Alert archive / Alabama / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 27, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this flash flood warning at Aug 7, 2012, 5:00 AM CDT for Coffee County, Alabama. It was in force for 2 hr. 1 report 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
- Aug 7, 2012, 5:00 AM CDT (10:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2012, 7:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Coffee County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 7:07 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Enterprise, AL | SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING ALL OVER THE CITY OF ENTERPRISE ALABAMA AND POINTS NORTH AND EAST. RESCUE OPERATIONS ARE UNDERWAY FOR PEOPLE TRAPPED IN HOUSES AND VEHICLES. |
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 00:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 199 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
- 2432 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 603 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
668 WGUS52 KTAE 071000 FFWTAE ALC031-071200- /O.NEW.KTAE.FF.W.0027.120807T1000Z-120807T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 500 AM CDT TUE AUG 7 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... COFFEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... * UNTIL 700 AM CDT * AT 453 AM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETECTED FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. THESE SLOW MOVING STORMS HAVE BEEN PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 5 TO 7 INCHES POSSIBLE. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO EANON... JAVA...FRISCO...CLOWERS CROSSROADS...CHESTNUT GROVE...WOODLAND GROVE CHURCH...CAMP HUMMING HILLS...ARCUS...LOWRY MILL...WISE MILL...WILKINSTOWN...VICTORIA...TABERNACLE...ROETON...NEW HOPE... MIXONS CROSSROADS AND JACK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. * 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 3162 8606 3162 8580 3128 8580 3129 8608 $$ 17-GOULD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 2:12 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Coffee | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 2:32 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 24 hr |
| Aug 7, 5:06 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 6:04 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale | 116 min |
| Aug 7, 6:48 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Coffee, Geneva | 117 min |
| Aug 7, 8:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Coffee, Geneva | 2 hr |
| Aug 7, 10:00 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TAE | Geneva | 34 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Alabama, 2012Every flash flood warning in 2012
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.