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Flash Flood Warning 32, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this flash flood warning at Aug 7, 2012, 9:30 AM CDT for Holmes County, Washington County, Florida. It was in force for 87 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
- Aug 7, 2012, 9:30 AM CDT (14:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2012, 10:57 AM CDT
- In force
- 87 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Holmes County, FL, Washington County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:30 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 146 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.
795
WGUS52 KTAE 071430
FFWTAE
FLC059-133-071700-
/O.NEW.KTAE.FF.W.0032.120807T1430Z-120807T1700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
930 AM CDT TUE AUG 7 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
HOLMES COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...
NORTHWEST WASHINGTON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...
* UNTIL NOON CDT
* AT 920 AM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETECTED VERY
HEAVY RAIN RATES FROM PERSISTENT THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF HOLMES
AND NORTHWEST WASHINGTON COUNTIES. ADDITIONALLY...FLOODING WAS
REPORTED NEAR THE ALABAMA AND FLORIDA STATE LINE NEAR NORTHERN
HOLMES COUNTY...WITH WATER RUNNING OVER THE ROAD. ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL WOULD LIKELY ONLY EXACERBATE FLOODING.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ARDS
CROSSROADS...SMITH CROSSROADS...TENDIL CROSSING...NOMA JUNCTION...
HOLLAND CROSSROADS...ESTO AND COBB CROSSROADS.
THIS INCLUDES SECTIONS OF INTERSTATE 10 IN SOUTHERN HOLMES AND
NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES. TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS MAY CAUSE WATER
TO RUN OVER SECTIONS OF THE INTERSTATE.
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.
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 3092 8588 3099 8589 3099 8550 3097 8553
3094 8553 3090 8558 3086 8559 3080 8560
3078 8562 3072 8562 3069 8585 3071 8604
3088 8604
$$
08-LAMERS1 follow-up statement
889
WGUS72 KTAE 071557
FFSTAE
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1057 AM CDT TUE AUG 7 2012
FLC059-133-071605-
/O.CAN.KTAE.FF.W.0032.000000T0000Z-120807T1700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HOLMES FL-WASHINGTON FL-
1057 AM CDT TUE AUG 7 2012
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR NORTH CENTRAL
WASHINGTON AND HOLMES COUNTIES...
RAIN HAS BECOME VERY LIGHT SINCE 10 AM CDT OVER HOLMES AND NORTHERN
WASHINGTON COUNTIES. THEREFORE...THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING HAS
LIKELY ENDED.
ADDITIONAL LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN AND RUNOFF MAY OCCUR INTO THE
EARLY AFTERNOON IN AREAS THAT RECEIVED THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL.
REMEMBER...DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. STANDING OR
RUNNING WATER ON ROADS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS SHOULD NOT GET ANY
HIGHER OVER THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS.
LAT...LON 3092 8588 3099 8589 3099 8550 3097 8553
3094 8553 3090 8558 3086 8559 3080 8560
3078 8562 3072 8562 3069 8585 3071 8604
3088 8604
$$
08-LAMERSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 2:32 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 24 hr |
| Aug 7, 7:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Holmes | 2 hr |
| Aug 7, 8:38 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 67 min | |
| Aug 7, 10:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Washington | 28 min |
| Aug 7, 10:07 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | TAE | Wakulla | 6 days |
| Aug 7, 10:19 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | TAE | Holmes, Washington | 21 days |
| Aug 7, 11:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Leon | 41 min |
| Aug 7, 11:58 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Leon | 92 min |
| Aug 7, 1:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Walton | 62 min |
| Aug 7, 1:53 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 67 min | |
| Aug 7, 2:35 PM CDT | Rip Current Statement | TAE | Bay, Franklin, Gulf, Walton | 3 days |
| Aug 7, 4:25 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Lafayette, Taylor | 3 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.