Alert archive / Georgia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1994
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this flash flood warning at Oct 12, 1994, 3:29 AM EDT for Camden County, Georgia. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 12, 1994, 3:29 AM EDT (07:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 12, 1994, 6:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Camden County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KAYS), launched 00:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 47 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
- 538 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 214 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 636 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 120734 FFWSAV GAC039-121030- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAVANNAH GA 329 AM EDT WED OCT 12 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAVANNAH HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA ...EASTERN CAMDEN COUNTY AT 325 AM EDT...OFFICIALS FROM THE CAMDEN COUNTY 911 REPORTED SOME STREET FLOODING AND RESIDENTIAL FLOODING IN THE TOWNS OF SAINT MARYS AND KINGSLAND IN SOUTHEAST CAMDEN COUNTY. THIS FLOODING IS THE RESULT OF HEAVY RAINS AND UNUSUALLY HIGH TIDES OF 1 TO 1.5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL. HIGH TIDE ALONG THE CAMDEN COUNTY COAST WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 330 AM AND 400 AM EDT. 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. RESIDENTS IN AND AROUND THE TOWNS OF SAINT MARYS AND KINGLAND SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE RISING WATER.
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, Oct 11, 11:07 PM EDT, 4 hours 22 minutes before
FLZ020-021-022-023-024-025-029-030-031-032-033-035-036-037-120515- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1107 PM EDT TUE OCT 11 1994 ...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY FOR NASSAU... DUVAL...ST JOHNS COUNTIES... ...HEAVY SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... ...A FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY FOR BAKER...UNION... BRADFORD...ALACHUA...NASSAU...DUVAL...CLAY...ST JOHNS...PUTNAM... COLUMBIA...GILCHRIST...HAMILTON...LAFAYETTE...AND SUWANNEE COUNTIES... AT 1100 PM EDT WEATHER RADARS INDICATED AN AREA OF MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAIN THAT STRETCHED FROM CECIL FIELD TO DOWNTOWN JACKSONVILLE AND ALSO ALONG THE COAST FROM ATLANTIC BEACH TO PONTE VEDRA BEACH. THE RAIN AREA WAS MOVING VERY LITTLE. THE ST JOHNS COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY REPORTED FLOODING AT STATE ROAD 210 EAST OF THE PALM VALLEY BRIDGE. FLOODING WAS ALSO REPORTED EARLIER TONIGHT IN PARTS OF DOWNTOWN JACKSONVILLE AND THE SOUTHSIDE. SO FAR RAINFALL TOTALS: 3.94 INCHES AT JACKSONVILLE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT SINCE MIDNIGHT AND 5.95 INCHES THE PAST TWO DAYS. DOWNTOWN JACKSONVILLE AT TV 12 HAS HAD 7 INCHES SINCE YESTERDAY. THE WEST SIDE HAS HAD 3.35 INCHES THE PAST TWO DAYS. ALL CREEKS...STREAMS...AND DRAINAGE DITCHES OVER THE AREA ARE NEAR OR AT SATURATION. ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL CAUSE RUNOFF AND FLOODING. ADDI ORAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES IS POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF THE WATCH AREA LATER TONIGHT OR WEDNESDAY WHICH WILL CAUSE FLOODING. PERSONS LIVING IN LOW LYING AREAS OR AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD KEEP ALERT FOR RISING WATER AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF SERIOUS FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR WARNINGS ISSUED. IN ADDITION...A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. TIDES ARE CURRENTLY 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL AND ARE EXPECTED RUN AS MUCH AS 3 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL LATER TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. ELEVATIONS BELOW 7 FEET WILL LIKELY FLOOD DURING HIGH TIDE. HIGH TIDE AT MAYPORT ON WEDNESDAY IS AT 321 AM EDT AND 359 PM EDT. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.
Special weather statement, Oct 11, 11:08 PM EDT, 4 hours 21 minutes before
FLZ020-021-022-023-024-025-029-030-031-032-033-035-036-037-120515- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1107 PM EDT TUE OCT 11 1994 ...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY FOR NASSAU... DUVAL...ST JOHNS COUNTIES... ...HEAVY SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... ...A FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY FOR BAKER...UNION... BRADFORD...ALACHUA...NASSAU...DUVAL...CLAY...ST JOHNS...PUTNAM... COLUMBIA...GILCHRIST...HAMILTON...LAFAYETTE...AND SUWANNEE COUNTIES... AT 1100 PM EDT WEATHER RADARS INDICATED AN AREA OF MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAIN THAT STRETCHED FROM CECIL FIELD TO DOWNTOWN JACKSONVILLE AND ALSO ALONG THE COAST FROM ATLANTIC BEACH TO PONTE VEDRA BEACH. THE RAIN AREA WAS MOVING VERY LITTLE. THE ST JOHNS COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY REPORTED FLOODING AT STATE ROAD 210 EAST OF THE PALM VALLEY BRIDGE. FLOODING WAS ALSO REPORTED EARLIER TONIGHT IN PARTS OF DOWNTOWN JACKSONVILLE AND THE SOUTHSIDE. SO FAR RAINFALL TOTALS: 3.94 INCHES AT JACKSONVILLE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT SINCE MIDNIGHT AND 5.95 INCHES THE PAST TWO DAYS. DOWNTOWN JACKSONVILLE AT TV 12 HAS HAD 7 INCHES SINCE YESTERDAY. THE WEST SIDE HAS HAD 3.35 INCHES THE PAST TWO DAYS. ALL CREEKS...STREAMS...AND DRAINAGE DITCHES OVER THE AREA ARE NEAR OR AT SATURATION. ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL CAUSE RUNOFF AND FLOODING. ADDI ORAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES IS POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF THE WATCH AREA LATER TONIGHT OR WEDNESDAY WHICH WILL CAUSE FLOODING. PERSONS LIVING IN LOW LYING AREAS OR AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD KEEP ALERT FOR RISING WATER AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF SERIOUS FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR WARNINGS ISSUED. IN ADDITION...A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. TIDES ARE CURRENTLY 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL AND ARE EXPECTED RUN AS MUCH AS 3 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL LATER TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. ELEVATIONS BELOWB 7 FEET WILL LIKELY FLOOD DURING HIGH TIDE. HIGH TIDE AT MAYPORT ON WEDNESDAY IS AT 321 AM EDT AND 359 PM EDT. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.
Nearby
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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.