Alert archive / Florida / Flash Flood Watches in 2012
Flash Flood Watch 3, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this flash flood watch at Aug 7, 2012, 2:32 AM CDT for 5 counties in Alabama; 16 counties in Florida; 10 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 7, 2012, 2:32 AM CDT (07:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2012, 2:09 AM CDT
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Flood severity
- None
All 31 counties
Coffee County, AL, Dale County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Dixie County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Lafayette County, FL, Leon County, FL, Madison County, FL, Taylor County, FL, Wakulla County, FL, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL, Berrien County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Grady County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Thomas County, GA
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:35 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 00:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 39 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.
539 WGUS62 KTAE 070732 FFATAE URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 332 AM EDT TUE AUG 7 2012 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON... .SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH A WEAK TROPICAL WAVE HAVE ALIGNED ALONG A CONVERGENT REGION ACROSS SOUTHEAST ALABAMA. SOME OF THE HEAVIEST RAIN PRODUCERS HAVE BEEN DEPOSITING RAIN ON THE ORDER OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR...OR NEAR 4 INCHES IN 3 HOURS. LOCAL GUIDANCE ALIGNS WELL WITH THESE AMOUNTS AND SUGGESTS SIMILAR RAIN RATES COULD CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON. THUS...THERE EXISTS THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN THE SMALL URBAN CENTERS THROUGHOUT THE REGION. ALZ065>069-071800- /O.NEW.KTAE.FF.A.0003.120807T0732Z-120807T1800Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ENTERPRISE...OZARK...FORT RUCKER... DALEVILLE...HEADLAND...ABBEVILLE...GENEVA...HARTFORD...SAMSON... SLOCOMB...MALVERN...TAYLOR...ASHFORD...DOTHAN...KINSEY... COWARTS...WEBB...COTTONWOOD...REHOBETH 232 AM CDT TUE AUG 7 2012 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...COFFEE...DALE...GENEVA...HENRY AND HOUSTON. * UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON * HEAVY RAINFALL RATES EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON. * FLASH FLOODING WOULD BE MOST LIKELY IN THE SMALL URBAN CENTERS ACROSS SOUTHEAST ALABAMA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ HARRIGAN
4 follow-up statements
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
417 WGUS62 KTAE 071651 FFATAE URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1251 PM EDT TUE AUG 7 2012 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL WEDNESDAY MORNING AND EXPANDED TO INCLUDE MOST OF NORTH FLORIDA AND THE SOUTHERN TIER OF THE GEORGIA COUNTIES.... ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL THROUGH TONIGHT... .SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH A WEAK TROPICAL WAVE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND SURFACE LOW OVER SOUTHEAST ALABAMA CONTINUE TO FORM AND MOVE NORTH ALONG CONVERGENT BANDS EAST OF THIS WAVE AND ACROSS OUR LOCAL AREA. SOME OF THE HEAVIEST RAIN PRODUCERS HAVE BEEN DEPOSITING RAIN ON THE ORDER OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR...OR BETWEEN 4 TO 6 INCHES IN 3 HOURS. LOCAL GUIDANCE ALIGNS WELL WITH THESE AMOUNTS AND SUGGESTS SIMILAR RAIN RATES COULD CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING AND LIKELY INTO TONIGHT. THUS...THERE EXISTS THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN THE URBAN CENTERS THROUGHOUT THE REGION. FLZ008-010-012>019-026-027-108-112-114-115-118-127-GAZ146>148- 155>161-081200- /O.EXB.KTAE.FF.A.0003.000000T0000Z-120808T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CENTRAL WALTON-WASHINGTON-INLAND