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Flash Flood Warning 24, NWS Tallahassee, FL

June 26, 2012Lafayette County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this flash flood warning at Jun 26, 2012, 4:57 PM EDT for Lafayette County, Florida. It was in force for 63 min. 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 26, 2012, 4:57 PM EDT (20:57 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 2012, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Lafayette County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 124 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2012-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2012-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 164 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
642 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
164 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
163 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

767 
WGUS52 KTAE 262057
FFWTAE
FLC067-262200-
/O.NEW.KTAE.FF.W.0024.120626T2057Z-120626T2200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
457 PM EDT TUE JUN 26 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN FLORIDA...

* UNTIL 600 PM EDT

* AT 449 PM EDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONTINUED TO INDICATE 
FLASH FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE COUNTY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS 
SOUTHEASTERN PARTS OF THE COUNTY FROM MAYO TO FLETCHER SPRINGS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

* 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 2982 8290 2982 8318 2989 8335 2989 8337
      3026 8336 3026 8325 3012 8322 3010 8319
      3011 8312 2999 8296 2997 8296 2995 8292
      2991 8291 2989 8287

$$

15-HARRIGAN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 11:35 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningTAEJefferson, Madison, Taylor8 days
Jun 25, 11:41 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningTAEFranklin, Gulf, Liberty6 hr
Jun 26, 1:18 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningTAELafayette, Taylor6 hr
Jun 26, 4:00 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningTAEJefferson, Leon, Madison, Taylor, Wakulla6 hr
Jun 26, 4:04 AM EDTHigh Surf AdvisoryTAEBay, Walton13 hr
Jun 26, 12:44 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningTAEDixie, Levy7 days
Jun 26, 12:48 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningTAEDixie, Levy7 days
Jun 26, 12:55 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningTAEFranklin, Jefferson, Liberty, Wakulla24 hr
Jun 26, 2:13 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningTAELafayette, Taylor3 hr
Jun 26, 3:01 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningTAELafayette119 min
Jun 26, 4:08 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningTAETaylor112 min
Jun 26, 4:50 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningTAELafayette, Taylor3 hr
Jun 26, 5:07 PM EDTRip Current StatementTAEBay, Franklin, Gulf, Walton11 hr
Jun 26, 5:29 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryTAE11 hr
Jun 26, 5:55 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningTAELafayette2 hr
Jun 26, 7:49 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningTAEDixie, Lafayette, Taylor24 hr

Nearby

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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.