| Sep 29, 8:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Appling, Bacon | 45 min |
| Sep 29, 11:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAX | Atkinson, Bacon, Coffee, Jeff Davis, Ware | 9 hr |
| Sep 29, 11:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAX | Appling, Pierce | 9 hr |
| Sep 29, 11:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAX | Charlton | 9 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.