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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this flash flood warning at Jun 25, 2012, 1:45 PM EDT for Leon 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
- Jun 25, 2012, 1:45 PM EDT (17:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 2012, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Leon County, FL
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 4 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 7 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
- 81 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -65 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 600 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
404
WGUS52 KTAE 251745
FFWTAE
FLC073-252045-
/O.NEW.KTAE.FF.W.0013.120625T1745Z-120625T2045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
145 PM EDT MON JUN 25 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN LEON COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 445 PM EDT
* AT 142 PM EDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETECTED FLASH
FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
TALLAHASSEE...SPRING HILL...AND WOODVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
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...DON'T DROWN.
* REPORT FLOODING OR FLOOD DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE
NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
&&
LAT...LON 3030 8425 3030 8471 3032 8470 3033 8471
3040 8465 3046 8450 3045 8446 3047 8441
3052 8439 3050 8404 3046 8404 3043 8408
3027 8408 3027 8424
$$
25-CAMPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 4:21 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Taylor | 24 min |
| Jun 25, 11:31 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | TAE | Wakulla | 9 days |
| Jun 25, 11:37 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Liberty, Wakulla | 6 hr |
| Jun 25, 4:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Leon | 3 hr |
| Jun 25, 4:56 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Madison | 3 hr |
| Jun 25, 5:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Franklin, Liberty, Wakulla | 12 hr |
| Jun 25, 6:18 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | TAE | Wakulla | 4 days |
| Jun 25, 7:37 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Leon | 6 hr |
| Jun 25, 7:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Madison | 5 hr |
| Jun 25, 7:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Madison, Taylor | 6 hr |
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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.