Alert archive / Florida / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this flash flood warning at Jun 25, 2012, 7:55 PM EDT for Jefferson County, Madison County, Taylor County, Florida. It was in force for 6 hr. 7 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, 7:55 PM EDT (23:55 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
Counties Jefferson County, FL, Madison County, FL, Taylor County, FL
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:57 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, 10:00 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Ese Thomas City, FL | WATER IN HOMES ON HORSE SHOE ROAD. |
| Jun 25, 10:00 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Madison, FL | WATER REPORTED TO BE RUNNING OVER MANY ROADS IN MADISON COUNTY...BUT NO FLOODING RELATED CALLS HAD BEEN RECEIVED SINCE ABOUT 1230 AM EDT JUNE 26. TIME APPROXIMATE. |
| Jun 25, 10:30 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 E Madison, FL | WATER FROM A RETENTION POND HAD RISEN TO THE BACK OF A RESIDENCE TO THE EAST OF MADISON. TIME APPROXIMATE. |
| Jun 25, 10:42 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 10.42 | Madison, FL | 10.42 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE LAST 24 HOURS AND 12.55 INCHES FOR THE DURATION OF THE STORM. |
| Jun 25, 10:47 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 W Capps, FL | HIGHWAY 27 WEST OF HIGHWAY 19 WAS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING AND HAS NOW REOPENED. |
| Jun 25, 10:47 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 S Monticello, FL | THOMPSON VALLEY ROAD WAS FLOODED. |
| Jun 26, 12:20 AM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 10.74 | Madison, FL | 10.74 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE LAST 24 HOURS AND 12.87 INCHES FOR THE DURATION OF THE STORM. |
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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 73 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.
248
WGUS52 KTAE 252355
FFWTAE
FLC065-079-123-260600-
/O.NEW.KTAE.FF.W.0019.120625T2355Z-120626T0600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
755 PM EDT MON JUN 25 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
SOUTHERN MADISON COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
NORTHERN TAYLOR COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 200 AM EDT TUESDAY
* AT 751 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED FLASH FLOODING CONTINUING
AROUND THE WACISSA SPRINGS AREA. SEVERAL FEET OF WATER WAS IN THE
YARD OF A HOMEOWNER WITH WATER APPROACHING THE HOME. HEAVY RAIN
WILL CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MADISON
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF SEVERAL INCHES 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 3034 8320 3026 8323 3026 8336 3021 8337
3020 8338 3004 8394 3009 8402 3010 8408
3043 8408 3046 8404 3051 8404 3049 8324
3047 8322 3043 8322 3038 8317
$$
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, 7:37 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Leon | 6 hr |
| Jun 25, 7:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Madison | 5 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.