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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Tallahassee, FL

February 11, 2013Geneva County, Houston County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this flash flood warning at Feb 11, 2013, 9:39 AM CST for Geneva County, Houston County, Alabama. It was in force for 6 hr. 10 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Feb 11, 2013, 9:39 AM CST (15:39 UTC)
Expired: Feb 11, 2013, 3:30 PM CST
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Geneva County, AL, Houston County, AL

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Feb 11, 10:00 AM CST	FLASH FLOOD	Geneva, AL	WATER ON ROADS UP TO A DEPTH OF CAR BUMPERS IN GENEVA. VIA WTVY-TV FACEBOOK.
Feb 11, 11:00 AM CST	FLASH FLOOD	3 E Taylor, AL	WATER AT A DEPTH OF APPROX. 1 FOOT OR SO FLOWING PAST A HOUSE ON BLACKMAN RD SOUTH OF DOTHAN. REPORT FROM VIDEO FROM DOTHAN EAGLE NEWSPAPER.
Feb 11, 11:00 AM CST	FLASH FLOOD	Slocomb, AL	WATER OVER ROADS AND NEAR HOMES IN SLOCOMB...UP TO A DEPTH OF CAR BUMPERS. VIA WDHN-TV FACEBOOK.
Feb 11, 11:16 AM CST	HEAVY RAIN 8.42	1 Wnw Dothan, AL	8.42 INCHES OF RAINFALL COLLECTED JUST OUTSIDE DOTHAN, AL. SINCE 9PM SUNDAY NIGHT.
Feb 11, 11:22 AM CST	HEAVY RAIN 8.42	1 Wnw Dothan, AL	8.42 INCHES OF RAIN COLLECTED SINCE SUNDAY AT 9PM.
Feb 11, 12:00 PM CST	FLASH FLOOD	Ashford, AL	WATER AFFECTING HOMES NEAR ASHFORD. VIA WDHN-TV.
Feb 11, 12:00 PM CST	FLASH FLOOD	Hartford, AL	WATER AFFECTING HOMES IN AND AROUND HARTFORD UP TO A DEPTH OF 1 TO 2 FEET IN SPOTS. VIA WDHN-TV FACEBOOK PHOTOS AND COMMENTS.
Feb 11, 1:00 PM CST	FLASH FLOOD	3 Sw Taylor, AL	WATER OVER SHIVER ROAD NEAR THE GENEVA-HOUSTON COUNTY LINE AND ALSO AFFECTING NEARBY FIELDS.
Feb 11, 1:00 PM CST	FLASH FLOOD	5 Nw Geneva, AL	WATER FROM A CREEK RUNNING OVER A BRIDGE ON SANDY CREEK ROAD. VIA A PICTURE FROM THE DOTHAN EAGLE.
Feb 11, 1:30 PM CST	HEAVY RAIN 9	Geneva, AL	MEASURED AT THE CHOCTAWHATCHEE RIVER GAUGE IN GENEVA. STORM TOTAL SO FAR.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 138 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 753 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 357 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 346 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

357 
WGUS52 KTAE 111539
FFWTAE
ALC061-069-112130-
/O.NEW.KTAE.FF.W.0002.130211T1539Z-130211T2130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
939 AM CST MON FEB 11 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  GENEVA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
  INCLUDING THE CITY OF GENEVA AND SAMSON
  HOUSTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
  INCLUDING THE CITY OF DOTHAN

* UNTIL 330 PM CST

* AT 926 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED   
  TO INDICATE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS     
  ACROSS GENEVA AND HOUSTON COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA. LOCAL     
  EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CONTINUED TO REPORT THAT DANGEROUS FLOODING   
  WAS OCCURRING ACROSS MANY PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL  
  STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE WARNED AREA AND MOVE     
  SLOWLY NORTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. 

THIS IS BECOMING AN INCREASINGLY SIGNIFICANT AND LIFE THREATENING 
FLASH FLOOD SITUATION FOR GENEVA AND HOUSTON COUNTIES...INCLUDING 
BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE CITIES OF GENEVA AND DOTHAN. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED 
ROADS. MAKE THE SMART CHOICE. TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN. 

