Alert archive / Florida / Flash Flood Warnings in 2006
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this flash flood warning at Aug 31, 2006, 5:40 PM EDT for Glades County, Florida. 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
- Aug 31, 2006, 5:40 PM EDT (21:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 31, 2006, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Glades County, FL
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 1704 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 897 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 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 312144 FFWMFL FLC043-312345- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 540 PM EDT THU AUG 31 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... GLADES COUNTY IN SOUTHERN FLORIDA * UNTIL 745 PM EDT * AT 538 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM OVER WESTERN GLADES COUNTY MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST TO EAST DIRECTION AROUND 10 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE PALMDALE...MUSE... LAKEPORT...AND BRIGHTON SEMINOLE RESERVATION AREAS DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO LEAD TO FLOODING ON ROADWAYS AND IN HOMES IN THESE AREAS. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PALMDALE... LAKEPORT AND BRIGHTON SEMINOLE RESERVATION ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF HALF AN INCH TO ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY THE WATER MAY OBSCURE DEEP CANALS OR PONDS. REMEMBER...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN A FLASH 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 305.229.4528 TO REPORT FLOODING. LAT...LON 2680 8148 2686 8111 2708 8105 2700 8147 $$ BAXTER
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS72 KMFL 312231 FFSMFL FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 630 PM EDT THU AUG 31 2006 FLC043-312345- GLADES FL- 626 PM EDT THU AUG 31 2006 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL GLADES COUNTY... AT 626 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS DISSIPATED...BUT MODERATE RAIN SHOWERS ARE CONTINUING TO AFFECT THE WARNED AREA. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO LEAD TO FLOODING IN HOMES AND ROADWAYS THAT ARE ALREADY FLOODED. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PALMDALE... LAKEPORT AND BRIGHTON SEMINOLE RESERVATION. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TENTH TO QUARTER AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE MODERATE RAIN SHOWERS IN THE WARNED AREA. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIAMI. LAT...LON 2680 8148 2686 8111 2708 8105 2700 8147 $$ BAXTER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 1:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MFL | Glades | 2 hr |
| Aug 31, 2:36 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 24 min | |
| Aug 31, 3:00 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 30 min | |
| Aug 31, 3:28 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 32 min |
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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.