Alert archive / Georgia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1991
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Jan 30, 1991, 11:55 AM EST for Bibb County, Houston County, Peach County, Georgia. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 30, 1991, 11:55 AM EST (16:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 30, 1991, 2:00 PM EST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bibb County, GA, Houston County, GA, Peach County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 797 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 180 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 301657 FFWMCN GAC021-079-153-225-289-319-301900- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 1155 AM EST WED JAN 30 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON GA HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 200 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL GEORGIA ...BIBB COUNTY...CRAWFORD COUNTY...HOUSTON COUNTY...PEACH COUNTY ...TWIGGS COUNTY...WILKINSON COUNTY AT 1155 AM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING MIDDLE GEORGIA FROM THE WEST BRINGING ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS TO THE AREA. THE STREET AND URBAN FLOODING OCCURRING NOW WILL WORSEN... AND SMALL STREAMS ARE ALSO IN DANGER OF FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS. _
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, Jan 30, 5:58 AM EST, 5 hours 57 minutes before
GAZ002-004-301430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 6 AM EST WED JAN 30 1991 ...DENSE FOG HAS FORMED OVER NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS MORNING... DENSE FOG WAS THE RULE OVER MANY LOCATIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA EARLY THIS MORNING. THE DENSE FOG ALONG WITH RAIN SLICK ROADS RESULTS IN DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES MAY NOT IMPROVE UNTIL MID MORNING. MOTORIST ARE URGED TO SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME FOR TRAVEL.
Special weather statement, Jan 30, 7:44 AM EST, 4 hours 11 minutes before
GAZ005-ALZ012-301345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 643 AM CST WED JAN 30 1991 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 6 FOR MOST OF SOUTHERN ALABAMA INCLUDING RUSSELL AND BARBOUR COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 7AM CST. AT 635 AM CST COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR WAS SHOWING LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ALL ACROSS EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS 8 MILES WEST OF COLUMBUS WITH THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED SOUTHWEST TO NORTH OF UNION SPRINGS. ALSO A LONE THUNDERSTORM JUST EAST OF HURTSBORO. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS ACROSS EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA ..INCLUDING THE COLUMBUS/PHENIX CITY AREA..SHOULD BE READY TO SEEK PROTECTIVE SHELTER WHEN THESE STORMS COME NEAR. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO NEAR 50 MILES AN HOUR. FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS ARE BECOMING A PROBLEM IN COLUMBUS AND PHENIX CITY. STREAMS AND CREEKS ARE ALSO NEAR BANKFULL. CAUTION IS ADVISED TO ALL WHO LIVE IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS TO KEEP A CLOSE WATCH ON POSSIBLE FLOODING. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER NEWS MEYDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jan 30, 10:43 AM EST, 1 hour 12 minutes before
GAZ005-008-301700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 1040 AM CST WED JAN 30 1991 ...THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING OVER WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... AT 1035 AM EST RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS IN AN AREA FROM NEAR BUENA VISTA GEORGIA SOUTHWEST TO FORT GAINES GEORGIA. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 MPH. PEOPLE IN WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...NEAR AND EAST OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD WATCH FOR THREATENING WEATHER THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. IN ADDITION TO STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING... WATCH FOR POSSIBLE FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMExNTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jan 30, 10:44 AM EST, 1 hour 11 minutes before
GAZ005-008-301700-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR TIME IN HEADING ONLY.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
1040 AM EST WED JAN 30 1991
...THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING OVER WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
AT 1035 AM EST RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS IN AN
AREA FROM NEAR BUENA VISTA GEORGIA SOUTHWEST TO FORT GAINES GEORGIA.
MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 MPH.
PEOPLE IN WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...NEAR AND EAST OF THESE
THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD WATCH FOR THREATENING WEATHER THE NEXT HOUR OR
TWO. IN ADDITION TO STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...
WATCH FOR POSSIBLE FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR{ OTHER LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR LATER
STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 30, 11:55 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Twiggs, Wilkinson | 2 hr |
| Jan 30, 11:55 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Crawford | 2 hr |
| Jan 30, 12:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Turner | 63 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.