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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this flash flood warning at Jul 19, 2015, 7:01 PM EDT for Leon County, Florida. It was in force for 119 min. 1 report 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 19, 2015, 7:01 PM EDT (23:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 2015, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 119 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Leon County, FL
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:03 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 19, 7:15 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.65 | Southwood, FL | SOUTHWOOD GOLF COURSE MEASURED 2.65 INCHES OF RAIN IN AN HOUR. |
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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 11 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
- 808 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -91 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1252 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
642
WGUS52 KTAE 192301
FFWTAE
FLC073-200100-
/O.NEW.KTAE.FF.W.0009.150719T2301Z-150720T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
701 PM EDT SUN JUL 19 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN LEON COUNTY IN THE BIG BEND OF FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 900 PM EDT
* AT 657 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ABOUT 3 MILES EAST OF
TALLAHASSEE...OR NEAR SOUTHWOOD. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS
ALREADY FALLEN WITH AN ADDITIONAL TWO INCHES POSSIBLE OVER THE
NEXT HOUR. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CHAIRES...CAPITOLA...APALACHEE REGIONAL PARK...CHAIRES
CROSSROADS...RALFORD GREENWAY AND SOUTHWOOD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3030 8424 3037 8431 3048 8417 3045 8408
3034 8412
$$
38-GODSEY2 follow-up statements
457
WGUS72 KTAE 192338
FFSTAE
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
738 PM EDT SUN JUL 19 2015
FLC073-200100-
/O.CON.KTAE.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-150720T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LEON FL-
738 PM EDT SUN JUL 19 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN LEON COUNTY...
AT 736 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EASTERN LEON COUNTY WERE SLOWLY WEAKENING.
HOWEVER...THESE STORMS HAVE ALREADY PRODUCED OVER 4 INCHES OF RAIN
SINCE 6 PM. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAINFALL IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT
HOUR. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SOON ACROSS THE WARNING
AREA.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CHAIRES...CAPITOLA...APALACHEE REGIONAL PARK...RALFORD GREENWAY...
AND SOUTHWOOD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3030 8424 3037 8431 3048 8417 3045 8408
3034 8412
$$
38-GODSEY709
WGUS72 KTAE 200019
FFSTAE
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
819 PM EDT SUN JUL 19 2015
FLC073-200028-
/O.CAN.KTAE.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-150720T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LEON FL-
819 PM EDT SUN JUL 19 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LEON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO
POSE A SIGNIFICANT THREAT. TO REPORT FLOODING...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST
LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN TALLAHASSEE.
&&
LAT...LON 3030 8424 3037 8431 3048 8417 3045 8408
3034 8412
$$
38-GODSEYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 2:48 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 17 hr |
| Jul 19, 10:55 AM EDT | Rip Current Statement | TAE | Franklin | 13 hr |
| Jul 19, 2:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Walton, Washington | 44 min |
| Jul 19, 3:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jackson | 53 min |
| Jul 19, 4:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Holmes, Jackson, Washington | 60 min |
| Jul 19, 4:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun | 42 min |
| Jul 19, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Lafayette | 32 min |
| Jul 19, 5:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gulf, Liberty | 54 min |
| Jul 19, 5:30 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 90 min | |
| Jul 19, 6:46 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Leon | 119 min |
| Jul 19, 6:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Leon, Wakulla | 32 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.