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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Tallahassee, FL

July 13, 2025Bay County, Walton County, Washington County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this flash flood warning at Jul 13, 2025, 4:10 PM CDT for Bay County, Walton County, Washington County, Florida. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 13, 2025, 4:10 PM CDT (21:10 UTC)
Expired: Jul 13, 2025, 6:30 PM CDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Bay County, FL, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:13 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 318 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: 901 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -69 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1104 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 46 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

037 
WGUS52 KTAE 132110
FFWTAE
FLC005-131-133-132330-
/O.NEW.KTAE.FF.W.0021.250713T2110Z-250713T2330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
510 PM EDT Sun Jul 13 2025

The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Northeastern Bay County in the panhandle of Florida...
  Southeastern Walton County in the panhandle of Florida...
  Southern Washington County in the panhandle of Florida...

* Until 630 PM CDT.

* At 410 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 3 inches of rain 
  have fallen. 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...
  Vernon, Live Oak, Ebro, Riverside, Greenhead, Holmes Valley, 
  Smyrna, Spring Hollow, Porter Lake, Gainer Spring, Sylvania, Red 
  Head, Bennett, Singer Road, Millers Ferry, Recota Beach, Camp 
  Flowers, Bayhead, Hinsons Crossroads and Bayou George.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3071 8579 3051 8549 3047 8542 3035 8541
      3021 8547 3036 8569 3045 8588 3056 8602

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 13, 12:22 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 11 more	19 hr
Jul 13, 11:38 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Dixie	37 min
Jul 13, 12:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Calhoun	52 min
Jul 13, 12:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Calhoun, Jackson	31 min
Jul 13, 12:46 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		42 min
Jul 13, 1:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Calhoun, Jackson	42 min
Jul 13, 1:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Jackson	44 min
Jul 13, 1:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Bay	31 min
Jul 13, 2:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Gulf	35 min
Jul 13, 2:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Liberty	43 min
Jul 13, 2:47 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		58 min
Jul 13, 3:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Bay	30 min
Jul 13, 3:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Walton	33 min
Jul 13, 3:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Gulf	30 min
Jul 13, 3:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Walton	37 min
Jul 13, 3:32 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Bay, Walton, Washington	38 min
Jul 13, 3:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Walton, Washington	26 min
Jul 13, 3:41 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Holmes, Walton, Washington	3 hr
Jul 13, 4:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Walton	29 min
Jul 13, 4:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Taylor	35 min
Jul 13, 4:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Jefferson	29 min
Jul 13, 4:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Madison, Taylor	25 min
Jul 13, 5:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Jefferson	30 min
Jul 13, 5:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Lafayette	39 min

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.