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Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Miami, FL

July 4, 2000Collier County, Hendry County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this flash flood warning at Jul 4, 2000, 4:56 PM EDT for Collier County, Hendry County, Florida. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.

The facts

Issued
Jul 4, 2000, 4:56 PM EDT (20:56 UTC)
Expired
Jul 4, 2000, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Collier County, FL, Hendry County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 132 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, Miami, FL at 12:00Z on 2000-07-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1308 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Miami, FL at 12:00Z on 2000-07-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 43 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1308 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
908 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
59 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 
WGUS52 KMFL 042059 COR
FFWMIA
FLC021-051-050000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
500 PM EDT TUE JUL 4 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL HENDRY COUNTY IN SOUTHERN FLORIDA
  EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL COLLIER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA   THIS   
  INCLUDES THE CITIES OF IMMOKALEE AND FELDA. 

* UNTIL 800 PM EDT

* AT 447 PM EDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING        
  BETWEEN FELDA AND THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF IMMOKALEE.  THE AREA    
  OF HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

* THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR II MIAMI HAS ESTIMATED  
  THAT POSSIBLY 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST HOUR. 

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER
LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK
HIGHER GROUND.

TO R)EPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
MIAMI.

LAT...LON 2640 8129 2664 8138 2657 8158 2632 8143

Nearby

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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.