Alert archive / Florida / Flash Flood Warnings in 2017
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this flash flood warning at Jan 2, 2017, 7:13 PM CST for Holmes County, Jackson County, Washington County, Florida; Dale County, Geneva County, Houston County, Alabama. 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
- Jan 2, 2017, 7:13 PM CST (01:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 2, 2017, 10:15 PM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Dale County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Houston County, AL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Washington County, FL
The radar
The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 8:30 PM CST | FLASH FLOOD | 4 Se Taylor, AL | HELMS ROAD WAS IMPASSIBLE |
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 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 202 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -97 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 638 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 182 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 3.4
The text
As transmitted.
481
WGUS52 KTAE 030113
FFWTAE
ALC045-061-069-FLC059-063-133-030415-
/O.NEW.KTAE.FF.W.0002.170103T0113Z-170103T0415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
713 PM CST MON JAN 2 2017
The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Western Houston County in southeastern Alabama...
Southern Dale County in southeastern Alabama...
Eastern Geneva County in southeastern Alabama...
Central Holmes County in the Panhandle of Florida...
Northwestern Jackson County in the Panhandle of Florida...
Northeastern Washington County in the Panhandle of Florida...
* Until 1015 PM CST
* At 713 PM CST, 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...
Daleville, Chipley, Bonifay, Graceville, Dothan, Enterprise, Fort
Rucker, Hartford, Taylor, Midland City, Kinsey, Level Plains,
Slocomb, Cowarts, Newton, Pinckard, Malvern, Rehobeth, Cottondale
and Clayhatchee.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
&&
LAT...LON 3120 8580 3121 8579 3132 8579 3134 8542
3131 8542 3131 8533 3074 8534 3073 8584
$$
42-DVDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 6:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Holmes, Walton, Washington | 80 min |
| Jan 2, 6:40 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 95 min | |
| Jan 2, 7:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Holmes, Jackson, Washington | 55 min |
| Jan 2, 7:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jackson | 60 min |
| Jan 2, 7:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Gadsden, Jackson, Liberty, Washington | 63 min |
| Jan 2, 8:06 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 84 min | |
| Jan 2, 8:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Liberty | 45 min |
| Jan 2, 10:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Walton, Washington | 27 min |
| Jan 2, 10:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Liberty | 40 min |
| Jan 3, 1:30 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 60 min | |
| Jan 3, 4:09 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 66 min | |
| Jan 3, 2:36 PM CST | River Flood Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Franklin, Gulf, Liberty | 7 days |
| Jan 2, 7:33 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Geneva, Houston | 27 min |
| Jan 2, 7:46 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Houston | 29 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Florida, 2017Flash Flood Warnings in Alabama, 2017Every flash flood warning in 2017
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.