Alert archive / Georgia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1991
Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 1, 1991, 11:50 AM EDT for Crisp County, Dooly County, Georgia. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 1, 1991, 11:50 AM EDT (15:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 1991, 2:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Crisp County, GA, Dooly County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 217 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1271 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -74 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1301 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMCN 011551 FFWMCN GAC081-093-011845- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 1150 AM EDT SAT JUN 1 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON GA HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 245 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL GEORGIA ...CRISP COUNTY...DOOLY COUNTY AT 1140 AM THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED IN CENTRAL GEORGIA NEAR CORDELE AND VIENNA AND WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN. THE CORDELE POLICE REPORTED STREAMS AND CREEKS WERE BEGINNING TO FILL IN THE NORTH AND EAST PART OF CRISP COUNTY. IN SOUTHERN DOOLY COUNTY NEAR RICHWOOD SOME OF THE HEAVIEST RAINS HAVE BEEN FALLING. FLOODING OF STREAMS...CREEKS...AND LOW AREAS IS EXPECTED AS HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE AND NO SIGNIFICANT MOVEMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WAS SHOWN BY RADAR. MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 8:53 AM EDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before
GAZ008-009-011400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 853 AM EDT SAT JUN 1 1991 ...SLOWING MOVING THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN... AT 845 AM RADAR IN MACON SHOWED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS FROM CORDELE EAST TO FITZGERALD AND DOUGLAS. THEY WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN... STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTH AT 5 MPH. BECAUSE OF THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MINOR STREET FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED. LIGHTNING SAFETY RULES SHOULD ALSO BE FOLLOWED. ALTHOUGH WET...OUTDOOR EVENTS SUCH AS GRADUATION MAY BE ABLE TO RESUME AFTER 10 AM IF THE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE MOVING SOUTH AT THEIR PRESENT SPEED.
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 10:58 AM EDT, 52 minutes before
GAZ006-008-009-011600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 1058 AM EDT SAT JUN 1 1991 AT 1045 AM RADAR IN MACON SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING IN CENTRAL GEORGIA SOUTH OF MACON BETWEEN CORDELE AND VIENNA EASTWARD TO NEAR FITZGERALD. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 5 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM NORTH OF CORDELE IN CRISP COUNTY WAS THE STRONGEST AND WAS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN. STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL...ALONG WITH BRIEF MINOR FLOODING OF ROADS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 4:17 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether | 28 min |
| Jun 1, 12:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp | 47 min |
| Jun 1, 5:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Johnson | 39 min |
| Jun 1, 6:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Telfair | 42 min |
| Jun 1, 6:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Screven | 31 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Georgia, 1991Every flash flood warning in 1991
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.