Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Jacksonville, FL

Issued

Oct 4, 1992, 4:52 AM EDT (08:52 UTC)

Expired

Oct 4, 1992, 7:00 AM EDT

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Jacksonville, FL

Area

Whole counties

Counties Camden County, GA, Glynn County, GA

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TTAA00 KSAV 040852
FFWSAV
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BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAVANNAH GA
452 AM EDT SUN OCT 4 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAVANNAH HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  700 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
 
   ...CAMDEN COUNTY...GLYNN COUNTY
 
A VERY SERIOUS FLOODING SITUATION CONINUES FROM BRUNWICK SOUTH TO
KINGSLAND AND ST. MARYS IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. AT 445 AM
WEATHER SERVICE RADARS SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LINGERING
OVER MAINLY EASTERN SECTIONS OF GLYNN AND CAMDEN COUNTIES. MOVEMENT
WAS NORTH AT 20 MPH.
 
WIDESPREAD FLOODING HAS OCCURRED EARLY THIS MORNING IN GLYNN AND
CAMDEN COUNTIES. IN CAMDEN COUNTY...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED
MANY PEOPLE HAVE EVACUATED THEIR FLOODED H0MES NEAR HIGHWAY 40
FROM KINGSLAND EAST TO ST. MARYS. SERIOUS FLOODING WAS REPORTED
IN THE LAKES SUB DIVISION AS NUMEROUS HOMES HAD RECEIVED WATER
DAMAGE. THE CAMDEN COUNTY CIVIL DEFENSE WAS BEING CONTACTED AT
THIS EARLY HOUR BY THE CAMDEN COUNTY 911 TO START OPENING SHELTERS
FOR FLOOD STRIKEN RESIDENTS IN SOUTHERN CAMDEN COUNTY.
 
IN GLYNN COUNTY...WIDESPREAD FLOODING ALSO WAS OCCURRING. THE
GYLNN COUNTY POLICE REPORTED NUMEROUS HOMES IN LOW LYING AREAS
WERE FLOODED WITH 2 TO 3 FEET OF WATER. FLOODING WAS RATHER
SERIOUS ON ST. SIMONS AND JEKYLL ISLANDS AND BUSINESS OWNERS
WERE BEING CONTACTED IN THE BRUNSWICK AREA...AS FLOODWATERS WERE
APPROACHING THE DOORS OF SEVERAL ESTABLISHMENTS.
 
EVEN THOUGH THE HEAVY RAIN HAS BECOME MORE SCATTERED IN THE PAST
HOUR. FLOODING WILL TAKE A FEW HOURS TO SUBSIDE AND ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL DEVELOPMENT REMAINS POSSIBLE.
 
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.

In the hours before

FLZ008-007-009-040400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1105 PM EDT SAT OCT 3 1992

AT 1100 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM LAKE
BUTLER NORTHEAST THROUGH THE WESTSIDE OF JACKSONVILE TO JACKSONVILLE
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND THE ARLINGTON AREA OF JACKSONVILLE.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 12 MPH AND WILL BE
ACCOMPANIED BY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES...STRONG GUSTY
WIND AND POSSIBLY HAIL. REMEMBER THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES.

HEAVY RAINFALL TODAY HAS CAUSE WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF STREETS AND
ROADS ACROSS NORTHEAST FLORIDA. A FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR
BLACK CREEK SUNDAY MORNING. RESIDENTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT ALONG BLACK
MORNING  FOR RISING WATERS. BOATERS IN THE OFFSHORE WATERS OF NASSAU
AND DUVAL COUNTIES SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE HARBOR AS THE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING OFFSHORE DURING THE NEXT TWO HOURS.

Flash Flood Warnings in Georgia, 1992Every flash flood warning in 1992

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.