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Flash Flood Watch 3, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this flash flood watch at Feb 24, 2013, 5:32 AM CST for 15 counties in Florida; 26 counties in Georgia; 5 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Feb 25, 2013, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 32 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 24, 2013, 5:32 AM CST (11:32 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 25, 2013, 12:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 26, 2013, 7:53 AM CST
- In force
- 32 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Flood severity
- None
All 46 counties
Coffee County, AL, Dale County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Bay County, FL, Calhoun 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, Baker County, GA, Ben Hill County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Clay County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Early County, GA, Grady County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Lee County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Quitman County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Terrell County, GA, Thomas County, GA, Tift County, GA, Turner County, GA, Worth County, GA
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:34 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
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 262 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
- 534 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -86 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 flash flood watch went out at Feb 24, 3:54 AM CST, 1 hour 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 24, 3:54 AM CST, 1 hour 38 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 24, 5:00 AM CST, 32 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 600 AM EST SUN FEB 24 2013 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-108-112-114-115-118-127-128-134- GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-251100- 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- 600 AM EST SUN FEB 24 2013 /500 AM CST SUN FEB 24 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... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING FOR ALL OF THE TRI-STATE AREA EXCEPT THE SOUTHEASTERN FLORIDA BIG BEND... A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE TO OUR NORTH WILL KEEP RAIN CHANCES QUITE A BIT LOWER ACROSS THE REGION TODAY WITH NO ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED. BY TONIGHT...HOWEVER...A POTENT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO APPROACH THE REGION FROM THE WEST AND LIFT A STALLED OUT BOUNDARY TO OUR SOUTH...NORTHWARD AS A WARM FRONT. AS IF WE HAD NOT RECEIVED ENOUGH RAINFALL ALREADY...THIS SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO DUMP ANOTHER WIDESPREAD 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE TRI-STATE AREA BEFORE ALL IS SAID AND DONE. THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN....WHICH WILL BE FALLING ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND...WILL KEEP THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IN THE FORECAST INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK....AND POSSIBLY LONGER ALONG SOME AREA RIVERS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE MENTIONED RAINFALL...A POTENTIAL STRONG SQUALL LINE COULD PRECEDE THE COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE ON MONDAY NIGHT...AND WE HAVE A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND POSSIBLE LARGE HAIL. THIS FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION ON TUESDAY...WITH MUCH MORE TRANQUIL WEATHER EXPECTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY....BUT MAY BE NEEDED ON MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. 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. 17-GOULD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 23, 6:20 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 25 min | |
| Feb 23, 6:31 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Taylor | 29 min |
| Feb 24, 3:00 AM CST | River Flood Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Leon | 11 days |
| Feb 24, 10:04 AM CST | River Flood Warning | TAE | Jackson | 7 days |
| Feb 24, 3:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Taylor, Wakulla | 25 min |
| Feb 24, 3:12 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Feb 24, 3:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Walton, Washington | 24 min |
| Feb 24, 3:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Madison, Taylor | 49 min |
| Feb 24, 3:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Gulf | 33 min |
| Feb 24, 4:00 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Leon | 30 min |
| Feb 24, 4:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Leon | 51 min |
| Feb 24, 4:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Leon | 39 min |
| Feb 24, 4:37 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Leon | 38 min |
| Feb 24, 4:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Leon, Madison | 38 min |
| Feb 24, 2:52 AM CST | River Flood Warning | TAE | Decatur, Miller, Seminole | 42 hr |
| Feb 24, 9:46 AM CST | River Flood Warning | TAE | Terrell, Webster | 58 hr |
| Feb 24, 9:56 AM CST | River Flood Warning | TAE | Dougherty | 34 hr |
| Feb 24, 10:01 AM CST | River Flood Warning | TAE | Baker, Mitchell | 65 hr |
| Feb 24, 12:13 PM CST | River Flood Advisory | TAE | Grady, Thomas | 36 hr |
| Feb 24, 5:44 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Lowndes | 46 min |
| Feb 24, 9:11 AM CST | River Flood Warning | TAE | Geneva | 5 days |
| Feb 24, 9:42 AM CST | River Flood Warning | TAE | Coffee | 46 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.