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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this flash flood warning at Mar 31, 2016, 4:57 PM CDT for Geneva County, Alabama. It was in force for 63 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
- Mar 31, 2016, 4:57 PM CDT (21:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2016, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Geneva County, AL
The radar
The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:58 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 5:00 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 4.25 | Slocomb, AL | PUBLIC REPORT OF 4.25 INCHES OF RAIN IN 3 HOURS IN SLOCOMB |
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, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 182 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.
361
WGUS52 KTAE 312157
FFWTAE
ALC061-312300-
/O.NEW.KTAE.FF.W.0004.160331T2157Z-160331T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
457 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 600 PM CDT
* AT 456 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS CONTINUED TO
REPORT FLOODING ACROSS GENEVA COUNTY. OVER THREE INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. ALTHOUGH RAINFALL IS GRADUALLY TAPERING
OFF...FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH 6 PM CDT AS
EXCESS WATER RUNS OFF.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
GENEVA...HARTFORD...SLOCOMB...SAMSON...MALVERN...COFFEE SPRINGS...BLACK...
SOMERSET...PINEY GROVE...PERA...LYTLE...SELLERSVILLE...FADETTE...KELLYS
CROSSROADS...MARL...EUNOLA...WEEKS...LOGAN FIELD MUNICIPAL A/P...GENEVA
MUNICIPAL A/P AND LIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3119 8619 3119 8613 3118 8612 3119 8611
3120 8600 3120 8549 3100 8549 3100 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, 3:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Geneva | 116 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 |
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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.