Alert archive / Florida / Flash Flood Warnings in 2015
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this flash flood warning at Apr 12, 2015, 6:27 PM CDT for Jackson County, Washington County, Florida. It was in force for 3 hr. 5 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
- Apr 12, 2015, 6:27 PM CDT (23:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 12, 2015, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Jackson County, FL, Washington County, FL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 12, 7:20 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Chipley, FL | SOME ROADS BEING BLOCKED OFF DUE TO FLOODING AROUND OLD BONIFAY ROAD AND MARTIN LUTHER KING ROAD...MAINLY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 90. |
| Apr 12, 7:40 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.5 | Kynesville, FL | SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT OF 3.50 INCHES OF RAIN IN KYNESVILLE. MOST OF THIS RAIN HAS FALLEN IN ABOUT 3 HOURS. |
| Apr 12, 8:26 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Nne Cottondale, FL | ROAD IMPASSABLE DUE TO WATER AT BONNET POND RD AND HIGHWAY 231. |
| Apr 12, 8:26 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Alford, FL | CORBIN RD NORTH OF ALFORD IS CLOSED AND IMPOSSIBLE. REPORT FORWARDED BY WMBB METEOROLOGIST. |
| Apr 12, 8:26 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | W Cottondale, FL | ROAD IMPASSABLE DUE TO WATER ON HIGHWAY 90 WEST OF COTTONDALE. |
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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 129 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
- 141 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 738 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
981
WGUS52 KTAE 122327
FFWTAE
FLC063-133-130230-
/O.NEW.KTAE.FF.W.0003.150412T2327Z-150413T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
627 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WESTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...
NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 930 PM CDT
* AT 627 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CHIPLEY...GRACEVILLE...BRADFORD...COTTONDALE...ALFORD...
CAMPBELLTON...CHIPLEY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...SUNNY HILLS...
BROWNTOWN...RICHTER CROSSROADS...COTTONDALE AIRPORT...ROUND LAKE...
BAHOMA...BROCK CROSSROAD...KYNESVILLE...POPLAR HEAD...SILLS...
ELLAVILLE...JACOBS AND RIDGETOP.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3075 8565 3074 8562 3077 8562 3080 8560
3086 8560 3089 8558 3093 8555 3094 8553
3097 8553 3100 8550 3100 8526 3062 8528
3066 8568
$$
42-DVD1 follow-up statement
076
WGUS72 KTAE 130139
FFSTAE
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
839 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2015
FLC063-133-130230-
/O.CON.KTAE.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150413T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
JACKSON FL-WASHINGTON FL-
839 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR
WESTERN JACKSON AND NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES...
AT 836 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING DUE TO
A SLOW MOVING HEAVY RAIN BAND. ROADS HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO BE
IMPASSIBLE IN THE COTTONDALE AREA OF JACKSON COUNTY. RADAR INDICATES
UP TO SEVEN INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN NEAR COTTONDALE WITH
HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE ENTIRE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS
ALREADY OCCURRING.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CHIPLEY...GRACEVILLE...BRADFORD...COTTONDALE...ALFORD...
CAMPBELLTON...SUNNY HILLS...BROWNTOWN...ROUND LAKE...BAHOMA...
KYNESVILLE...POPLAR HEAD...ELLAVILLE...JACOBS AND RIDGETOP.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 3075 8565 3074 8562 3077 8562 3080 8560
3086 8560 3089 8558 3093 8555 3094 8553
3097 8553 3100 8550 3100 8526 3062 8528
3066 8568
$$
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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.