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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Tallahassee, FL

April 6, 20054 counties in Florida; 5 counties in Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this flash flood warning at Apr 6, 2005, 8:09 PM CDT for 4 counties in Florida; 5 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 2 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
Apr 6, 2005, 8:09 PM CDT (01:09 UTC)
Expired
Apr 6, 2005, 10:15 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Coffee County, AL, Dale County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Bay County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 149 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 00:00Z on 2005-04-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2005-04-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 83 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1032 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
58 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 070114
FFWTAE
ALC031-045-061-067-069-FLC005-059-131-133-070315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
809 PM CDT WED APR 6 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BAY COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA
  HOLMES COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA
  WALTON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA
  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA
  COFFEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
  DALE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
  GENEVA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
  HENRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
  HOUSTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA

* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT

* AT 805 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST
  ALABAMA...AND THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. THE STORMS WILL MOVE
  SLOWLY TO THE EAST. THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY LIGHTEN LATER
  TONIGHT...BUT ADDITIONAL RAIN IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT AND THE FLOODING
  POTENTIAL WILL HAVE TO MONITORED.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TAYLOR...
  SLOCOMB...SAMSON...PINCKARD...NEWTON...NEW BROCKTON...MIDLAND
  CITY...LEVEL PLAINS AND HARTFORD.

* 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.

* EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE RAPID 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 FLOODING.

* DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE
  ROADWAY. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.. 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.

LAT...LON 3048 8623 3145 8608 3150 8533 3100 8550
      3087 8560 3079 8557 3032 8574 3030 8575

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 6, 7:06 PM CDTTornado WarningTAEWalton266 days
Apr 6, 7:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHolmes, Walton33 min
Apr 6, 10:16 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTAEBay, Holmes, Jackson, Walton, Washington119 min
Apr 6, 10:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEWalton49 min
Apr 6, 11:49 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTAEBay, Holmes, Jackson, Walton, Washington116 min
Apr 7, 2:16 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTAEBay119 min
Apr 7, 4:28 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTAEGulf4 hr
Apr 7, 7:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEFranklin31 min
Apr 7, 10:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAELafayette, Taylor45 min
Apr 7, 12:04 PM CDTTornado WarningTAEDixie265 days
Apr 6, 7:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAECoffee, Dale, Henry29 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.