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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Tallahassee, FL

August 11, 2004Calhoun County, Randolph County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this flash flood warning at Aug 11, 2004, 7:29 PM EDT for Calhoun County, Randolph County, Georgia. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 11, 2004, 7:29 PM EDT (23:29 UTC)
Expired
Aug 11, 2004, 9:30 PM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Calhoun County, GA, Randolph County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 138 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 2004-08-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1219 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 2004-08-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 87 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
1219 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
582 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.0

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The text

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

000 
WGUS52 KTAE 112339
FFWTLH
GAC037-243-120130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
729 PM EDT WED AUG 11 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CALHOUN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA
  THIS INCLUDES MORGAN
  SOUTHEASTERN RANDOLPH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 930 PM EDT

* NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES 5 TO 10 INCHES OF
  RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER RANDOLPH COUNTY IN THE UPPER DRAINAGES OF 
  PACHITLA CREEK AND ICHAWAYNOCHAWAY CREEK IN SOUTHEAST RANDOLPH
  COUNTY DURING THE PAST TWO HOURS.

* 2 TO 3 FEET OF WATER WAS REPORTED OVER LOWER SHELLMAN ROAD BY PACHITLA
  CREEK JUST EAST OF CUTHBERT.  RAPIDLY RISING WATER ON PACHITLA CREEK
  WILL AFFECT AREAS DOWNSTREAM INTO CALHOUN COUNTY OVER THE NEXT TWO HOURS.
  ROADS THAT COULD BE FLOODED INCLUDE...FOUNTAIN BRIDGE ROAD AND THE
  COMMUNITY OF FOUNTAIN BRIDGE...STATE ROADS 37 JUST WEST OF DICKEY...48 
  WEST OF MORGAN AND COUNTY ROAD 153 SOUTH OF MORGAN.

* 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.


LAT...LON 3185 8463 3162 8457 3159 8448 3148 8444
      3145 8449 3145 8458 3147 8473 3181 8477

$$

52-LANIER

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 11, 5:43 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningTAERandolph92 min

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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.