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Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this flash flood warning at Aug 10, 2016, 11:30 AM EDT for Leon County, Florida. It was in force for 3 hr. 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
- Aug 10, 2016, 11:30 AM EDT (15:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 2016, 2:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Leon County, FL
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 10 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:29 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 11:35 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 Ene Tallahassee Coml, FL | WEEMS ROAD CLOSED DUE TO WATER OVER THE ROAD. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 245 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
- 10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -89 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1044 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -43 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
343 WGUS52 KTAE 101530 FFWTAE FLC073-101830- /O.NEW.KTAE.FF.W.0019.160810T1530Z-160810T1830Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1130 AM EDT WED AUG 10 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL LEON COUNTY IN FLORIDA... * UNTIL 230 PM EDT * AT 1129 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... TALLAHASSEE...FLORIDA A AND M...DOAK CAMPBELL STADIUM... FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY...TALLAHASSEE COMM COLLEGE... INNOVATION PARK...FOREST MEADOWS PARK...FALLSCHASE... STATE CAPITAL COMPLEX...EIGHT MILE POND...BELAIR... TALLAHASSEE MALL...LAKE JACKSON...MACON COMMUNITY PARK... LEON COUNTY CIVIC CENTER...MISSION SAN LUIS...WINTHROP PARK... LAKE BRADFORD...MACLAY STATE GARDENS AND LUTTERLOH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. && LAT...LON 3056 8417 3032 8420 3033 8439 3056 8437 $$ 38-GODSEY
2 follow-up statements
458 WGUS72 KTAE 101619 FFSTAE FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1219 PM EDT WED AUG 10 2016 FLC073-101830- /O.CON.KTAE.FF.W.0019.000000T0000Z-160810T1830Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ LEON FL- 1219 PM EDT WED AUG 10 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL LEON COUNTY... AT 1216 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAINFALL APPROACHING TALLAHASSEE. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN AND AN ADDITIONAL TWO TO THREE INCHES IS EXPECTED THROUGH 115 PM EDT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. && LAT...LON 3056 8417 3032 8420 3033 8439 3056 8437 $$ 38-GODSEY
129 WGUS72 KTAE 101712 FFSTAE FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 112 PM EDT WED AUG 10 2016 FLC073-101722- /O.CAN.KTAE.FF.W.0019.000000T0000Z-160810T1830Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ LEON FL- 112 PM EDT WED AUG 10 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL LEON COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES. && LAT...LON 3056 8417 3032 8420 3033 8439 3056 8437 $$ 38-GODSEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 8:10 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 24 hr | |
| Aug 9, 8:51 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | TAE | Bay | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 12:06 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | TAE | Bay | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 3:31 AM EDT | Rip Current Statement | TAE | Bay, Franklin, Gulf, Walton | 20 hr |
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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.