Alert archive / Georgia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1991
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this flash flood warning at Mar 3, 1991, 5:47 AM EST for Lowndes County, Georgia. It was in force for 58 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 3, 1991, 5:47 AM EST (10:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 3, 1991, 6:45 AM EST
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lowndes County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KAYS), launched 00:00Z, 10.8 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
- 111 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -248 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1054 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 175 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.6
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, Mar 3, 12:23 AM EST, 5 hours 24 minutes before
FLZ008-007-009-GAZ013-015-030715- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1220 AM EST SUN MAR 3 1991 ...TORNADO WATCH #26 IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA UNTIL 500 AM... ...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR DIXIE...LEVY...TAYLOR...GILCHRIST... ALACHUA...UNION...LAFAYETTE...AND THE SOUTHERN HALF OF SUWANNEE AND COLUMBIA COUNTIES... ...A GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS FROM SAVANNAH SOUTH TO ST AUGUSTINE AND THE GULF COASTAL WATERS FROM VENICE NORTH TO APPALACHICOLA... ...A LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR AREA LAKES... ...A HIGH WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA... AT 1220 AM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN ACROSS THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF GEORGIA AND ACROSS THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AREA AND PANHANDLE. MOST OF THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS LOCATED IN THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO. IN GEORGIA A THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BRUNSWICK AND HEAVY SHOWERS WERE LOCATED NORTHEAST OF VALDOSTA. AS THUNDERSTORMS MOVE INTO NORTHEAST FLORIDA LATER THIS MORNING THEY WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER...INCLUDING TORNADOES. LATER IN THE DAY WINDS WILL PICK UP ACROSS NORTHEAST FLORIDA...POSSIBLY CAUSING DAMAGE FROM WEAKENED TREES. RESIDENTS OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA ARE URGED TO REMAIN ALERT TO THIS SITUATION AND PLAN ACCORDINGLY. BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT IF SEVERE WEATHER IS SIGHTED OR HEARD ...OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Mar 3, 2:20 AM EST, 3 hours 27 minutes before
FLZ008-007-009-GAZ013-015-030915- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 220 AM EST SUN MAR 3 1991 ...TORNADO WATCH #26 IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA UNTIL 500 AM... ...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR DIXIE...LEVY...TAYLOR...GILCHRIST... ALACHUA...UNION...LAFAYETTE...AND THE SOUTHERN HALF OF SUWANNEE AND COLUMBIA COUNTIES... ...A GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS FROM SAVANNAH SOUTH TO ST AUGUSTINE AND THE GULF COASTAL WATERS FROM VENICE NORTH TO APPALACHICOLA... ...A LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR AREA LAKES... ...A HIGH WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA... AT 220 AM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF GEORGIA AND ACROSS NORTH FLORIDA FROM THE SUWANNEE RIVER WEST INTO THE PANHANDLE. A FEW SHOWERS HAVE DEVELOPED IN SUWANNEE AND COLUMBIA COUNTIES AND MOVED INTO THE OKEFENOKEE SWAMP AND NORTHWEST NASSAU COUNTY. THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WERE LOCATED IN SOUTH GEORGIA...MAINLY BETWEEN ALMA AND VALDOSTA. IN FLORIDA THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM MADISON WEST TO TALLAHASSEE AND PANAMA CITY AND INTO THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO. AS THUNDERSTORMS MOVE INTO NORTHEAST FLORIDA LATER THIS MORNING THEY WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER...INCLUDING TORNADOES. LATER IN THE DAY WINDS WILL PICK UP ACROSS NORTHEAST FLORIDA...POSSIBLY CAUSING DAMAGE FROM WEAKENED TREES. RESIDENTS OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA ARE URGED TO REMAIN ALERT TO THIS SITUATION AND PLAN ACCORDINGLY. BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF SEVERE WEATHER IS SIGHTED OR HEARD...OR IF A WANRNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Mar 3, 4:15 AM EST, 1 hour 32 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>Special weather statement, Mar 3, 5:43 AM EST, 4 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 3:11 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Coffee | 49 min |
| Mar 3, 3:43 AM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Appling, Tattnall | 47 min |
| Mar 3, 4:22 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Bulloch, Evans | 53 min |
| Mar 3, 5:47 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Lowndes | 58 min |
| Mar 3, 6:07 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Bacon, Brantley, Pierce, Ware | 68 min |
| Mar 3, 7:05 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Long, McIntosh, Wayne | 55 min |
| Mar 3, 7:05 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Glynn | 55 min |
| Mar 3, 7:12 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Camden | 48 min |
| Mar 3, 7:27 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Bryan, Liberty | 48 min |
| Mar 3, 7:27 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Chatham | 48 min |
| Mar 3, 1:17 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Long, Wayne | 43 min |
| Mar 3, 1:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Bryan, Liberty | 43 min |
| Mar 3, 2:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Chatham, Effingham | 40 min |
| Mar 3, 9:30 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Putnam | 60 min |
| Mar 3, 10:08 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Saint Johns | 67 min |
| Mar 3, 10:27 AM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Putnam | 33 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.