Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Jacksonville, FL

Issued

May 29, 2012, 12:16 AM EDT (04:16 UTC)

Expired

May 29, 2012, 3:00 AM EDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Jacksonville, FL

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County Marion County, FL

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 158 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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020 
WGUS52 KJAX 290416
FFWJAX
FLC083-290700-
/O.NEW.KJAX.FF.W.0002.120529T0416Z-120529T0700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1216 AM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN MARION COUNTY IN NORTHERN FLORIDA

* UNTIL 300 AM EDT

* AT 1212 AM EDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF SHOWERS AND           
  THUNDERSTORMS MOVING IN FROM THE GULF ACROSS WESTERN MARION        
  COUNTY. THERE HAVE BEEN DOPPLER RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF 4 TO 6       
  INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS THIS AREA THIS EVENING. THERE HAVE BEEN      
  REPORTS OF A HOUSE BEGINNING TO FLOOD TO THE NORTH                 
  OF DUNNELLON AND A ROAD IMPASSABLE NEAR HIGHWAY 40 AND             
  U.S. HIGHWAY 41 NEAR RAILROAD TRESTLE. AN ADDITIONAL 
  2 INCHES OF RAIN IS LIKELY OVER THIS AREA WHICH WILL RESULT 
  IN MORE WIDESPREAD AND SIGNIFICANT FLOODING.      
       
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO      
  RAINBOW LAKES ESTATES AND DUNNELLON.  

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...OR YOU CAN ALSO CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE DIRECTLY AT 800-499-1594 TO REPORT FLOODING.

&&

LAT...LON 2904 8254 2918 8254 2922 8249 2922 8241
      2927 8241 2925 8222 2908 8230 2903 8245
      2904 8247 2903 8250

$$

PETERSON

358 
WGUS72 KJAX 290653
FFSJAX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
253 AM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012

FLC083-290703-
/O.EXP.KJAX.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120529T0700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MARION FL-
253 AM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 300 AM EDT FOR WESTERN
MARION COUNTY...

REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...OR YOU CAN ALSO CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE DIRECTLY AT 800-499-1594 TO REPORT FLOODING.

LAT...LON 2904 8254 2918 8254 2922 8249 2922 8241
      2927 8241 2925 8222 2908 8230 2903 8245
      2904 8247 2903 8250

$$

PETERSON

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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.