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Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Tallahassee, FL

April 4, 2017Lafayette County, Taylor County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this flash flood warning at Apr 4, 2017, 4:43 AM EDT for Lafayette County, Taylor County, Florida. It was in force for 4 hr. 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
Apr 4, 2017, 4:43 AM EDT (08:43 UTC)
Expired
Apr 4, 2017, 8:45 AM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Lafayette County, FL, Taylor County, FL

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:43 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 4, 6:15 AM EDTFLASH FLOOD1 W Perry-Foley Airport, FL1ST STREET FLOODED IN PERRY
Apr 4, 6:15 AM EDTFLASH FLOOD2 Nnw Perry-Foley Airpo, FLJEFFERSON AND CLARK STREET IS FLOODED IN PERRY
Apr 4, 6:15 AM EDTFLASH FLOODMayo, FLWATER HAS BEEN REPORTED OVER ROADWAYS IN LAFAYETTE COUNTY. THE ROAD DEPARTMENT IS OUT ASSESSING CONDITIONS.
Apr 4, 6:45 AM EDTFLASH FLOODAthena, FLSEVERAL ROADS FLOODED IN PERRY AND SOUTHERN TAYLOR COUNTY. UP TO 10-12 INCHES OF RAIN ESTIMATED.

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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 168 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 2017-04-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1154 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 2017-04-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -52 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1154 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-55 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1449 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-14 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

338 
WGUS52 KTAE 040843
FFWTAE
FLC067-123-041245-
/O.NEW.KTAE.FF.W.0008.170404T0843Z-170404T1245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
443 AM EDT TUE APR 4 2017

The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Lafayette County in Big Bend of Florida...
  Taylor County in Big Bend of Florida...

* Until 845 AM EDT

* At 442 AM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Radar estimates that between 4 
  and 6 inches of rain has fallen across the area and an additional 
  2 to 4 inches is possible over the next few hours. Flash flooding 
  is expected to begin shortly.

* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
  Mayo, Perry, Branford, Pinland, Jug Island, Buckville, Scanlon,
  Dekle Beach, Jack Lee Island, Grady, Hatch Bend, Foley, Salem,
  Perry-Foley Airport, San Pedro Junction, Hampton Springs, Cooks
  Hammock, Smith, Carbur and Alton.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Please report flooding to your local law enforcement agency when you
can do so safely.

&&

LAT...LON 2982 8291 2982 8362 2992 8371 3007 8399
      3010 8402 3011 8400 3009 8399 3010 8399
      3016 8396 3019 8325 3010 8321 3010 8312
      3008 8307 3001 8300 2999 8296 2996 8295
      2996 8293 2989 8292 2990 8290 2986 8288

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 3, 8:15 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE2 hr
Apr 3, 8:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEMadison26 min
Apr 3, 8:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWakulla38 min
Apr 3, 9:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAETaylor60 min
Apr 3, 9:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELafayette59 min
Apr 3, 10:13 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE62 min
Apr 3, 10:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELafayette63 min
Apr 4, 12:36 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELafayette39 min
Apr 4, 12:55 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAELafayette22 min
Apr 4, 3:25 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningTAELafayette, Madison, Taylor4 hr
Apr 4, 4:13 AM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryTAEBay, Calhoun, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, Walton and 1 more6 hr
Apr 4, 5:13 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE92 min
Apr 4, 6:36 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE114 min
Apr 4, 8:48 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningTAELafayette, Taylor117 min
Apr 4, 10:42 AM EDTRip Current StatementTAEBay, Gulf, Walton8 hr
Apr 4, 4:18 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE117 min
Apr 4, 6:31 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE119 min
Apr 4, 6:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEGulf43 min
Apr 4, 7:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEGulf32 min
Apr 4, 7:27 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE33 min
Apr 4, 7:30 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE30 min
Apr 4, 7:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAECalhoun, Franklin, Gulf, Liberty37 min
Apr 4, 7:55 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE65 min
Apr 4, 7:58 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE32 min

Nearby

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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.