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Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Tallahassee, FL

September 14, 2002Leon County, Wakulla County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this flash flood warning at Sep 14, 2002, 2:15 PM EDT for Leon County, Wakulla County, Florida. It was in force for 60 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, 2:15 PM EDT (18:15 UTC)
Expired
Sep 14, 2002, 3:15 PM EDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Leon County, FL, Wakulla County, FL

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 8 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2002-09-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1184 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2002-09-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -46 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS52 KTAE 141815
FFWTLH
FLC073-129-141915-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
210 PM EDT SAT SEP 14 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN LEON COUNTY IN FLORIDA
  THIS INCLUDES EASTERN TALLAHASSEE
  NORTHEASTERN WAKULLA COUNTY IN FLORIDA
  THIS INCLUDES...CRAWFORDVILLE...ST. MARKS

* UNTIL 315 PM EDT

* AT 201 PM EDT(101 PM CDT)...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 
INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER EASTERN LEON AND EASTERN WAKULLA 
COUNTIES.  INTENSE PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 
MILES PER HOUR WITH PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS RANGING TWO TO THREE 
INCHES PER HOUR.  EXPECT LOCALIZED FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND DITCHES 
OVER THE NEXT HOUR IN AFFECTED AREAS COVERED BY THIS WARNING.

* 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.

LAT...LON 3067 8409 3011 8408 3009 8449 3057 8435

.END

52-LANIER

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 14, 10:40 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningTAEGadsden, Jefferson, Leon, Wakulla20 min
Sep 14, 10:48 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningTAEGadsden, Jefferson, Leon, Wakulla12 min
Sep 14, 10:52 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningTAEGadsden, Jefferson, Leon, Wakulla2 hr
Sep 14, 11:25 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningTAEJefferson, Leon, Taylor, Wakulla50 min
Sep 14, 12:18 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningTAEJefferson57 min
Sep 14, 2:55 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningTAEJefferson, Madison, Taylor50 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.