Alert archive / Florida / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this flash flood warning at Sep 29, 2003, 11:53 AM 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 as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 29, 2003, 11:53 AM EDT (15:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 29, 2003, 3:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Collier County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:52 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
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
- 355 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 880 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 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 KMFL 291604 FFWMIA FLC021-291900- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1153 AM EDT MON SEP 29 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... WESTERN COLLIER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA * UNTIL 300 PM EDT * AT 1153 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 5 TO 7 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE NAPLES REGION SINCE EARLY THIS MORNING...AND 2 TO 4 INCHES HAS FALLEN OVER THE EVERGLADES CITY AND ROCK ISLAND REGION OVER WESTERN COLLIER COUNTY. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT WATER WAS ENTERING INTO THE COASTLAND MALL SHOPPING CENTER IN NAPLES...AND THAT MANY ROADWAYS IN THE NAPLES...NORTH NAPLES...AND GOLDEN GATES REGIONS WERE CLOSED DUE TO STANDING WATERS. SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MOVE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO NORTHWARD OVER WESTERN COLLIER COUNTY THROUGH 3 PM. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 2 TO 4 INCHES MAY OCCUR FROM THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER MAY OBSCURE DEEP CANALS OR PONDS. A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO A SAFER LOCATION IMMEDIATELY. REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIAMI. OR YOU CAN ALSO CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI DIRECTLY AT 305 229 4522 TO REPORT FLOODING. LAT...LON 2636 8134 2579 8126 2595 8175 2630 8186 $$ BAXTER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 29, 10:20 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MFL | Collier | 100 min |
| Sep 29, 10:43 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 62 min | |
| Sep 29, 11:40 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 65 min | |
| Sep 29, 3:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MFL | Collier | 3 hr |
| Sep 29, 4:33 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 117 min | |
| Sep 29, 4:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 36 min |
| Sep 29, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 34 min |
| Sep 29, 5:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward | 36 min |
| Sep 29, 6:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MFL | Collier | 3 hr |
| Sep 29, 6:50 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 85 min | |
| Sep 29, 7:07 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 38 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.