&&

LAT...LON 3120 8571 3127 8566 3125 8549 3128 8549
      3129 8542 3132 8541 3131 8509 3128 8511
      3123 8510 3117 8510 3110 8503 3102 8500
      3100 8500 3099 8546 3100 8619 3119 8620

$$

38-GODSEY

5 follow-up statements

338 
WGUS72 KTAE 111629
FFSTAE

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1029 AM CST MON FEB 11 2013

ALC061-069-112130-
/O.CON.KTAE.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130211T2130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
GENEVA AL-HOUSTON AL-
1029 AM CST MON FEB 11 2013

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CST FOR
HOUSTON AND GENEVA COUNTIES...

AT 1017 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS 
GENEVA AND HOUSTON COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA. LOCAL       
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CONTINUED TO REPORT THAT DANGEROUS FLOODING     
WAS OCCURRING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT AND LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOOD SITUATION FOR 
GENEVA AND HOUSTON COUNTIES.

THROUGH 1130 AM CST...A PERIOD OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL IMPACT 
THE CITY OF DOTHAN AND LOCATIONS IN FAR EASTERN GENEVA COUNTY. DURING
THIS TIME AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL IS EXPECTED. THIS 
WILL ONLY INCREASE THE SEVERITY OF THE ONGOING FLOODING WITHIN THE 
WARNED AREA...PARTICULARLY THE CITY OF DOTHAN. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED 
ROADS. MAKE THE SMART CHOICE. TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN. 

&&

LAT...LON 3120 8571 3127 8566 3125 8549 3128 8549
      3129 8542 3132 8541 3131 8509 3128 8511
      3123 8510 3117 8510 3110 8503 3102 8500
      3100 8500 3099 8546 3100 8619 3119 8620

$$

38-GODSEY

095 
WGUS72 KTAE 111715
FFSTAE

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1115 AM CST MON FEB 11 2013

ALC061-069-112130-
/O.CON.KTAE.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130211T2130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
GENEVA AL-HOUSTON AL-
1115 AM CST MON FEB 11 2013

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CST FOR
HOUSTON AND GENEVA COUNTIES...

AT 1108 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS GENEVA AND 
HOUSTON COUNTIES. THOUGH THE INTENSITY OF THESE STORMS HAVE 
DIMINISHED...ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS LIKELY TO DEVELOP LATER 
THIS AFTERNOON. EVEN WITH THE BRIEF LULL IN RAINFALL 
INTENSITY...LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO REPORT 
DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODING WITHIN GENEVA AND HOUSTON COUNTIES FROM 
PREVIOUS VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. 

THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT AND LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOOD SITUATION FOR 
GENEVA AND HOUSTON COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FEW WATER RESCUES HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITHIN THE CITY OF DOTHAN. 
REMEMBER...MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. WHEN ENCOUNTERING 
FLOODED ROADS. MAKE THE SMART CHOICE. TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN. 

&&

LAT...LON 3120 8571 3127 8566 3125 8549 3128 8549
      3129 8542 3132 8541 3131 8509 3128 8511
      3123 8510 3117 8510 3110 8503 3102 8500
      3100 8500 3099 8546 3100 8619 3119 8620

$$

38-GODSEY

649 
WGUS72 KTAE 111815
FFSTAE

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1215 PM CST MON FEB 11 2013

ALC061-069-112130-
/O.CON.KTAE.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130211T2130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
GENEVA AL-HOUSTON AL-
1215 PM CST MON FEB 11 2013

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CST FOR 
HOUSTON AND GENEVA COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...

AT 1204 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE SCATTERED SHOWERS ACROSS GENEVA AND HOUSTON COUNTY IN 
SOUTHEAST ALABAMA. HOWEVER...THE BULK OF THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS 
SHIFTED INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN HOUSTON COUNTY. LOCAL 
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CONTINUED TO REPORT DANGEROUS FLOODING STILL 
OCCURRING WITHIN THE WARNED AREA. 

