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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this flash flood warning at Jul 4, 2013, 11:38 AM CDT for Bay County, Washington County, Florida. It was in force for 8 hr. 18 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
- Jul 4, 2013, 11:38 AM CDT (16:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 2013, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Bay County, FL, Washington County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:38 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 11:50 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Vernon, FL | TWELVE BUILDINGS CONFIRMED TO HAVE WATER ENTERING THE BUILDING IN OR NEAR VERNON. WATER APPROACHING THE SHELTER LOCATION...SO THE SHELTER IS BEING MOVED. STILL NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES. |
| Jul 4, 12:11 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Ese Panama City Beach, FL | WATER RISING TO NEAR THE HEIGHT OF A SHORT GUARDRAIL ON ALF COLEMAN ROAD JUST SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 98. LIKELY AT LEAST 6 INCHES DEEP. |
| Jul 4, 12:40 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Lynn Haven, FL | WATER OVER ROADS AROUND LYNN HAVEN...VIA A SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT FROM WJHG-TV METEOROLOGIST. |
| Jul 4, 12:40 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Panama City Beach, FL | WATER UP TO 1.5 FEET DEEP ON PARTS OF FRONT BEACH RD. |
| Jul 4, 1:35 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Panama City Airport, FL | CONSIDERABLE FLOODING BEING REPORTED ACROSS PANAMA CITY, INCLUDING REPORTS OF WATER ENTERING SOME HOMES AND BUSINESSES. |
| Jul 4, 2:50 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Panama City, FL | SEWER DRAINS OVERFLOWING NEAR DOWNTOWN PANAMA CITY PER A NEWS HERALD EMPLOYEE. |
| Jul 4, 3:00 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 12.35 | 2 Nw Panama City Beach, FL | RAINFALL TOTAL SINCE TUESDAY AT NWFWMD RAIN GAGE AT FRANK BROWN PARK. |
| Jul 4, 4:00 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 10.45 | 11 Nne Panama City Beac, FL | RAINFALL TOTAL FOR YESTERDAY AND SO FAR TODAY AT NW FLORIDA BEACHES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. |
| Jul 4, 4:10 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 8.12 | 2 Ne Econfina, FL | RAINFALL TOTAL SINCE YESTERDAY AT NWFWMD ECOFINA CREEK FIELD OFFICE. |
| Jul 4, 4:30 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 9.5 | Panama City Beach, FL | VIEWER REPORT ON WEST END OF PANAMA CITY BEACH RELAYED BY WMBB-TV. TWO DAY TOTAL. |
| Jul 4, 4:30 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 17 | Lynn Haven, FL | VIEWER REPORT RELAYED BY WMBB-TV. TWO DAY TOTAL. |
| Jul 4, 4:30 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 18.5 | 2 Se Riverside, FL | VIEWER REPORT RELAYED BY WMBB-TV. TWO DAY TOTAL. |
| Jul 4, 5:00 PM CDT | FLOOD | Vernon, FL | MANY DIRT ROADS IN WASHINGTON COUNTY ARE UNSTABLE DUE TO RISING WATER AND CONTINUED RAINS. SOME OF THE DIRT ROADS IN THE COUNTY HAVE BEEN ERODED SUCH THAT THEY HAVE BEEN CUT IN TWO. PAVED ROADS HAVE ALSO BEEN IMPACTED BY HIGH WATER IN SOME SPOTS. INFORMATION V |
| Jul 4, 5:00 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Panama City Beach, FL | MULTIPLE PHOTOS RELAYED BY BROADCAST MEDIA VIA SOCIAL MEDIA SHOWING SEVERAL CARS STALLED IN DEEP WATER IN THE PANAMA CITY BEACH AREA. WATER HAS ENCROACHED INTO SOME BUILDINGS IN BOTH PANAMA CITY BEACH AND PANAMA CITY. FLOODING IS DESCRIBED AS SOME OF THE WORST |
| Jul 4, 5:00 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 10.88 | Southport, FL | STORM TOTAL SINCE MONDAY. |
| Jul 4, 5:00 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 13.42 | Springfield, FL | EVENT TOTAL RAINFALL SO FAR. |
| Jul 4, 6:00 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 14 | 2 E Southport, FL | VIEWER REPORT TO WJHG-TV NEAR SOUTHPORT ELEMENTARY. |
| Jul 4, 6:00 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 15 | 3 Nw Vernon, FL | VIEWER REPORT TO WJHG-TV ON HWY 279 BETWEEN CARYVILLE AND VERNON. |
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, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 677 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 545 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
790
WGUS52 KTAE 041638
FFWTAE
FLC005-133-042030-
/O.NEW.KTAE.FF.W.0021.130704T1638Z-130704T2030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1138 AM CDT THU JUL 4 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL BAY COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PANAMA CITY BEACH...PANAMA CITY...
LYNN HAVEN...CALLAWAY...
WASHINGTON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF VERNON...
* UNTIL 330 PM CDT
* AT 1127 AM CDT...FLOODING CONTINUED ACROSS WASHINGTON COUNTY AND
PARTS OF WESTERN BAY COUNTY ACCORDING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS.
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN BANDS WERE MOVING INTO THESE AREAS AND MAY
LEAD TO INCREASINGLY SEVERE FLOODING THIS AFTERNOON.
