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Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Tallahassee, FL

January 22, 2016Bay County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this flash flood warning at Jan 22, 2016, 3:14 AM CST for Bay County, Florida. It was in force for 91 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jan 22, 2016, 3:14 AM CST (09:14 UTC)
Expired
Jan 22, 2016, 4:45 AM CST
In force
91 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Bay County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:14 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 134 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2016-01-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2016-01-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 201 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1670 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
201 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
366 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

456 
WGUS52 KTAE 220914
FFWTAE
FLC005-221045-
/O.NEW.KTAE.FF.W.0001.160122T0914Z-160122T1045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
314 AM CST FRI JAN 22 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN BAY COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...

* UNTIL 445 AM CST
    
* AT 314 AM CST...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...
  PANAMA CITY...LYNN HAVEN...PANAMA CITY BEACH...CALLAWAY...
  SPRINGFIELD...HILAND PARK...TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE...PARKER...BAYOU
  GEORGE...NIXON...MILLVILLE...BAHAMA BEACH...RECOTA BEACH...
  VICKSBURG...SOUTHPORT...COLLEGE STATION...BAY HARBOR...GULF LAGOON
  BEACH...BAYHEAD AND BRANNONVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 3025 8579 3019 8573 3022 8568 3030 8581
      3033 8574 3032 8552 3033 8556 3038 8540
      2996 8548 3010 8570 3010 8568 3014 8567
      3011 8571 3016 8567 3012 8571 3017 8570
      3013 8574 3020 8585

$$

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1 follow-up statement
165 
WGUS72 KTAE 221002
FFSTAE

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
402 AM CST FRI JAN 22 2016

FLC005-221012-
/O.CAN.KTAE.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160122T1045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BAY FL-
402 AM CST FRI JAN 22 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BAY COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE
A THREAT.

LAT...LON 3025 8579 3019 8573 3022 8568 3030 8581
      3033 8574 3032 8552 3033 8556 3038 8540
      2996 8548 3010 8570 3010 8568 3014 8567
      3011 8571 3016 8567 3012 8571 3017 8570
      3013 8574 3020 8585

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 21, 7:27 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWalton48 min
Jan 21, 7:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHolmes, Walton24 min
Jan 22, 12:39 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningTAE2 hr
Jan 22, 12:57 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBay, Holmes, Walton, Washington93 min
Jan 22, 1:45 AM CSTTornado WarningTAEHolmes, Walton30 min
Jan 22, 1:48 AM CSTTornado Warning Tornado observedTAEHolmes, Walton27 min
Jan 22, 2:31 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBay, Walton, Washington59 min
Jan 22, 2:43 AM CSTTornado WarningTAEBay47 min
Jan 22, 2:53 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningTAE2 hr
Jan 22, 3:06 AM CSTRip Current StatementTAEBay, Franklin, Gulf, Walton21 hr
Jan 22, 3:12 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHolmes, Jackson, Washington48 min
Jan 22, 3:26 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBay, Calhoun, Gulf, Liberty64 min
Jan 22, 3:41 AM CSTTornado WarningTAECalhoun49 min
Jan 22, 3:53 AM CSTTornado WarningTAEBay, Gulf52 min
Jan 22, 4:17 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAECalhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Jackson, Leon and 2 more73 min
Jan 22, 4:54 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningTAE2 hr
Jan 22, 5:12 AM CSTTornado WarningTAEFranklin33 min
Jan 22, 5:42 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAELeon21 min
Jan 22, 6:23 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningTAE52 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.