EVEN THOUGH RAINFALL RATES HAVE DIMINISHED SIGNIFICANTLY FOR MANY 
AREAS...CONTINUED RUNOFF FROM EARLIER RAINS WILL LEAD TO DANGEROUS 
FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT AND LIFE 
THREATENING FLASH FLOOD SITUATION FOR GENEVA AND HOUSTON COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FEW WATER RESCUES HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITHIN THE CITY OF DOTHAN. 
REMEMBER...MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. WHEN ENCOUNTERING 
FLOODED ROADS. MAKE THE SMART CHOICE. TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN. 

&&

LAT...LON 3120 8571 3127 8566 3125 8549 3128 8549
      3129 8542 3132 8541 3131 8509 3128 8511
      3123 8510 3117 8510 3110 8503 3102 8500
      3100 8500 3099 8546 3100 8619 3119 8620

$$

38-GODSEY

862 
WGUS72 KTAE 111918
FFSTAE

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
118 PM CST MON FEB 11 2013

ALC061-069-112130-
/O.CON.KTAE.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130211T2130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
GENEVA AL-HOUSTON AL-
118 PM CST MON FEB 11 2013

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CST FOR
HOUSTON AND GENEVA COUNTIES...

AT 114 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THAT SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ACROSS GENEVA AND HOUSTON 
COUNTY HAD AT LEAST TEMPORARILY ENDED. HOWEVER...LOCAL EMERGENCY 
MANAGEMENT CONTINUED TO REPORT ONGOING FLOODING WITHIN THE WARNED 
AREA FROM PREVIOUS HEAVY RAINFALL.  

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO MOVE BACK INTO THE AREA BY THIS 
EVENING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST 
ALABAMA THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED 
ROADS. MAKE THE SMART CHOICE. TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN.

&&

LAT...LON 3120 8571 3127 8566 3125 8549 3128 8549
      3129 8542 3132 8541 3131 8509 3128 8511
      3123 8510 3117 8510 3110 8503 3102 8500
      3100 8500 3099 8546 3100 8619 3119 8620

$$

38-GODSEY

083 
WGUS72 KTAE 112012
FFSTAE

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
212 PM CST MON FEB 11 2013

ALC061-069-112130-
/O.CON.KTAE.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130211T2130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
GENEVA AL-HOUSTON AL-
212 PM CST MON FEB 11 2013

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CST FOR
HOUSTON AND GENEVA COUNTIES...

AT 209 PM CST...LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CONTINUED TO REPORT 
FLOODING FROM PREVIOUS HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS GENEVA AND HOUSTON 
COUNTIES. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE THAT RAIN HAD EXITED THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...LIGHT TO 
OCCASIONALLY MODERATE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO MOVE BACK INTO 
SOUTHEAST ALABAMA LATER THIS EVENING. 

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA THROUGH 
TUESDAY MORNING. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED 
ROADS. MAKE THE SMART CHOICE. TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN.

&&

LAT...LON 3120 8571 3127 8566 3125 8549 3128 8549
      3129 8542 3132 8541 3131 8509 3128 8511
      3123 8510 3117 8510 3110 8503 3102 8500
      3100 8500 3099 8546 3100 8619 3119 8620

$$

38-GODSEY

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 10, 7:22 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Coffee	23 min
Feb 10, 7:43 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Coffee, Dale	32 min
Feb 10, 8:09 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Coffee, Dale, Henry, Houston	51 min
Feb 10, 8:37 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Henry, Houston	38 min
Feb 10, 9:19 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	TAE	Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Houston	3 hr
Feb 10, 9:46 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	TAE	Dale, Houston	3 hr
Feb 11, 12:23 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Houston	37 min
Feb 11, 12:44 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Houston	31 min
Feb 11, 1:02 AM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Houston	28 min
Feb 11, 1:48 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	TAE	Geneva	117 min
Feb 11, 5:16 AM CST	Flash Flood Watch	TAE	Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston	48 hr
Feb 11, 6:50 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Geneva, Houston	40 days
Feb 11, 7:49 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	TAE	Geneva, Houston	116 min
Feb 11, 12:14 PM CST	River Flood Advisory	TAE	Dale	36 hr
Feb 11, 12:14 PM CST	River Flood Advisory	TAE	Geneva	36 hr
Feb 11, 12:50 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Houston	40 min
Feb 11, 3:33 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	TAE	Geneva, Houston	6 hr

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.