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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this flash flood warning at Mar 31, 2016, 3:04 PM CDT for Geneva County, Alabama. It was in force for 116 min. 4 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
- Mar 31, 2016, 3:04 PM CDT (20:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2016, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 116 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Geneva County, AL
The radar
The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:04 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 3:33 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.72 | 4 Ene Samson, AL | THE DOUBLE BRIDGES CREEK GAUGE NEAR SELLERSVILLE MEASURED 2.72 INCHES OF RAIN IN 1 HOUR |
| Mar 31, 4:15 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Ne Bellwood, AL | WATER COVERING ROADWAY |
| Mar 31, 4:15 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 Ese Samson, AL | WATER COVERING ROADWAY |
| Mar 31, 4:15 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Coffee Springs, AL | SEVERAL ROADS COMPLETELY COVERED WITH WATER IN GENEVA COUNTY |
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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 184 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
- 53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -640 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1024 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 203 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
861
WGUS52 KTAE 312004
FFWTAE
ALC061-312200-
/O.NEW.KTAE.FF.W.0002.160331T2004Z-160331T2200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
304 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
GENEVA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 500 PM CDT
* AT 304 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES AROUND 2.5
INCHES HAS FALLEN IN THE LAST HOUR IN PORTIONS OF GENEVA COUNTY
WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
GENEVA...HARTFORD...SAMSON...COFFEE SPRINGS...BLACK...SOMERSET...PINEY
GROVE...PERA...LYTLE...SELLERSVILLE...KELLYS CROSSROADS...MARL...EUNOLA...
WEEKS...LOGAN FIELD MUNICIPAL A/P...GENEVA MUNICIPAL A/P...HIGHFALLS...
HIGH BLUFF...SPEARS AND DUNDEE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3119 8613 3118 8612 3119 8611 3120 8600
3120 8564 3102 8563 3101 8619 3119 8619
$$
42-DVD1 follow-up statement
253
WGUS72 KTAE 312118
FFSTAE
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
418 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016
ALC061-312200-
/O.CON.KTAE.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160331T2200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
GENEVA AL-
418 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR
GENEVA COUNTY...
AT 417 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING ACROSS
GENEVA COUNTY WITH SEVERAL ROADS COMPLETELY COVERED WITH WATER. OVER
THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN IN SOME AREAS. FLASH
FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
GENEVA...HARTFORD...SAMSON...COFFEE SPRINGS...BLACK...SOMERSET...PINEY
GROVE...PERA...LYTLE...SELLERSVILLE...KELLYS CROSSROADS...MARL...EUNOLA...
WEEKS...LOGAN FIELD MUNICIPAL A/P...GENEVA MUNICIPAL A/P...HIGHFALLS...
HIGH BLUFF...SPEARS AND DUNDEE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3119 8613 3118 8612 3119 8611 3120 8600
3120 8564 3102 8563 3101 8619 3119 8619
$$
42-DVDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee, Geneva | 50 min |
| Mar 31, 2:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 39 hr |
| Mar 31, 2:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Geneva | 41 min |
| Mar 31, 3:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Geneva, Houston | 112 min |
| Mar 31, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Houston | 46 min |
| Mar 31, 4:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Geneva | 63 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.