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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Tallahassee, FL

March 27, 2005Lee County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this flash flood warning at Mar 27, 2005, 11:08 AM EST for Lee County, Georgia. It was in force for 4 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, 11:08 AM EST (16:08 UTC)
Expired
Mar 27, 2005, 3:15 PM EST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lee County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 156 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 2005-03-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 253 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2005-03-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 408 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
253 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-97 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
687 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
408 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
497 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

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

000 
WGUS52 KTAE 271610
FFWTAE
GAC177-272015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1108 AM EST SUN MAR 27 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR A DAM FAILURE IN...
  LEE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LEESBURG

* UNTIL 315 PM EST

* AT 1108 AM EST... AN EARTHEN DAM IS FAILING WHICH MAY CAUSE FLASH 
FLOODING IN THE CREEK ISLE DRIVE AND GRAVES SPRINGS ROAD AREA DURING 
THE NEXT FEW HOURS. 

PEOPLE BELOW THE DAM SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION BY MONITORING LOCAL
RADIO OR TELEVISION AND FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS FOR ANY REQUIRED
EVACUATION AS OUTLINED BY LOCAL EMERGENCY OFFICIALS.

LAT...LON 3189 8399 3164 8404 3164 8429 3190 8429

$$

17-GOULD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 26, 7:34 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEEarly, Seminole26 min
Mar 26, 8:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDecatur, Seminole30 min
Mar 26, 9:13 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDecatur, Grady47 min
Mar 26, 10:07 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBrooks, Colquitt, Grady, Mitchell, Thomas38 min
Mar 26, 10:38 PM ESTTornado WarningTAERandolph277 days
Mar 26, 10:43 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBrooks, Colquitt, Cook, Lowndes, Thomas47 min
Mar 26, 11:50 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAELanier, Lowndes25 min
Mar 26, 11:56 PM ESTTornado WarningTAELanier, Lowndes, Seminole277 days
Mar 27, 3:34 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEQuitman41 min
Mar 27, 5:19 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEClay, Quitman, Randolph41 min
Mar 27, 5:53 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEClay, Quitman, Randolph, Terrell52 min
Mar 27, 8:43 AM ESTTornado WarningTAEBen Hill, Quitman276 days
Mar 27, 11:09 AM ESTTornado WarningTAEWorth276 days
Mar 27, 11:20 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTAE115 min
Mar 27, 11:25 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningTAEClay, Quitman, Randolph3 hr
Mar 27, 12:25 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEClay, Randolph35 min
Mar 27, 1:13 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTAE2 hr
Mar 27, 3:09 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTAE96 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.