BAY-CALHOUN-INLAND GULF- INLAND FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON-INLAND JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY- INLAND WAKULLA-SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF- COASTAL FRANKLIN-COASTAL JEFFERSON-COASTAL WAKULLA-COLQUITT-COOK- BERRIEN-SEMINOLE-DECATUR-GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRYSTAL LAKE...CHIPLEY...FIVE POINTS... YOUNGSTOWN...BLOUNTSTOWN...WHITE CITY...WEWAHITCHKA...QUINCY... CHATTAHOOCHEE...TALLAHASSEE...SPRING HILL...MONTICELLO... MADISON...GREENVILLE...SWEETWATER...CRAWFORDVILLE...FREEPORT... SANTA ROSA BEACH...PANAMA CITY...PARKER...PORT SAINT JOE... APALACHICOLA...CARRABELLE...SOPCHOPPY...SAINT MARKS...MOULTRIE... ADEL...SPARKS...NASHVILLE...DONALSONVILLE...BAINBRIDGE...CAIRO... THOMASVILLE...QUITMAN...VALDOSTA...LAKELAND 1251 PM EDT TUE AUG 7 2012 /1151 AM CDT TUE AUG 7 2012/ ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS EXPANDED THE * FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF FLORIDA AND GEORGIA... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN FLORIDA...CALHOUN... CENTRAL WALTON...COASTAL BAY...COASTAL FRANKLIN...COASTAL GULF... COASTAL JEFFERSON...COASTAL WAKULLA...GADSDEN...INLAND BAY... INLAND FRANKLIN...INLAND GULF...INLAND JEFFERSON... INLAND WAKULLA...LEON...LIBERTY...MADISON...SOUTH WALTON AND WASHINGTON. IN GEORGIA...BERRIEN...BROOKS...COLQUITT...COOK... DECATUR...GRADY...LANIER...LOWNDES...SEMINOLE AND THOMAS. * THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING * HEAVY RAINFALL RATES EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON. * FLASH FLOODING WOULD BE MOST LIKELY IN THE SMALL URBAN CENTERS ACROSS SOUTHEAST ALABAMA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ ALZ065>069-FLZ007-009-011-081200- /O.EXT.KTAE.FF.A.0003.000000T0000Z-120808T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-INLAND WALTON-HOLMES-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ENTERPRISE...OZARK...FORT RUCKER... DALEVILLE...HEADLAND...ABBEVILLE...GENEVA...HARTFORD...SAMSON... SLOCOMB...MALVERN...TAYLOR...ASHFORD...DOTHAN...KINSEY... COWARTS...WEBB...COTTONWOOD...REHOBETH...DE FUNIAK SPRINGS... HUDSON...BONIFAY...MARIANNA...GRACEVILLE...MALONE...SNEADS 1151 AM CDT TUE AUG 7 2012 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR * PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND FLORIDA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...COFFEE...DALE... GENEVA...HENRY AND HOUSTON. IN FLORIDA...HOLMES...INLAND WALTON AND JACKSON. * THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING * HEAVY RAINFALL RATES EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...RUNOFF FROM FLASH FLOODING IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA IS SPREADING SOUTH INTO THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA. * FLASH FLOODING WOULD BE MOST LIKELY IN THE SMALL URBAN CENTERS ACROSS THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...AS WELL AS WHERE WATER FROM FLASH FLOODING UPSTREAM RAPIDLY RUSHES DOWNSTREAM ALONG SMALL CREEKS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ BLOCK
207 WGUS62 KTAE 072119 FFATAE URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 519 PM EDT TUE AUG 7 2012 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO INCLUDE THE SOUTHEAST BIG BEND COUNTIES.... ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL THROUGH TONIGHT... .SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH A SURFACE LOW OVER SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA CONTINUES TO FORM AND MOVE NORTH ALONG CONVERGENT BANDS EAST OF THIS LOW AND ACROSS OUR LOCAL AREA. SOME OF THE HEAVIEST RAIN PRODUCERS HAVE BEEN DEPOSITING RAIN ON THE ORDER OF UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR...OR BETWEEN 2 TO 4 INCHES IN 3 HOURS. LOCAL GUIDANCE ALIGNS WELL WITH THESE AMOUNTS AND SUGGESTS SIMILAR RAIN RATES COULD CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING AND LIKELY INTO