Alert archive / Florida / Flash Flood Warnings in 2014
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this flash flood warning at Jan 10, 2014, 12:46 AM EST for Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 6 hr. 2 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
- Jan 10, 2014, 12:46 AM EST (05:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 10, 2014, 6:30 AM EST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Palm Beach County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10, 2:50 AM EST | FLASH FLOOD | 1 W Delray Beach, FL | UNOFFICIAL 12.5 INCHES RECORDED BY SPOTTER. CLEVELAND RD IS IMPASSABLE AND WATER IS NEARING THE FRONT DOOR OF HOMES. |
| Jan 10, 3:48 AM EST | FLASH FLOOD | 1 W Delray Beach, FL | WATER HAS ENTERED A FEW HOMES ON GARFIELD ROAD. DOZENS OF CARS ARE STRANDED WEST OF MILITARY TRAIL DUE TO 3 FEET OF STANDING WATER ON THE ROAD. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 71 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
- 820 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 731 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
309 WGUS52 KMFL 100546 FFWMFL FLC099-101130- /O.NEW.KMFL.FF.W.0002.140110T0546Z-140110T1130Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1246 AM EST FRI JAN 10 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN PALM BEACH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA... * UNTIL 630 AM EST * AT 1239 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT RAINFALL TOTALS HAVE NOW REACHED THE 7 TO 10 INCH RANGE FROM DELRAY BEACH TO MORIKAMI PARK. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE WITHIN THE UPCOMING 2 HOURS DUE TO THE ONGOING HEAVY RAIN. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...DELRAY BEACH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. && LAT...LON 2641 8006 2640 8016 2647 8020 2649 8005 $$ 85-GIBBS
1 follow-up statement
850 WGUS72 KMFL 100840 FFSMFL FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 340 AM EST FRI JAN 10 2014 FLC099-101130- /O.CON.KMFL.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140110T1130Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ PALM BEACH FL- 340 AM EST FRI JAN 10 2014 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 AM EST FOR SOUTHEASTERN PALM BEACH COUNTY... AT 328 AM EST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER HAS REPORTED 12.5 INCHES OF RAINFALL MEASURED IN THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF DELRAY BEACH BETWEEN LINTON AND ATLANTIC BOULEVARD. CLEVELAND ROAD...WHICH IS LOCATED IN THE SAME GENERAL AREA...HAS BECOME IMPASSABLE DUE TO STANDING WATER. THE SPOTTER ALSO REPORTED THAT WATER WAS APPROACHING THE FRONT DOOR OF A HOME. THE LATEST RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW RAINFALL TOTALS RANGING FROM 12 TO 16 INCHES FROM DELRAY TO MORIKAMI PARK. ALTHOUGH THE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAS RECENTLY TRENDED DOWN...AN ADDITIONAL HALF OF AN INCH TO 1 INCH WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE OVER THE UPCOMING COUPLE OF HOURS DUE TO THE STEADY MODERATE RAINFALL. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO VILLAGES OF ORIOLE AND GULF STREAM. LAT...LON 2641 8006 2640 8016 2647 8020 2649 8005 $$ 85-GIBBS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 9, 7:24 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 66 min | |
| Jan 9, 7:40 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Martin | 35 min |
| Jan 9, 7:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 35 min |
| Jan 9, 8:25 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Palm Beach | 3 hr |
| Jan 9, 8:28 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 62 min | |
| Jan 9, 9:29 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 6 hr |
| Jan 9, 10:06 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 54 min | |
| Jan 9, 10:34 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 56 min | |
| Jan 9, 11:08 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Palm Beach | 112 min |
| Jan 9, 11:26 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 64 min | |
| Jan 10, 3:27 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 63 min | |
| Jan 10, 3:29 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 6 hr |
| Jan 10, 6:27 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 16 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.