Alert archive / Georgia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this flash flood warning at Nov 24, 1992, 10:22 AM EST for Muscogee County, Georgia. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 24, 1992, 10:22 AM EST (15:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 24, 1992, 12:30 PM EST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Muscogee County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 217 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
- 1763 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 0 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 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 KCSG 241525 RRA FFWCSG GAC215-241730- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 1022 AM EST TUE NOV 24 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBUS HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA ...MUSCOGEE COUNTY MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE IN MUSCOGEE COUNTY AT THE PRESENT TIME. A SLOW EASTWARD MOVEMENT ON THE LARGE RAIN AREA WILL SEE FLASH FLOODING OCCURRING IN ALL LOW LYING AREAS OF THE COUNTY DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. RAINFALL HERE AT THE AIRPORT IS ALMOST THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH THIS MORNING WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES POSSIBLE DURING THE REMAINDER OF TODAY. WITH THE GROUND ALREADY SATURATED FROM SUNDAYS HEAVY RAINS, RESIDENTS CAN EXPECT RAPID RUNOFF AND FLASH FLOODING IN MANY AREAS OF THE COUNTY. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. Z &
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, Nov 24, 8:58 AM EST, 1 hour 24 minutes before
FLZ003-005-GAZ011-241500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 855 AM EST (755 AM CST) TUE NOV 24 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTH FLORIDA BIG BEND AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA UNTIL NOON EST... LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING NORTHWEST JACKSON COUNTY FLORIDA. A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS IS APPROACHING JACKSON COUNTY FLORIDA AND WILL BE MOVING INTO THE NORTHWEST PORTION OF THE COUNTY BY AROUND 830 AM CST. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS OVER 40 MPH...HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. PERSONS IN JACKSON COUNTY FLORIDA...ESPECIALLY THE NORTHWEST PORTION OF THE COUNTY SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE INTO THE COUNTY DURING THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS.
Special weather statement, Nov 24, 10:20 AM EST, 2 minutes before
FLZ003-005-GAZ011-241615- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1020 AM EST (920 AM CST) TUE NOV 24 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTH FLORIDA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST GEORGIA UNTIL NOON EST... AT 1015 AM EST WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THAT A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDED ACROSS NORTHWEST SEMINOLE COUNTY IN EXTREME SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...THEN SOUTHWESTWARD ACROSS JACKSON AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES IN FLORIDA...AND ACROSS EASTERN WALTON COUNTY INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO WEST OF PANAMA CITY FLORIDA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING RAPIDLY EASTWARD ACROSS SEMINOLE COUNTY INTO DECATUR COUNTY GEORGIA DURING THE NEXT HOUR. THEY WILL ALSO BE MOVING EASTWARD ACROSS JACKSON COUNTY FLORIDA...AND INTO WESTERN CALHOUN AND GADSDEN COUNTIES IN FLORIDA DURING THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY HAIL.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 24, 10:02 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Early | 58 min |
| Nov 24, 11:51 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Tift, Worth | 69 min |
| Nov 24, 4:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Seminole | 30 min |
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.