TONIGHT AND THIS NOW INCLUDES THE SOUTHEAST BIG BEND. THUS...THERE EXISTS THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING... ESPECIALLY IN THE URBAN CENTERS THROUGHOUT THE REGION. FLZ028-029-034-128-134-081200- /O.EXA.KTAE.FF.A.0003.000000T0000Z-120808T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ INLAND TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-INLAND DIXIE-COASTAL TAYLOR-COASTAL DIXIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PERRY...MIDWAY...MAYO...CROSS CITY... KEATON BEACH...STEINHATCHEE...SUWANNEE 519 PM EDT TUE AUG 7 2012 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS EXPANDED THE * FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF FLORIDA AND NORTHERN FLORIDA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN FLORIDA...INLAND DIXIE...INLAND TAYLOR AND LAFAYETTE. IN NORTHERN FLORIDA... COASTAL DIXIE AND COASTAL TAYLOR. * THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING * HEAVY RAINFALL RATES EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON. * FLASH FLOODING WOULD BE MOST LIKELY IN THE SMALL URBAN CENTERS ACROSS SOUTHEAST ALABAMA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026-027-108-112-114-115-118-127-GAZ146>148- 155>161-081200- /O.CON.KTAE.FF.A.0003.000000T0000Z-120808T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-INLAND WALTON-CENTRAL WALTON- HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-INLAND BAY-CALHOUN-INLAND GULF- INLAND FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON-INLAND JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY- INLAND WAKULLA-SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF- COASTAL FRANKLIN-COASTAL JEFFERSON-COASTAL WAKULLA-COLQUITT-COOK- BERRIEN-SEMINOLE-DECATUR-GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ENTERPRISE...OZARK...FORT RUCKER... DALEVILLE...HEADLAND...ABBEVILLE...GENEVA...HARTFORD...SAMSON... SLOCOMB...MALVERN...TAYLOR...ASHFORD...DOTHAN...KINSEY... COWARTS...WEBB...COTTONWOOD...REHOBETH...DE FUNIAK SPRINGS... HUDSON...BONIFAY...CRYSTAL LAKE...CHIPLEY...FIVE POINTS... MARIANNA...GRACEVILLE...MALONE...SNEADS...YOUNGSTOWN... BLOUNTSTOWN...WHITE CITY...WEWAHITCHKA...QUINCY...CHATTAHOOCHEE... TALLAHASSEE...SPRING HILL...MONTICELLO...MADISON...GREENVILLE... SWEETWATER...CRAWFORDVILLE...FREEPORT...SANTA ROSA BEACH... PANAMA CITY...PARKER...PORT SAINT JOE...APALACHICOLA... CARRABELLE...SOPCHOPPY...SAINT MARKS...MOULTRIE...ADEL...SPARKS... NASHVILLE...DONALSONVILLE...BAINBRIDGE...CAIRO...THOMASVILLE... QUITMAN...VALDOSTA...LAKELAND 519 PM EDT TUE AUG 7 2012 /419 PM CDT TUE AUG 7 2012/ ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...FLORIDA AND GEORGIA... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... COFFEE...DALE...GENEVA...HENRY AND HOUSTON. IN FLORIDA... CALHOUN...CENTRAL WALTON...COASTAL BAY...COASTAL FRANKLIN... COASTAL GULF...COASTAL JEFFERSON...COASTAL WAKULLA...GADSDEN... HOLMES...INLAND BAY...INLAND FRANKLIN...INLAND GULF...INLAND JEFFERSON...INLAND WAKULLA...INLAND WALTON...JACKSON...LEON... LIBERTY...MADISON...SOUTH WALTON AND WASHINGTON. IN GEORGIA... BERRIEN...BROOKS...COLQUITT...COOK...DECATUR...GRADY... LANIER...LOWNDES...SEMINOLE AND THOMAS. * THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING * HEAVY RAINFALL RATES EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON. * FLASH FLOODING WOULD BE MOST LIKELY IN THE SMALL URBAN CENTERS ACROSS SOUTHEAST ALABAMA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ BLOCK
