Alert archive / Georgia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this flash flood warning at Jan 13, 1992, 10:23 PM EST for Wayne County, Georgia. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 13, 1992, 10:23 PM EST (03:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 14, 1992, 12:30 AM EST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wayne County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KAYS), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 119 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
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -63 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 KSAV 140325 FFWSAV GAC305-140530- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAVANNAH GA 1023 PM EST MON JAN 13 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAVANNAH HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA ...WAYNE COUNTY AT 1000 PM EST THE WAYNE COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT REPORTED MINOR STREET FLOODING IN WAYNE COUNTY IN AND AROUND THE JESUP COMMUNITY. A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED OVER THE COUNTY EXTENDING SOUTHWEST TO WAYCROSS. PERSONS IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR RAPIDLY RISING WATER LEVELS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
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 13, 7:52 PM EST, 2 hours 31 minutes before
FLZ008-007-140300- SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 750 PM EST MON JAN 13 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BAKER...HAMILTON...COLUMBIA...SUWANNEE...DUVAL AND NASSAU COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA UNTIL 11 PM EST. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THESE COUNTIES DURING THE PAST HOUR. AT 750 PM RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN WIDELY SCATTERED ACROSS NORTHEAST FLORIDA. THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY SHOWERS CONTINUE ON THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Jan 13, 10:08 PM EST, 15 minutes before
FLZ008-007-009-140500- SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 808 PM EST MON JAN 13 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BAKER...HAMILTON...COLUMBIA...SUWANNEE...DUVAL AND NASSAU COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA UNTIL 11 PM EST. AT 8PM EST WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM BRUNSWICK GEORGIA TO JACKSONVIILE TO GAINESVILLE TO CRYSTAL RIVER. HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING WEST OF STARKE AND IN GAINESVILLE. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN SOUTHERN HALF OF GEORGIA AND THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AS WELL AS THE GULF COAST. HEAVIEST ACTIVITY WAS IN THE OKEFENOKEE SWAMP AND IN HAMILTON COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. AS THESE STORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST AND DEVELOPE FOR THE NEXT 2 HOURS...THEY WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND LIGHTING. PERSONS IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST @WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO ACT QUICKLY IF SEVERE WEATHER IS OBSERVED OR WARNINGS ARE ISSUED.
Special weather statement, Jan 13, 10:09 PM EST, 14 minutes before
FLZ008-007-009-140500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 808 PM EST MON JAN 13 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BAKER...HAMILTON...COLUMBIA...SUWANNEE...DUVAL AND NASSAU COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA UNTIL 11 PM EST. AT 8PM EST WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM BRUNSWICK GEORGIA TO JACKSONVIILE TO GAINESVILLE TO CRYSTAL RIVER. HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING WEST OF STARKE AND IN GAINESVILLE. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN SOUTHERN HALF OF GEORGIA AND THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AS WELL AS THE GULF COAST. HEAVIEST ACTIVITY WAS IN THE OKEFENOKEE SWAMP AND IN HAMILTON COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. AS THESE STORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST AND DEVELOPE FOR THE NEXT 2 HOURS...THEY WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND LIGHTING. PERSONS IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO ACT QUICKLY IF SEVERE WEATHER IS OBSERVED OR WARNINGS ARE ISSUED.
Special weather statement, Jan 13, 10:13 PM EST, 10 minutes before
FLZ008-007-009-140500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1008 PM EST MON JAN 13 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BAKER...HAMILTON...COLUMBIA...SUWANNEE...DUVAL AND NASSAU COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA UNTIL 11 PM EST. AT 10 PM EST WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM BRUNSWICK GEORGIA TO JACKSONVIILE TO GAINESVILLE TO CRYSTAL RIVER. HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING WEST OF STARKE AND IN GAINESVILLE. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN SOUTHERN HALF OF GEORGIA AND THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AS WELL AS THE GULF COAST. HEAVIEST ACTIVITY WAS IN THE OKEFENOKEE SWAMP AND IN HAMILTON COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. AS THESE STORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST AND DEVELOPE FOR THE NEXT 2 HOURS...THEY WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND LIGHTING. PERSONS IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA SHOULD KEEP ABRAEAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO ACT QUICKLY IF SEVERE WEATHER IS OBSERVED OR WARNINGS ARE ISSUED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 13, 7:27 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JAX | Clinch | 2 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Georgia, 1992Every flash flood warning in 1992
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.