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Flash Flood Watch 1, NWS Tallahassee, FL

January 2, 20176 counties in Florida; 9 counties in Georgia; 5 counties in Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this flash flood watch at Jan 2, 2017, 12:40 AM CST for 6 counties in Florida; 9 counties in Georgia; 5 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 25 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 2, 2017, 12:40 AM CST (06:40 UTC)
Expired: Jan 3, 2017, 1:26 AM CST
In force: 25 hr
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Flood severity: None

Counties Coffee County, AL, Dale County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL, Baker County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Clay County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Early County, GA, Miller County, GA, Quitman County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Seminole County, GA

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:39 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 259 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 451 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 243 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 331 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Tallahassee, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood watch went out at Jan 1, 11:44 PM CST, 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 1, 11:44 PM CST, 56 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 1, 7:25 PM CST, 5 hours 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
825 PM EST SUN JAN 01 2017

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0800 PM     FLOOD            2 SW CANEY CREEK        30.88N 86.23W
01/01/2017                   WALTON             FL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            WATER OVER THE NORTH BOUND LANE OF HIGHWAY 2 WEST NEAR
            GUS ANDREWS ROAD. BARRICADES IN PLACE

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Local storm report, Jan 1, 8:13 PM CST, 4 hours 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
913 PM EST SUN JAN 01 2017

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0905 PM     FLOOD            1 WNW SMITH CROSSROADS  30.99N 85.79W
01/01/2017                   HOLMES             FL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            HELMS ROAD CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING

0905 PM     FLOOD            1 ESE BETHLEHEM         30.92N 85.72W
01/01/2017                   HOLMES             FL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            CANE MILL ROAD CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING

0905 PM     FLOOD            3 N PONCE DE LEON       30.76N 85.93W
01/01/2017                   HOLMES             FL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            VALEE ROAD CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING

0905 PM     FLOOD            4 W BONIFAY             30.79N 85.75W
01/01/2017                   HOLMES             FL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            PAULK ROAD CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING AT THE BRIDGE OF
            HIGHWAY 177

0905 PM     FLOOD            1 W BARKER STORE        30.91N 85.94W
01/01/2017                   HOLMES             FL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            BRACKIN ROAD CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING

0905 PM     FLOOD            2 S ROYALS CROSSROADS   30.95N 86.00W
01/01/2017                   HOLMES             FL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            MORRISON ROAD CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING

0905 PM     FLOOD            1 N IZAGORA             30.92N 85.84W
01/01/2017                   HOLMES             FL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            CURRY FERRY ROAD CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING

0905 PM     FLOOD            2 N CARYVILLE           30.80N 85.82W
01/01/2017                   HOLMES             FL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            BLUE SPRINGS ROAD CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING

0905 PM     FLOOD            1 S PITTMAN             30.93N 85.82W
01/01/2017                   HOLMES             FL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            WILLOUGHBY LANE CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING

0905 PM     FLOOD            1 NNE PITTMAN           30.96N 85.81W
01/01/2017                   HOLMES             FL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            POPE LANE CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING

0905 PM     FLOOD            2 ENE PITTMAN           30.95N 85.79W
01/01/2017                   HOLMES             FL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            ROPING ROAD CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING

0905 PM     FLOOD            2 SSW SMITH CROSSROADS  30.96N 85.79W
01/01/2017                   HOLMES             FL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            GROVER LEWIS ROAD CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING

0905 PM     FLOOD            3 SSE BETHLEHEM         30.88N 85.72W
01/01/2017                   HOLMES             FL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            HOWELL WILLIAMS ROAD CLOSED AT THE BRIDGE DUE TO FLOODING

0905 PM     FLOOD            2 W MILLER CROSSROADS   30.95N 85.78W
01/01/2017                   HOLMES             FL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            ESKER MARTIN ROAD CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING

0905 PM     FLOOD            6 SE GENEVA             30.99N 85.80W
01/01/2017                   HOLMES             FL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            LOVE ROAD CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING

0905 PM     FLOOD            6 N BONIFAY             30.87N 85.69W
01/01/2017                   HOLMES             FL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            ADOLPH WHITAKER ROAD CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING

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Local storm report, Jan 1, 9:00 PM CST, 3 hours 40 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 1, 10:54 PM CST, 1 hour 46 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 1, 10:34 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Holmes, Walton	3 hr
Jan 2, 2:55 AM CST	Rip Current Statement	TAE	Bay, Franklin, Gulf, Walton	49 hr
Jan 2, 1:45 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		45 min
Jan 2, 2:25 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		35 min
Jan 2, 4:03 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		57 min
Jan 2, 4:43 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	TAE	Holmes, Walton	6 hr
Jan 1, 10:33 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Clay, Early	117 min
Jan 2, 4:29 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Quitman	31 min
Jan 2, 4:35 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Randolph	25 min
Jan 1, 6:23 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Coffee	112 min
Jan 1, 7:17 PM CST	River Flood Warning	TAE	Geneva	5 days
Jan 1, 9:29 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Coffee	2 hr
Jan 1, 10:09 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Houston	2 hr
Jan 1, 11:26 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Houston	2 hr
Jan 2, 1:00 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Dale, Henry	2 hr
Jan 2, 2:15 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Coffee	45 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Georgia, 2017 Flash Flood Watches in Florida, 2017 Flash Flood Watches in Alabama, 2017 Every flash flood watch 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.