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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Tallahassee, FL

July 2, 2004Early County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this flash flood warning at Jul 2, 2004, 3:48 PM EDT for Early County, Georgia. It was in force for 87 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 2, 2004, 3:48 PM EDT (19:48 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 2004, 5:15 PM EDT
In force
87 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Early County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 135 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2004-07-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 981 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2004-07-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 38 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
981 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
849 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS52 KTAE 021950
FFWTLH
GAC099-022115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
348 PM EDT FRI JUL 2 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN EARLY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 515 PM EDT

* AT 342 PM EDT(242 PM CDT)...HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING FLOODING WAS      
  REPORTED BY THE EARLY COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT.  ALMOST 20       
  INCHES OF WATER WAS REPORTED RUNNIN OVER HIGHWAY 39 BETWEEN        
  BLAKELY AND FORT GAINES. 

* DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE
  ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
  CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED
  QUICKLY. IT ONLY TAKES A FOOT OR TWO OF FLOWING WATER TO SWEEP MOST
  CARS AWAY. REMEMBER...MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.

* AS LITTLE AS 6 INCHES OF WATER MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF
  YOUR VEHICLE.

LAT...LON 3146 8492 3143 8498 3142 8499 3142 8503
          3141 8505 3144 8505 3146 8503 3150 8503
          3149 8502 3150 8495

$$

11-GOREE

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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.