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Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Tallahassee, FL

January 30, 1991Dougherty County, Worth County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this flash flood warning at Jan 30, 1991, 12:17 PM EST for Dougherty County, Worth County, Georgia. It was in force for 58 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 30, 1991, 12:17 PM EST (17:17 UTC)
Expired
Jan 30, 1991, 1:15 PM EST
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Dougherty County, GA, Worth County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Apalachicola Mun, FL (KAQQ), launched 12:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 222 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Apalachicola Mun, FL at 12:00Z on 1991-01-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 541 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Apalachicola Mun, FL at 12:00Z on 1991-01-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 260 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
541 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
569 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
73 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
260 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
255 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.0

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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, Jan 30, 6:20 AM EST, 5 hours 57 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jan 30, 7:18 AM EST, 4 hours 59 minutes before
FLZ003-GAZ011-012-301400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
720 AM EST (620 AM CST) WED JAN 30 1991

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA COUNTIES OF JACKSON
AND CALHOUN...
...A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHWEST GEORGIA COUNTIES
OF SEMINOLE...DECATUR...GRADY...THOMAS AND BROOKS. IN FLORIDA A FLASH
FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT WEST OF THE THE APALACHICOLA RIVER INCLUDING
THE COUNTIES OF JACKSON AND CALHOUN...

AT 700 AM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS EXTENDING
FROM NEAR DONALSONVILLE GEORGIA TO PANAMA CITY FLORIDA AND OVER THE
GULF WATERS FOR ABOUT 30 MILES. MOVEMENT OF THIS RAIN WAS NORTHEAST AT
25 TO 30 MPH.

A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WILL MOVE EASTWARD
TODAY BRINGING THE LIKELYHOOD OF ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL AND THE
POSSIBILITY FOR SEVERE WEATHER. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL
7 AM CST FOR JACKSON AND CALHOUN COUNTIES.

YESTERDAY RAINFALL TOTALS WERE BETWEEN 2 TO 3 INCHES IN SOUTHWEST
GEORGIA AND ADDITIONAL RAINS TODAY COULD LIKELY RESULT IN SOME
FLOODING. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO DRIVE WITH CAUTION AND DO NOT ATTEMPT
TO CROSS A ROADWAY THAT IS COVERED WITH WATER.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

GJM
Special weather statement, Jan 30, 8:59 AM EST, 3 hours 18 minutes before
FLZ003-005-GAZ011-012-301600-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
856 AM EST (756 AM CST) WED JAN 30 1991

..A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA COUNTIES OF
JACKSON AND CALHOUN.
...A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHWEST GEORGIA COUNTIES
OF SEMINOLE...DECATUR...GRADY...THOMAS AND BROOKS. IN FLORIDA A FLASH
FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT WEST OF THE APALACHICOLA RIVER INCLUDING THE
COUNTIES OF JACKSON AND CALHOUN...

AT 845 AM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED
SHOWERS OVER THE BIG BEND AREA OF FLORIDA AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA.
IN THE WESTERN PANHANDLE WEST OF CRESTVIEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS WERE BEING DETECTED. MOVEMENT OF THE SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30.

A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WILL MOVE EASTWARD
TODAY BRINGING THE LIKELYHOOD OF ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL. RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREAS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

JCB
Special weather statement, Jan 30, 11:34 AM EST, 43 minutes before
FLZ003-005-GAZ011-012-301900-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1130 AM EST (1015 AM CST) WED JAN 30 1991

...A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHWEST GEORGIA COUNTIES
OF SEMINOLE...DECATUR...GRADY...THOMAS AND BROOKS. IN FLORIDA A FLASH
FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT WEST OF THE APALACHICOLA RIVER INCLUDING THE
COUNTIES OF JACKSON AND CALHOUN...

AT 1125 AM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF
THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS FROM 25 MILES WEST OF ALBANY GA TO DOTHAN
AL TO FORT WALTON BEACH  AND 30 MILES OFFSHORE. THESE HEAVIEST
RAINFALL WAS NOTED BETWEEN DE FUNIAK SPRINGS AND JUST SOUTH OF DOTHAN.
MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WILL MOVE EASTWARD
TODAY BRINGING THE LIKELYHOOD OF ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL. RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREAS.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

ADB...30/1635Z

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 30, 12:46 PM ESTTornado WarningTAETift44 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.