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Flash Flood Warning 31, NWS Tallahassee, FL

September 8, 20214 counties in Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this flash flood warning at Sep 8, 2021, 2:17 PM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 4 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 8, 2021, 2:17 PM CDT (19:17 UTC)
Expired
Sep 8, 2021, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Washington County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:16 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
Sep 8, 6:10 PM CDTFLASH FLOODLynn Haven, FLSTARTING TO SEE FLOODING RETURN TO SOME AREAS IN LYNN HAVEN THAT REMAINED SATURATED AFTER RECENT RAINS.

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, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 128 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2021-09-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 881 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2021-09-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 15 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
881 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
901 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

220 
WGUS52 KTAE 081917
FFWTAE
FLC005-013-045-133-082315-
/O.NEW.KTAE.FF.W.0031.210908T1917Z-210908T2315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
217 PM CDT Wed Sep 8 2021

The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Bay County in the panhandle of Florida...
  Southwestern Calhoun County in the panhandle of Florida...
  Northwestern Gulf County in the panhandle of Florida...
  Southeastern Washington County in the panhandle of Florida...

* Until 615 PM CDT /715 PM EDT/.

* At 217 PM CDT /317 PM EDT/, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms 
  producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 4 
  inches of rain have fallen in the last 3 Hours. Additional 
  rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 inches are possible in the warned area. 
  Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

  SOURCE...Radar.

  IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
           areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
           other poor drainage and low-lying areas.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Panama City, Lynn Haven, Panama City Beach, Callaway, Springfield, 
  Hiland Park, Tyndall Air Force Base, Bradford, Parker, Wausau, 
  Ebro, Camp Flowers, Majette, Cairo, Bayhead, Bayou George, Nixon, 
  Bennett, Recota Beach and Youngstown.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3034 8599 3067 8556 3060 8544 3058 8544
      3057 8544 3057 8538 3041 8511 2994 8536
      3001 8547 3009 8562 3013 8568 3015 8571
      3016 8574 3017 8576 3031 8599 3032 8599

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

JM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 8, 1:28 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchTAEBay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gulf, Jefferson and 7 more30 hr
Sep 8, 2:17 AM CDTRip Current StatementTAEBay, Franklin, Gulf, Walton47 hr
Sep 8, 2:36 AM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryTAE25 hr
Sep 8, 4:19 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE41 min
Sep 8, 5:49 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE56 min
Sep 8, 6:11 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEHolmes49 min
Sep 8, 6:41 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE94 min
Sep 8, 8:10 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE95 min
Sep 8, 9:46 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE89 min
Sep 8, 11:55 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE95 min
Sep 8, 1:24 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE66 min
Sep 8, 1:54 PM CDTTornado WarningTAEFranklin36 min
Sep 8, 2:20 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE25 min
Sep 8, 2:40 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE95 min
Sep 8, 2:46 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE89 min
Sep 8, 3:49 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE41 min
Sep 8, 4:01 PM CDTTropical Storm WarningTAEFranklin, Gulf, Jefferson, Lafayette, Madison, Taylor and 1 more12 hr
Sep 8, 6:07 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTAEBay, Calhoun, Gulf, Washington3 hr

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.