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Flash Flood Warning 43, NWS Tallahassee, FL

October 5, 2021Bay County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this flash flood warning at Oct 5, 2021, 4:43 AM CDT for Bay 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: Oct 5, 2021, 4:43 AM CDT (09:43 UTC)
Expired: Oct 5, 2021, 7:45 AM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Bay County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:43 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
Oct 5, 6:15 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Springfield, FL	A FEW ROADS FLOODED IN SPRINGFIELD DUE TO HEAVY RAINFALL.

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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 136 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: 682 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 959 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 17 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

063 
WGUS52 KTAE 050943
FFWTAE
FLC005-051245-
/O.NEW.KTAE.FF.W.0043.211005T0943Z-211005T1245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
443 AM CDT Tue Oct 5 2021

The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  South Central Bay County in the panhandle of Florida...

* Until 745 AM CDT.

* At 443 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 4 inches of rain 
  have fallen in the last 1 Hour. The expected rainfall rate is 1 to 
  3 inches in 1 hour. 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, Callaway, Springfield, Tyndall Air Force Base, 
  Parker, Millville, Beacon Beach, Bay Harbor, Cedar Grove, Magnolia 
  Beach, St Andrews State Park, Biltmore Beach and Gulf Lagoon Beach.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.

&&

LAT...LON 3025 8578 3024 8577 3024 8576 3021 8570
      3017 8559 3009 8556 3008 8556 3002 8554
      3008 8566 3009 8567 3012 8573 3015 8579

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL...1-3 INCHES IN 1 HOUR

$$

JM

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 5, 12:11 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		49 min
Oct 5, 12:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Bay	61 min
Oct 5, 2:25 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		50 min
Oct 5, 3:23 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		37 min
Oct 5, 3:34 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Bay, Washington	34 min
Oct 5, 3:36 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Walton	3 hr
Oct 5, 3:59 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		46 min
Oct 5, 4:02 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		58 min
Oct 5, 4:08 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TAE	Bay, Washington	3 hr
Oct 5, 5:33 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Bay	3 hr
Oct 5, 5:52 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		83 min
Oct 5, 7:49 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Franklin, Wakulla	116 min
Oct 5, 9:12 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Wakulla	2 hr
Oct 5, 10:20 AM CDT	Rip Current Statement	TAE	Bay, Franklin, Gulf, Walton	12 hr
Oct 5, 12:33 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		58 min
Oct 5, 1:48 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		87 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.