Alert archive / Alabama / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 31, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this flash flood warning at Aug 7, 2012, 8:33 AM CDT for Coffee County, Geneva County, Alabama. It was in force for 2 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
- Aug 7, 2012, 8:33 AM CDT (13:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2012, 11:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Coffee County, AL, Geneva County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 9:27 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Wsw Enterprise, AL | WATER COVERING ROADWAY ON W COLLEGE ST. |
| Aug 7, 9:27 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 Ne Geneva, AL | EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS WATER OVER ROADWAY ON COUNTY ROAD 41 NEAR STATE ST. |
| Aug 7, 9:27 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 N Enterprise, AL | HOUSES SURROUNDED BY WATER IN GATEWAY ESTATES |
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, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 1301 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 755 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WGUS52 KTAE 071333
FFWTAE
ALC031-061-071600-
/O.NEW.KTAE.FF.W.0031.120807T1333Z-120807T1600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
833 AM CDT TUE AUG 7 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEAST COFFEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
GENEVA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 1100 AM CDT
* AT 825 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH
FLOODING FROM PERSISTENT HEAVY RAIN BANDS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER
THE WARNED AREA. THE FORT RUCKER HELIPORT HAS MEASURED AS MUCH AS
8 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE PAST 12 HOURS...AND RADAR ESTIMATES
THAT WIDESPREAD RAIN TOTALS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES WITH ISOLATED VALUES
AS HIGH AS 10 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED. THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EXTENDS THE PREVIOUS WARNING.
RAIN WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF IN COFFEE COUNTY BUT FLOODING MAY
CONTINUE FOR A COUPLE HOURS. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3
INCHES MAY OCCUR IN GENEVA COUNTY THROUGH 10 AM CDT.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NEW
BROCKTON...GENEVA...AND ENTERPRISE
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...
DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...
EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER
GROUND AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
REPORT FLOODING OR FLOOD DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT
(8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...CONTACT LAW ENFORCEMENT.
&&
LAT...LON 3120 8619 3120 8602 3124 8602 3142 8591
3143 8579 3139 8578 3120 8579 3119 8574
3108 8572 3105 8561 3099 8560 3099 8597
3105 8619
$$
08-LAMERS1 follow-up statement
219
WGUS72 KTAE 071554
FFSTAE
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1054 AM CDT TUE AUG 7 2012
ALC031-061-071601-
/O.EXP.KTAE.FF.W.0031.000000T0000Z-120807T1600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
COFFEE AL-GENEVA AL-
1054 AM CDT TUE AUG 7 2012
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1100 AM CDT FOR GENEVA AND
SOUTHEAST COFFEE COUNTIES...
RAIN HAS ESSENTIALLY ENDED OVER COFFEE AND GENEVA COUNTIES FOR THE
TIME BEING...AND HAS BEEN VERY LIGHT FOR THE PAST HOUR OR TWO.
THEREFORE...THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING HAS LIKELY ENDED.
ADDITIONAL RUNOFF MAY OCCUR INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON IN AREAS THAT
RECEIVED THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL...AND A FEW ROADS MAY REMAIN CLOSED.
REMEMBER...DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. STANDING OR
RUNNING WATER ON ROADS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS SHOULD NOT GET ANY
HIGHER OVER THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS.
LAT...LON 3120 8619 3120 8602 3124 8602 3142 8591
3143 8579 3139 8578 3120 8579 3119 8574
3108 8572 3105 8561 3099 8560 3099 8597
3105 8619
$$
08-LAMERSThe 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, 5:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Coffee | 2 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, 10:00 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TAE | Geneva | 34 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.