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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Miami, FL

July 5, 2000Collier County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this flash flood warning at Jul 5, 2000, 6:39 PM EDT for Collier 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 5, 2000, 6:39 PM EDT (22:39 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 2000, 9:30 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Collier County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

The nearest sounding before it

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 111 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 2000-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1558 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Miami, FL at 12:00Z on 2000-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -14 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
1558 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
853 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-12 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 052240
FFWMFL
FLC021-060130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING...FLOODING ALONG ALLIGATOR ALLEY...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
639 PM EDT WED JUL 5 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL COLLIER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA

* UNTIL 930 PM EDT

* AT 630 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY
  HEAVY RAIN OVER MILES CITY...OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTH OF OCHOPEE
  ...AND JUST WEST OF SUNNILAND ALONG ROUTE 29...OR ABOUT 6 MILES
  NORTH OF MILES CITY.  THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THE RAIN WAS
  MOVING VERY SLOWLY TO THE SOUTHWEST.

* THE THUNDERSTORM WITH THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL AFFECT MOTORISTS
  ON ALLIGATOR ALLEY AND ROUTE 29 WITH BLINDING RAINFALL AND WITH
  WATER STANDING ON THE ROADWAYS.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. 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.

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 REPORT SEVERE WEATHER H3AVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
MIAMI.

LAT...LON 2605 8145 2604 8128 2608 8116 2629 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.