Alert archive / Florida / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this flash flood warning at Jun 6, 2016, 10:19 AM EDT for Jefferson County, Leon County, Wakulla County, Florida. It was in force for 3 hr. 5 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
- Jun 6, 2016, 10:19 AM EDT (14:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2016, 1:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Jefferson County, FL, Leon County, FL, Wakulla County, FL
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 12:28 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 0 | 5 E Tallahassee, FL | FORMER NWS EMPLOYEE MEASURED 6.35 INCHES STORM TOTAL AND 5.2 INCHES SINCE 7AM. |
| Jun 6, 12:50 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 E Tallahassee, FL | WEEMS ROAD CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. |
| Jun 6, 12:50 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 0 | 5 Se Tallahassee, FL | FORMER NWS EMPLOYEE REPORTS 3.86 INCHES OVER THE PAST 4 HOURS. |
| Jun 6, 1:00 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Nnw Pisgah Church, FL | PROCTOR ROAD AT GRENVILLE ROAD WAS FLOODED AND CLOSED DURING THE MONDAY RAINFALL |
| Jun 6, 1:12 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 S Apalachee Regional, FL | TRAM ROAD NEAR ST JOE ROAD WAS IMPASSIBLE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO FLOODING |
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, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 17 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
547 WGUS52 KTAE 061419 FFWTAE FLC065-073-129-061715- /O.NEW.KTAE.FF.W.0009.160606T1419Z-160606T1715Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1019 AM EDT MON JUN 6 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... WEST CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY IN THE BIG BEND OF FLORIDA... NORTHEASTERN WAKULLA COUNTY IN THE BIG BEND OF FLORIDA... EASTERN LEON COUNTY IN THE BIG BEND OF FLORIDA... * UNTIL 115 PM EDT * AT 1019 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... WOODVILLE...TALLAHASSEE...WAKULLA...CAPITOLA...KILLEARN ESTATES... IAMONIA...NATURAL BRIDGE...APALACHEE REGIONAL PARK...FALLSCHASE... MOCCASIN GAP...PISGAH CHURCH...RALFORD GREENWAY...SOUTHWOOD...CHAIRES... BRADFORDVILLE...VEREEN...BAUM...CHAIRES CROSSROADS...KILLEARN LAKES AND TOM BROWN PARK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. && LAT...LON 3068 8424 3067 8404 3022 8406 3022 8425 $$ 11-MOORE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 9:56 PM EDT | Flood Watch | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 9 more | 27 hr |
| Jun 6, 1:56 AM EDT | High Surf Advisory | TAE | Bay, Gulf, Walton | 24 hr |
| Jun 6, 9:00 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 45 min | |
| Jun 6, 10:12 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 48 min | |
| Jun 6, 10:59 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | TAE | Dixie, Levy | 27 hr |
| Jun 6, 11:17 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Bay | 3 hr |
| Jun 6, 1:05 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Jefferson, Leon, Taylor, Wakulla | 3 hr |
| Jun 6, 2:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Bay | 3 hr |
| Jun 6, 2:58 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | TAE | Wakulla | 4 days |
| Jun 6, 3:52 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Jefferson, Leon, Taylor, Wakulla | 3 hr |
| Jun 6, 4:52 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | TAE | Bay | 3 hr |
| Jun 6, 6:22 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 17 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.