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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Jacksonville, FL

September 11, 2017Clay County, Duval County, Saint Johns County, Florida

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this flash flood warning at Sep 11, 2017, 2:41 AM EDT for Clay County, Duval County, Saint Johns 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
Sep 11, 2017, 2:41 AM EDT (06:41 UTC)
Expired
Sep 11, 2017, 5:45 AM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Clay County, FL, Duval County, FL, Saint Johns County, FL

The radar

The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 11, 5:00 AM EDTFLASH FLOOD6 Ene Maxville, FLWATER FROM YELLOW WATER CREEK FLOWING OVER NORMANDY BLVD. THE ROAD IS CLOSED.

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 00:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 44 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, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 2017-09-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 270 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, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 2017-09-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 282 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
270 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
514 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
282 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
319 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
2.9

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The text

As transmitted.

534 
WGUS52 KJAX 110641
FFWJAX
FLC019-031-109-110945-
/O.NEW.KJAX.FF.W.0013.170911T0641Z-170911T0945Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
241 AM EDT MON SEP 11 2017

The National Weather Service in Jacksonville has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  West central St. Johns County in northeastern Florida...
  Northern Clay County in northeastern Florida...
  Southwestern Duval County in northeastern Florida...

* Until 545 AM EDT

* At 239 AM EDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain across the 
  warned area. Rainfall in excess of three inches of rain has fallen 
  over parts of the warned area with additional heavy rainfall 
  likely. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly.

* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
  Green Cove Springs, Middleburg, Fruit Cove, Maxville, Fleming
  Island, Oakleaf Plantation, Switzerland, Camp Blanding, Cecil Field
  and Doctors Inlet.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

&&

LAT...LON 3025 8176 3010 8175 3010 8161 3006 8164
      2994 8167 2997 8204 3025 8205

$$

JACKSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 10, 8:06 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningJAXDuval, Nassau, Saint Johns3 hr
Sep 10, 8:09 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningJAXClay, Duval, Flagler, Putnam, Saint Johns3 hr
Sep 10, 8:10 PM EDTTornado WarningJAXFlagler, Saint Johns35 min
Sep 10, 8:38 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningJAXAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Duval, Putnam and 2 more3 hr
Sep 10, 8:44 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningJAXDuval, Nassau3 hr
Sep 10, 10:23 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJAXDuval, Nassau3 hr
Sep 10, 10:56 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningJAXClay, Duval, Nassau, Saint Johns6 hr
Sep 11, 12:26 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningJAXAlachua, Bradford, Clay, Flagler, Marion, Putnam and 1 more3 hr
Sep 11, 12:38 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningJAXNassau6 hr
Sep 11, 12:49 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningJAXFlagler, Marion, Putnam, Saint Johns5 hr
Sep 11, 1:35 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningJAXClay, Flagler, Putnam, Saint Johns3 hr
Sep 11, 2:02 AM EDTTornado WarningJAXNassau28 min
Sep 11, 2:10 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningJAXClay, Saint Johns3 hr
Sep 11, 2:31 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningJAXClay, Duval, Nassau, Saint Johns3 hr
Sep 11, 2:34 AM EDTTornado WarningJAXNassau6 min
Sep 11, 3:36 AM EDTTornado WarningJAXDuval24 min
Sep 11, 4:10 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningJAXDuval, Nassau3 hr
Sep 11, 4:22 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJAXMarion3 hr
Sep 11, 4:38 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJAXAlachua, Bradford, Clay, Putnam3 hr
Sep 11, 5:08 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningJAXAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Columbia, Gilchrist, Union3 hr
Sep 11, 5:14 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningJAXNassau3 hr
Sep 11, 5:34 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningJAXClay, Duval, Nassau, Saint Johns3 hr
Sep 11, 6:15 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningJAXBaker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Duval, Union3 hr
Sep 11, 6:37 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningJAXColumbia, Hamilton, Suwannee3 hr
Sep 11, 6:45 AM EDTFlash Flood Warning EmergencyJAXDuval6 hr
Sep 11, 8:23 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningJAXClay, Duval, Nassau, Saint Johns3 hr
Sep 11, 9:06 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningJAXBaker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Duval, Union3 hr
Sep 11, 9:48 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningJAXColumbia, Gilchrist, Suwannee18 days
Sep 11, 12:19 PM EDTFlash Flood Warning EmergencyJAXClay, Duval, Putnam, Saint Johns6 hr
Sep 11, 5:11 PM EDTWind AdvisoryJAXBaker, Bradford, Duval, Flagler, Gilchrist, Nassau and 2 more5 hr
Sep 11, 5:18 PM EDTCoastal Flood WarningJAXDuval, Flagler, Nassau3 days
Sep 11, 5:18 PM EDTRip Current StatementJAXDuval, Flagler, Nassau27 hr
Sep 11, 5:18 PM EDTHigh Surf AdvisoryJAXDuval, Flagler, Nassau10 hr
Sep 11, 5:26 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryJAX28 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.