ADDITIONALLY...HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO PANAMA
CITY AND PANAMA CITY BEACH...WITH RAIN RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES
PER HOUR POSSIBLE. THIS MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING IN THOSE AREAS.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NEW HOPE...
ECONFINA...WAUSAU...EBRO...CRYSTAL LAKE...CARYVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE AWAY FROM RISING WATER TO HIGHER GROUND! MOST FLOOD DEATHS
OCCUR IN VEHICLES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADS.
REMEMBER...TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN.
&&
LAT...LON 3042 8599 3044 8591 3049 8586 3051 8588
3059 8589 3060 8592 3064 8591 3073 8582
3079 8582 3079 8575 3075 8573 3075 8562
3080 8560 3027 8546 3011 8553 3010 8559
3008 8554 3002 8557 3027 8600
$$
08-LAMERS2 follow-up statements
658
WGUS72 KTAE 041840
FFSTAE
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
140 PM CDT THU JUL 4 2013
FLC005-133-042030-
/O.CON.KTAE.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-130704T2030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BAY FL-WASHINGTON FL-
140 PM CDT THU JUL 4 2013
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR
WASHINGTON AND CENTRAL BAY COUNTIES...
AT 132 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WIDESPREAD
AND INCREASINGLY SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING ACROSS BAY AND
WASHINGTON COUNTIES. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING INTO THE
WARNED AREA AND THIS WILL LIKELY ONLY WORSEN THE FLOODING SITUATION.
BOTH THE BAY AND WASHINGTON COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENTS REPORTED
NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES AND WATER BEGINNING TO ENTER AND AFFECT SOME
HOMES AND BUSINESSES.
THIS IS QUICKLY BECOMING A SERIOUS FLASH FLOODING SITUATION!
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A SERIOUS FLOODING SITUATION! WATER MAY RISE RAPIDLY. NOW IS
THE TIME TO MOVE AWAY FROM STREAMS AND LOW SPOTS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS
OCCUR IN VEHICLES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADS.
REMEMBER...TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN.
&&
LAT...LON 3042 8599 3044 8591 3049 8586 3051 8588
3059 8589 3060 8592 3064 8591 3073 8582
3079 8582 3079 8575 3075 8573 3075 8562
3080 8560 3027 8546 3011 8553 3010 8559
3008 8554 3002 8557 3027 8600
$$
08-LAMERS257
WGUS52 KTAE 042014
FFWTAE
FLC005-133-050100-
/O.EXT.KTAE.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-130705T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
314 PM CDT THU JUL 4 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL BAY COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA..
WASHINGTON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT
* AT 305 PM CDT...NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLASH FLOODING HAVE BEEN
RECEIVED FROM BAY AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES. MANY ROADS WERE CLOSED
AND WATER WAS AFFECTING SOME HOMES AND BUSINESSES. ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 3 INCHES...
WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO CONTINUE INTO THE LATE AFTERNOON.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
PANAMA CITY...PANAMA CITY BEACH...LYNN HAVEN...CALLAWAY...VERNON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A SERIOUS FLOODING SITUATION! WATER MAY RISE RAPIDLY. NOW IS
THE TIME TO MOVE AWAY FROM STREAMS AND LOW SPOTS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS
OCCUR IN VEHICLES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADS.
REMEMBER...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 3042 8599 3044 8591 3049 8586 3051 8588
3059 8589 3060 8592 3064 8591 3073 8582
3079 8582 3079 8575 3075 8573 3075 8562
3080 8560 3027 8546 3011 8553 3010 8559
3008 8554 3002 8557 3027 8600
$$
08-LAMERSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 10:24 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TAE | Holmes, Washington | 15 days |
| Jul 3, 10:24 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TAE | Walton | 18 days |
| Jul 4, 12:46 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 89 min | |
| Jul 4, 1:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Wakulla | 48 min |
| Jul 4, 1:24 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 51 min | |
| Jul 4, 1:49 AM CDT | High Surf Advisory | TAE | Bay, Walton | 29 hr |
| Jul 4, 4:03 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 87 min | |
| Jul 4, 4:59 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 31 min | |
| Jul 4, 5:39 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Jul 4, 5:48 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Bay, Holmes, Walton, Washington | 6 hr |
| Jul 4, 8:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Leon, Wakulla | 47 min |
| Jul 4, 9:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Leon, Wakulla | 48 min |
| Jul 4, 9:15 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 75 min | |
| Jul 4, 9:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Leon | 64 min |
| Jul 4, 10:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Bay, Gulf | 59 min |
| Jul 4, 10:13 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Madison, Taylor | 4 days |
| Jul 4, 10:30 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 90 min | |
| Jul 4, 11:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Walton, Washington | 25 min |
| Jul 4, 11:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Washington | 33 min |
| Jul 4, 11:53 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 112 min | |
| Jul 4, 12:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Bay, Washington | 58 min |
| Jul 4, 12:29 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Franklin, Gulf, Liberty | 8 days |
| Jul 4, 12:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes | 25 min |
| Jul 4, 12:40 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Jul 4, 12:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Holmes, Jackson, Washington | 4 hr |
| Jul 4, 12:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes | 52 min |
| Jul 4, 1:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Franklin, Liberty, Wakulla | 45 min |
| Jul 4, 1:39 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 51 min | |
| Jul 4, 2:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Gadsden, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Wakulla | 62 min |
| Jul 4, 2:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Leon | 43 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.