Alert archive / Florida / Areal Flood Warnings in 2013
Areal Flood Warning 13, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this areal flood warning at Feb 25, 2013, 4:42 AM CST for 5 counties in Florida. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 25, 2013, 4:42 AM CST (10:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 25, 2013, 10:45 AM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Liberty County, FL
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:45 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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 80 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 768 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this areal flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Tallahassee, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this areal flood warning went out at Feb 25, 3:58 AM CST, 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 25, 3:58 AM CST, 44 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 25, 4:28 AM CST, 14 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 528 AM EST MON FEB 25 2013 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-108-112-114-115-118-127-128-134- GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-261030- 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-QUITMAN-CLAY- RANDOLPH-TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL-IRWIN- EARLY-MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK-BERRIEN-SEMINOLE- DECATUR-GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER- APALACHEE BAY OR COASTAL WATERS FROM KEATON BEACH TO OCHLOCKONEE RIVER FL OUT TO 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN FL OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM OCHLOCKONEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL OUT TO 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM SUWANNEE RIVER TO KEATON BEACH OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM SUWANNEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 528 AM EST MON FEB 25 2013 /428 AM CST MON FEB 25 2013/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE...AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION TODAY AND PRODUCE MORE HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE REGION. THE FLASH FLOODING POTENTIAL IS HIGH TODAY DUE TO THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL. THERE IS ALSO A THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER STARTING LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT THOUGH AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... ASIDE FROM A BRIEF CHANCE OF A SEVERE STORM WITH THE COLD FRONT TUESDAY MORNING...DRIER CONDITIONS WILL RETURN BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. A SIGNIFICANT COOL DOWN IS LIKELY BY THE WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD ACTIVELY MONITOR AND REPORT FLOODING IN THEIR AREA AND SEVERE WEATHER TODAY. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV...THEN CLICK ON YOUR AREA OF INTEREST ON THE NATIONAL MAP. 38-GODSEY
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Feb 25, 1:38 AM CST, 3 hours 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
238 AM EST MON FEB 25 2013
FLZ015-115-250805-
COASTAL FRANKLIN FL-INLAND FRANKLIN FL-
238 AM EST MON FEB 25 2013
...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR FRANKLIN COUNTY...
* UNTIL 305 AM EST
AT 235 AM EST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETECTED A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM NEAR EASTPOINT...OR NEAR FRANKLIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
30 MPH.
DIME SIZE HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WHICH MAY
REDUCE VISIBILITY AND CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 2975 8491 2978 8489 2977 8492 2982 8496
3000 8470 2987 8459 2983 8465 2982 8470
2978 8475 2973 8489
TIME...MOT...LOC 0738Z 236DEG 24KT 2980 8485
08-LAMERSSpecial weather statement, Feb 25, 2:06 AM CST, 2 hours 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
306 AM EST MON FEB 25 2013
FLZ015-115-250830-
COASTAL FRANKLIN FL-INLAND FRANKLIN FL-
306 AM EST MON FEB 25 2013
...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR FRANKLIN COUNTY...
* UNTIL 330 AM EST
AT 300 AM EST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETECTED A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM NEAR CARRABELLE...OR NEAR YENT PLACE...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 30 MPH.
DIME SIZE HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WHICH MAY
REDUCE VISIBILITY AND CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 2991 8480 3001 8461 3001 8453 2998 8452
3000 8447 2997 8445 2996 8435 2994 8433
2991 8433 2989 8440 2992 8447 2989 8447
2987 8451 2990 8450 2991 8453 2987 8457
2979 8474
TIME...MOT...LOC 0806Z 244DEG 26KT 2989 8466
08-LAMERSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 6:49 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 56 min | |
| Feb 24, 9:15 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Gadsden | 30 min |
| Feb 25, 1:06 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 84 min | |
| Feb 25, 1:38 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Franklin | 27 min |
| Feb 25, 2:06 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Wakulla | 24 min |
| Feb 25, 2:16 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 59 min | |
| Feb 25, 3:12 AM CST | River Flood Warning | TAE | Leon | 5 days |
| Feb 25, 3:28 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 59 hr | |
| Feb 25, 5:07 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 38 min | |
| Feb 25, 7:24 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 3 hr | |
| Feb 25, 8:56 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun | 94 min |
| Feb 25, 9:18 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Jackson, Liberty | 117 min |
| Feb 25, 9:54 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 111 min | |
| Feb 25, 10:14 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Gadsden, Gulf, Jackson, Leon and 1 more | 2 hr |
| Feb 25, 10:25 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Gulf | 4 hr |
| Feb 25, 10:45 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Leon | 4 hr |
| Feb 25, 11:24 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Franklin, Gulf | 36 min |
| Feb 25, 11:30 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Feb 25, 11:47 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Franklin | 43 min |
| Feb 25, 11:56 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Leon | 79 min |
| Feb 25, 12:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Franklin, Wakulla | 45 min |
| Feb 25, 2:26 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 64 min | |
| Feb 25, 3:06 PM CST | Gale Warning | TAE | 24 hr | |
| Feb 25, 5:52 PM CST | River Flood Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Leon | 8 days |
| Feb 24, 6:01 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Brooks | 29 min |
| Feb 24, 6:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Berrien, Brooks, Cook, Lowndes, Thomas | 34 min |
| Feb 24, 6:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Lanier, Lowndes | 13 min |
| Feb 24, 6:25 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Lowndes | 65 min |
| Feb 25, 8:47 AM CST | River Flood Warning | TAE | Berrien, Lowndes | 8 days |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.