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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this flash flood warning at Feb 25, 2013, 10:55 PM EST for Leon County, Wakulla County, Florida. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 25, 2013, 10:55 PM EST (03:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 26, 2013, 1:00 AM EST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Leon County, FL, Wakulla County, FL
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:55 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, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 14 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
- 502 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 339 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 337 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
873
WGUS52 KTAE 260355
FFWTAE
FLC073-129-260600-
/O.NEW.KTAE.FF.W.0013.130226T0355Z-130226T0600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1055 PM EST MON FEB 25 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN LEON COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
EASTERN WAKULLA COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 100 AM EST
* AT 1045 PM EST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETECTED FLASH
FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL RATES
MAY BE AS HIGH AS 2 INCHES PER HOUR OVER ALREADY SATURATED SOIL.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WOODVILLE
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN.
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 3011 8440 3051 8418 3051 8404 3050 8404
3046 8404 3043 8408 3039 8408 3010 8421
$$
08-LAMERS1 follow-up statement
488
WGUS72 KTAE 260514
FFSTAE
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1214 AM EST TUE FEB 26 2013
FLC073-129-260524-
/O.CAN.KTAE.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-130226T0600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LEON FL-WAKULLA FL-
1214 AM EST TUE FEB 26 2013
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR CENTRAL WAKULLA AND
SOUTHEASTERN LEON COUNTIES...
THE RAIN RATES ACROSS THE WARNED AREA HAVE DECREASED AND THE
IMMINENT THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING HAS ENDED. HOWEVER...A FLASH
FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT.
REPORT FLOODING OR FLOOD DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT
(8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...CONTACT LAW ENFORCEMENT.
LAT...LON 3011 8440 3051 8418 3051 8404 3050 8404
3046 8404 3043 8408 3039 8408 3010 8421
$$
08-LAMERSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 25, 9:03 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 57 min | |
| Feb 25, 9:26 PM EST | River Flood Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Jackson | 69 hr |
| Feb 25, 9:59 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 91 min | |
| Feb 26, 12:00 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Holmes, Jackson, Walton, Washington | 12 hr |
| Feb 26, 12:32 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 118 min | |
| Feb 26, 1:51 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay | 54 min |
| Feb 26, 2:21 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Walton, Washington | 39 min |
| Feb 26, 2:24 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Feb 26, 2:27 AM EST | Rip Current Statement | TAE | Bay, Gulf, Walton | 25 hr |
| Feb 26, 2:27 AM EST | High Surf Advisory | TAE | Bay, Gulf, Walton | 33 hr |
| Feb 26, 2:43 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Gulf, Washington | 62 min |
| Feb 26, 3:55 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Franklin, Gulf | 50 min |
| Feb 26, 4:06 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 3 hr | |
| Feb 26, 4:12 AM EST | River Flood Warning | TAE | Wakulla | 72 hr |
| Feb 26, 4:32 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Franklin, Liberty, Wakulla | 43 min |
| Feb 26, 4:53 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Liberty | 3 hr |
| Feb 26, 5:12 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Wakulla | 48 min |
| Feb 26, 5:32 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Leon, Wakulla | 43 min |
| Feb 26, 5:34 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Leon | 86 min |
| Feb 26, 5:52 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Leon | 38 min |
| Feb 26, 6:08 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dixie, Lafayette, Taylor | 67 min |
| Feb 26, 6:30 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Madison | 45 min |
| Feb 26, 6:44 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dixie | 46 min |
| Feb 26, 7:36 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Lafayette | 9 min |
| Feb 26, 9:23 AM EST | River Flood Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Madison, Taylor | 16 days |
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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.