Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Tallahassee, FL

Issued

Mar 7, 1998, 7:29 PM CST (01:29 UTC)

Expired

Mar 8, 1998, 3:25 AM CST

In force

8 hr

Issued by

NWS Tallahassee, FL

Area

Whole counties

County Walton County, FL

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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FLC005-013-045-059-063-131-133-080925-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED...CORRECTED
URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
829 PM EST SAT MAR 7 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE FL HAS ISSUED AN
URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE
UNTIL 325 AM CST (425 AM EST) FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
LOCATIONS...

IN NORTHWESTERN FLORIDA

   ...BAY COUNTY
   ...CALHOUN COUNTY
   ...GULF COUNTY
   ...HOLMES COUNTY
   ...JACKSON COUNTY
   ...WALTON COUNTY
   ...WASHINGTON COUNTY

AT 7 PM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA
OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER MUCH OF THE FLORIDA
PANHANDLE. THIS ACTIVITY HAS PERSISTED DURING MOST OF THE AFTERNOON
AND CONSEQUENTLY FLOODING OF ROADS AND OTHER LOW-LYING AREAS HAS
DEVELOPED. AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS... ALREADY NEAR OR ABOVE FLOOD
STAGE IN MANY CASES... WILL CONTINUE TO RISE DURING THE EVENING.

RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT AS MUCH AS 7 INCHES OF
RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED OVER PARTS OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE... WITH
2 TO 3 INCHES BEING MORE COMMONPLACE ACROSS THE REGION. ANY
ADDITIONAL RAIN FALL WILL ONLY SERVE TO ACCELERATE THE FLOODING OVER
THE AFOREMENTIONED COUNTIES.

THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY THAT HAS HELPED PRODUCE THE PRECIPITATION
DURING THE DAY IS NOW SHOWING SOME SIGNS OF MOVING NORTHWARD AND
CONSEQUENTLY THE RAIN MAY BEGIN TO END OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE
DURING THE LATE EVENING... BEGINNING WITH THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF
GULF AND BAY.  HOWEVER... ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT
AND DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY AS A COLD FRONT SWEEPS IN FROM THE
LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. THEREFORE... AREA RESIDENTS SHOULD
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE NEWS MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THE
WEATHER SITUATION.

SPECIFIC COUNTY-BY-COUNTY INFORMATION:

GULF COUNTY REPORTS NUMEROUS FLOODED ROADS AND WATER IN SOME
DWELLINGS NEAR THE ST. JOE BEACH AREA.

BAY...JACKSON...AND WALTON COUNTIES HAVE REPORTED
NUMEROUS FLOODED ROADS.

IN CALHOUN COUNTY... THE CHIPOLA RIVER HAS RISEN 2.5 FEET THIS
EVENING AND SOME LOCAL FLOODING OF ROADS AND LOW-LYING AREAS IS
BEGINNING.

THE REMAINING COUNTIES.... HOLMES AND WASHINGTON... REPORTED ONLY
MINOR FLOODING AT THIS TIME... HOWEVER ADDITIONAL RAINFALL THAT WILL
OCCUR THIS EVENING IN THOSE COUNTIES WILL LIKELY INDUCE LOCALIZED
FLOODING THERE.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...
ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT
AT NIGHT TO TELL HOW MUCH WATER IS ON ROADS. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT
DRIVVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.

FACIANE

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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.