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Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this flash flood warning at Jun 25, 2012, 7:37 PM EDT for Leon County, Florida. It was in force for 6 hr. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 25, 2012, 7:37 PM EDT (23:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2012, 2:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Leon County, FL
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:40 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 10:32 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Ssw Woodville, FL | SHUMARD DRIVE AT CANYON CREEK ROAD IS WASHED OUT. |
| Jun 26, 1:42 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 N Woodville, FL | RHOADES CEMETARY ROAD IS CLOSED FROM WOODVILLE HIGHWAY EAST. |
| Jun 26, 1:42 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 W Woodville, FL | WILD CHERRY ROAD CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 11 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.
883
WGUS52 KTAE 252337
FFWTAE
FLC073-260130-
/O.NEW.KTAE.FF.W.0017.120625T2337Z-120626T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
737 PM EDT MON JUN 25 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN LEON COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 930 PM EDT
* AT 728 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED CONTINUED FLASH FLOODING
AROUND WOODVILLE. OVER ONE FOOT OF WATER WAS REPORTED OVER AMHERST
ROAD IN THE FOREST GROVE SUBDIVISION. WATER WAS UP TO THE HOOD
OF A TRUCK IN THIS AREA. RAIN WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE OVER THE
NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS BUT FLOODING WILL LIKELY CONTINUE BEYOND THAT
TIME.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
SOUTHWOOD...APALACHEE REGIONAL PARK...LAKE MUNSON...EIGHT MILE
POND...SPRING HILL...LUTTERLOH...CHAIRES CROSSROADS...CHAIRES...
CAPITOLA AND BELAIR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
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 3028 8425 3030 8425 3031 8451 3038 8430
3051 8405 3050 8404 3046 8404 3043 8408
3027 8408 3027 8424
$$
42-DVD1 follow-up statement
607
WGUS52 KTAE 260119
FFWTAE
FLC073-260600-
/O.EXT.KTAE.FF.W.0017.000000T0000Z-120626T0600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
919 PM EDT MON JUN 25 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN LEON COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 200 AM EDT
* AT 911 PM EDT...LEON COUNTY DISPATCH CONTINUED TO REPORT FLASH
FLOODING ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN LEON COUNTY...PARTICULARLY AROUND
WOODVILLE. SOME ROADS REMAIN CLOSED IN THIS AREA.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
SOUTHWOOD...APALACHEE REGIONAL PARK...CHAIRES CROSSROADS...
CHAIRES...CAPITOLA AND BELAIR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
REPORT FLOODING OR FLOOD DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE
NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
&&
LAT...LON 3028 8425 3030 8425 3031 8451 3038 8430
3051 8405 3050 8404 3046 8404 3043 8408
3027 8408 3027 8424
$$
42-DVDThe 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, 1:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Leon | 3 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, 7:49 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.