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Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this flash flood warning at Sep 14, 2002, 11:25 AM EDT for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 50 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 14, 2002, 11:25 AM EDT (15:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 14, 2002, 12:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Jefferson County, FL, Leon County, FL, Taylor County, FL, Wakulla County, FL
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:24 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
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 24 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
- 1184 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 757 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -102 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS52 KTAE 141525
FFWTLH
FLC065-073-123-129-141615-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1119 AM EDT SAT SEP 14 2002
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
JEFFERSON COUNTY IN FLORIDA
THIS INCLUDES MONTICELLO
EASTERN LEON COUNTY IN FLORIDA
NORTHWESTERN TAYLOR COUNTY IN FLORIDA
EAST CENTRAL WAKULLA COUNTY IN FLORIDA
* UNTIL 1215 PM EDT
* AT 1112 AM EDT(1012 AM CDT)...RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVY BAND
OF PRECIPITATION WITH RAIN RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR CONTINUED
TO MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES PER HOUR INTO EASTERN WAKULLA
...EASTERN LEON...WESTERN JEFFERSON AND SOUTHWEST TAYLOR COUNTIES.
* DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE 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. IT ONLY TAKES A FOOT OR TWO OF FLOWING WATER TO SWEEP MOST
CARS AWAY. REMEMBER...MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.
* RESIDENTS IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD MONITOR FLOOD CONDITIONS
AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND SHOULD FLOOD WATERS
THREATEN. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY MOVE TO
HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.
* DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOWING WATER. NEARLY HALF OF ALL FLOOD
FATALITIES ARE VEHICLE RELATED.
LAT...LON 3068 8435 3065 8385 3033 8378 2994 8368
3014 8416 3032 8421
.END
52-LANIERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 10:40 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Jefferson, Leon, Wakulla | 20 min |
| Sep 14, 10:48 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Jefferson, Leon, Wakulla | 12 min |
| Sep 14, 10:52 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Jefferson, Leon, Wakulla | 2 hr |
| Sep 14, 12:18 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Jefferson | 57 min |
| Sep 14, 2:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Leon, Wakulla | 60 min |
| Sep 14, 2:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Madison, Taylor | 50 min |
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.