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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Charleston, SC

March 27, 20056 counties in Georgia

NWS Charleston, SC issued this flash flood warning at Mar 27, 2005, 2:41 PM EST for 6 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 3 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: Mar 27, 2005, 2:41 PM EST (19:41 UTC)
Expired: Mar 27, 2005, 5:45 PM EST
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Charleston, SC
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Bulloch County, GA, Candler County, GA, Evans County, GA, Jenkins County, GA, Screven County, GA, Tattnall County, GA

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 206 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 174 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -127 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 865 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 345 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 416 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WGUS52 KCHS 271941
FFWCHS
GAC031-043-109-165-251-267-272245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
241 PM EST SUN MAR 27 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EVANS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
  TATTNALL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
  CANDLER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
  BULLOCH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
  JENKINS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
  SCREVEN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 545 PM EST

* AT 240 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN REDEVELOPING OVER
  AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN THIS MORNING.
  NUMEROUS COUNTIES ROADS STILL REMAIN CLOSED ACROSS THE REGION. THE
  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 
  MPH.

* FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...
  REIDSVILLE...
  MENDES AND GLENNVILLE...
  MIDWAY AND MANASSAS...
  HAGAN AND BELLVILLE...
  CLAXTON AND METTER...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE RAPID FLOODING OF
ROADWAYS...SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...LOW-LYING AREAS AND DITCHES.

TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024.

LAT...LON 3195 8237 3175 8206 3224 8172 3225 8158
      3233 8163 3235 8160 3270 8144 3302 8154
      3298 8213

$$

24/21

1 follow-up statement

000 
WGUS72 KCHS 272151
FFSCHS

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
449 PM EST SUN MAR 27 2005

GAC031-043-109-165-251-267-272159-
EVANS-TATTNALL-CANDLER-BULLOCH-JENKINS-SCREVEN-
449 PM EST SUN MAR 27 2005

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EVANS...TATTNALL...CANDLER...
BULLOCH...JENKINS AND SCREVEN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

HEAVY RAIN HAD QUICKLY MOVED OUT OF THE WARNING AREA. STANDING WATER 
AND FLOODING OF COUNTY ROADS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH DURING THE
LATE AFTERNOON HOURS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS OR THE LOCAL MEDIA FOR
ADDITIONAL SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. REPORT ANY FLOODING OR DAMAGE
CAUSED BY FLOODING TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS AND ASK THEM TO
IMMEDIATELY RELAY THE REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
CHARLESTON.

LAT...LON 3195 8237 3175 8206 3224 8172 3225 8158
      3233 8163 3235 8160 3270 8144 3302 8154
      3298 8213

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 27, 2:54 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	CHS		96 min
Mar 27, 9:27 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	CHS	Bulloch, Candler, Screven	3 hr

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.