192 WGUS62 KTAE 080709 FFATAE URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 309 AM EDT WED AUG 8 2012 ...HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA... .SHOWERS ASSOCIATED WITH A WEAK TROPICAL WAVE HAVE ALIGNED ALONG A CONVERGENT REGION ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA. SOME OF THE HEAVIEST RAIN PRODUCERS HAVE BEEN DEPOSITING RAIN ON THE ORDER OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS BETWEEN 3 TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE WITHIN A 3 HOUR TIME FRAME. LOCAL GUIDANCE ALIGNS WELL WITH THESE AMOUNTS AND SUGGESTS SIMILAR RAIN RATES COULD CONTINUE PERIODICALLY THROUGH THE DAY. THUS...THERE EXISTS THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN THE SMALL URBAN CENTERS THROUGHOUT THE REGION. GAZ148-090000- /O.CAN.KTAE.FF.A.0003.000000T0000Z-120808T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FF.A.0004.120808T0709Z-120809T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BERRIEN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NASHVILLE 309 AM EDT WED AUG 8 2012 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREA...BERRIEN. * THROUGH THIS EVENING * HEAVY RAINFALL RATES EXPECTED TO CONTINUE PERIODICALLY THROUGH THE DAY. * FLASH FLOODING WOULD BE MOST LIKELY IN THE SMALL URBAN CENTERS ACROSS THE AREA PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-108-112-114-115-118-127-128-134- GAZ146-147-155>161-080815- /O.CAN.KTAE.FF.A.0003.000000T0000Z-120808T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-INLAND WALTON-CENTRAL WALTON- HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-INLAND BAY-CALHOUN-INLAND GULF- INLAND FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON-INLAND JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY- INLAND WAKULLA-INLAND TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-INLAND DIXIE-SOUTH WALTON- COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN-COASTAL JEFFERSON- COASTAL WAKULLA-COASTAL TAYLOR-COASTAL DIXIE-COLQUITT-COOK- SEMINOLE-DECATUR-GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ENTERPRISE...OZARK...FORT RUCKER... DALEVILLE...HEADLAND...ABBEVILLE...GENEVA...HARTFORD...SAMSON... SLOCOMB...MALVERN...TAYLOR...ASHFORD...DOTHAN...KINSEY... COWARTS...WEBB...COTTONWOOD...REHOBETH...DE FUNIAK SPRINGS... HUDSON...BONIFAY...CRYSTAL LAKE...CHIPLEY...FIVE POINTS... MARIANNA...GRACEVILLE...MALONE...SNEADS...YOUNGSTOWN... BLOUNTSTOWN...WHITE CITY...WEWAHITCHKA...QUINCY...CHATTAHOOCHEE... TALLAHASSEE...SPRING HILL...MONTICELLO...MADISON...GREENVILLE... SWEETWATER...CRAWFORDVILLE...PERRY...MIDWAY...MAYO...CROSS CITY... FREEPORT...SANTA ROSA BEACH...PANAMA CITY...PARKER... PORT SAINT JOE...APALACHICOLA...CARRABELLE...SOPCHOPPY... SAINT MARKS...KEATON BEACH...STEINHATCHEE...SUWANNEE...MOULTRIE... ADEL...SPARKS...DONALSONVILLE...BAINBRIDGE...CAIRO... THOMASVILLE...QUITMAN...VALDOSTA...LAKELAND 309 AM EDT WED AUG 8 2012 /209 AM CDT WED AUG 8 2012/ ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...FLORIDA AND GEORGIA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED IN THESE AREAS OVERNIGHT. ADDITIONALLY IT APPEARS AS THOUGH RAIN RATES THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE LESS THAN REQUIRED TO WARRANT A FLASH FLOOD WATCH. $$ GAZ128>131-090000- /O.NEW.KTAE.FF.A.0004.120808T0709Z-120809T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL-IRWIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASHBURN...TIFTON...FITZGERALD...OCILLA 309 AM EDT WED AUG 8 2012 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...BEN HILL...IRWIN...TIFT AND TURNER. * THROUGH THIS EVENING * HEAVY RAINFALL RATES EXPECTED TO CONTINUE PERIODICALLY THROUGH THE DAY. * FLASH FLOODING WOULD BE MOST LIKELY IN THE SMALL URBAN CENTERS ACROSS THE AREA PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ HARRIGAN
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, 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, 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 |
| 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, 9:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Holmes, Washington | 87 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 |
| Aug 7, 1:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Lanier | 51 min |
| Aug 7, 1:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Berrien, Lanier | 49 min |
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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.