Alert archive / Florida / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this flash flood warning at May 29, 2012, 2:58 AM EDT for Dixie County, Lafayette County, Taylor County, Florida. It was in force for 107 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
- May 29, 2012, 2:58 AM EDT (06:58 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 2012, 4:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 107 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Dixie County, FL, Lafayette County, FL, Taylor County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 7.0 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 851 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 864 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 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 290658
FFWTAE
FLC029-067-123-290845-
/O.NEW.KTAE.FF.W.0009.120529T0658Z-120529T0845Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
258 AM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN DIXIE COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
SOUTHERN LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
SOUTHEASTERN TAYLOR COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 445 AM EDT
* AT 255 AM EDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETECTED VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL RATES FROM A BAND OF HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS FROM
SOUTHERN TAYLOR COUNTY INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LAFAYETTE COUNTY.
RAIN WILL FALL OVER AN AREA THAT HAS ALREADY RECEIVED ABOUT 7 TO
12 INCHES OF RAINFALL SINCE EARLY MONDAY MORNING. ANY ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL WOULD ONLY MAKE ONGOING FLOODING WORSE...AND COULD LEAD
TO RAPID RISES IN WATER LEVELS.
THIS IS BECOMING A DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR ANYONE LIVING IN LOW
LYING AREAS...OR NEAR STREAMS OR CREEKS.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MAYO...
COOKS HAMMOCK...SALEM...AND TENNILLE. SOME OF THE EXCESS RUNOFF
WATER MAY START GETTING ROUTED DOWN THE STEINHATCHEE RIVER ON THE
TAYLOR AND DIXIE COUNTY BORDER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 AT
(8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...CONTACT LAW ENFORCEMENT.
&&
LAT...LON 2983 8317 2980 8326 2974 8332 2979 8342
2988 8349 2996 8346 3009 8309 2999 8296
2997 8296 2995 8292 2991 8291 2990 8289
$$
08-LAMERS1 follow-up statement
469
WGUS72 KTAE 290813
FFSTAE
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
413 AM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012
FLC029-067-123-290845-
/O.CON.KTAE.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120529T0845Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LAFAYETTE FL-TAYLOR FL-DIXIE FL-
413 AM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 AM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN DIXIE...SOUTHEASTERN TAYLOR AND SOUTHERN LAFAYETTE
COUNTIES...
AT 407 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
DETECT VERY HEAVY RAINFALL RATES...APPROACHING 2 TO 3 INCHES PER
HOUR...IN A BAND OF HEAVY SHOWERS ACROSS SOUTHERN LAFAYETTE COUNTY.
THE RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO FALL ON AN AREA THAT HAS RECEIVED
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OF 8 TO 13 INCHES SINCE EARLY MONDAY MORNING.
ADDITIONAL SHOWERS ARE DEVELOPING AS FAR AS 50 MILES OUT OVER THE
GULF OF MEXICO...AND WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE AREA THROUGH
THE PRE-DAWN HOURS. THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL LIKELY NEED TO BE
EXTENDED IN SOME FASHION WITHIN THE HOUR.
THIS IS BECOMING A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR ANYONE LIVING IN LOW
LYING AREAS...OR NEAR STREAMS OR CREEKS. PEOPLE IN THE WARNED AREA
ARE URGED TO MONITOR WEATHER INFORMATION AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE
QUICK ACTION.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MAYO...COOKS
HAMMOCK...SALEM...AND TENNILLE. SOME OF THE EXCESS RUNOFF WATER MAY
START GETTING ROUTED DOWN THE STEINHATCHEE RIVER ON THE TAYLOR AND
DIXIE COUNTY BORDER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
&&
LAT...LON 2983 8317 2980 8326 2974 8332 2979 8342
2988 8349 2996 8346 3009 8309 2999 8296
2997 8296 2995 8292 2991 8291 2990 8289
$$
08-LAMERSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 1:01 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Lafayette | 119 min |
| May 29, 4:41 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Dixie, Lafayette, Taylor | 3 hr |
| May 29, 5:32 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 58 min | |
| May 29, 6:26 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Dixie | 2 hr |
| May 29, 6:51 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 54 min | |
| May 29, 8:25 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Dixie | 3 hr |
| May 29, 6:04 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Lafayette | 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.