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Flash Flood Watch 4, NWS Tallahassee, FL

June 5, 201313 counties in Florida; 26 counties in Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this flash flood watch at Jun 5, 2013, 2:24 PM CDT for 13 counties in Florida; 26 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 31 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 5, 2013, 2:24 PM CDT (19:24 UTC)
Expired: Jun 6, 2013, 9:38 PM CDT
In force: 31 hr
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Flood severity: None

All 39 counties

Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Dixie County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Lafayette County, FL, Leon County, FL, Madison County, FL, Taylor County, FL, Wakulla 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), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:24 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

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 242 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: 656 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 547 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 2 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -2 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Jun 5, 11:15 AM CDT, 3 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 11:15 AM CDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 5, 3:43 AM CDT, 10 hours 41 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
443 AM EDT WED JUN 5 2013

ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-108-112-114-115-118-127-128-134-
GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-061100-
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-
443 AM EDT WED JUN 5 2013 /343 AM CDT WED JUN 5 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 SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WATERS FROM
APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. A HIGH RISK OF
RIP CURRENTS EXISTS THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY MORNING FOR THE
PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND BEACHES. THERE IS ALSO A RISK OF LOCALIZED
FLOODING TODAY...MAINLY ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA WHERE
HEAVY RAIN FELL ON TUESDAY. WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED AT
THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...

THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY WITH THE APPROACHING LOW IN THE
GULF AND THE FORECAST WILL BE LARGELY DEPENDENT ON ITS EVENTUAL
TRACK AND INTENSITY. HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY INTO
FRIDAY...MAINLY ACROSS THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST
AREA...DEPENDING ON THE TRACK OF THE GULF LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY...ALTHOUGH REPORTS OF
HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING ARE APPRECIATED.

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.

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 5, 2:30 AM CDT	Rip Current Statement	TAE	Bay, Franklin, Gulf, Walton	47 hr
Jun 5, 1:55 PM CDT	High Surf Advisory	TAE	Bay, Franklin, Gulf, Walton	25 hr
Jun 5, 5:22 PM CDT	Tropical Storm Watch	TAE	Dixie, Lafayette, Madison, Taylor	11 hr
Jun 5, 5:22 PM CDT	Tropical Storm Warning	TAE	Dixie, Franklin, Jefferson, Lafayette, Leon, Madison and 2 more	29 hr
Jun 4, 8:37 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Ben Hill, Berrien, Cook, Irwin, Lee, Terrell and 3 more	113 min
Jun 4, 10:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Colquitt	28 min
Jun 4, 11:00 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TAE	Calhoun, Clay, Lee, Randolph, Terrell	75 min
Jun 4, 11:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Brooks	30 min
Jun 5, 2:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Henry	55 min

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.