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Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Tallahassee, FL

June 6, 2016Bay County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this flash flood warning at Jun 6, 2016, 10:17 AM CDT for Bay County, Florida. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 6, 2016, 10:17 AM CDT (15:17 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 2016, 1:15 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Bay County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:16 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 12:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 132 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 12:00Z on 2016-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 900 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2016-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 41 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
900 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
510 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

927 
WGUS52 KTAE 061517
FFWTAE
FLC005-061815-
/O.NEW.KTAE.FF.W.0010.160606T1517Z-160606T1815Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1017 AM CDT MON JUN 6 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 115 PM CDT

* AT 1016 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FOUR TO FIVE INCHES OF RAIN
  HAVE FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  PANAMA CITY...LYNN HAVEN...PANAMA CITY BEACH...CALLAWAY...SPRINGFIELD...
  MEXICO BEACH...HILAND PARK...TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE...PARKER...BAYOU
  GEORGE...MILLVILLE...RECOTA BEACH...VICKSBURG...SOUTHPORT...COLLEGE
  STATION...BAY HARBOR...DAVIS BEACH...GULF LAGOON BEACH...BAYHEAD AND
  BRANNONVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 3035 8582 3028 8540 2988 8540 3014 8583

$$

11-MOORE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 8:56 PM CDTFlood WatchTAEBay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 9 more27 hr
Jun 6, 12:56 AM CDTHigh Surf AdvisoryTAEBay, Gulf, Walton24 hr
Jun 6, 8:00 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE45 min
Jun 6, 9:12 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE48 min
Jun 6, 9:19 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTAEJefferson, Leon, Wakulla3 hr
Jun 6, 9:59 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTAEDixie, Levy27 hr
Jun 6, 12:05 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTAEGadsden, Jefferson, Leon, Taylor, Wakulla3 hr
Jun 6, 1:07 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTAEBay3 hr
Jun 6, 1:58 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTAEWakulla4 days
Jun 6, 2:52 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningTAEGadsden, Jefferson, Leon, Taylor, Wakulla3 hr
Jun 6, 3:52 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningTAEBay3 hr
Jun 6, 5:22 PM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryTAE17 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.