Alert archive / Georgia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2007
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this flash flood warning at Sep 2, 2007, 11:39 AM EDT for Bryan County, 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
- Sep 2, 2007, 11:39 AM EDT (15:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 2, 2007, 2:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
- Flood severity
- None
County Bryan County, GA
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:41 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, 3.7 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1744 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 551 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS52 KCHS 021543
FFWCHS
GAC029-021845-
/X.NEW.KCHS.FF.W.0013.070902T1539Z-070902T1845Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1139 AM EDT SUN SEP 2 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
BRYAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 245 PM EDT
* AT 1139 AM EDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT
NUMEROUS ROADS AROUND BRYAN COUNTY REMAIN CLOSED DUE TO HIGH
WATER MAKING THEM IMPASSABLE. MOST OF THESE ARE IN THE RICHMOND
HILL AREA. IN ADDITION...WATER WAS ALSO REPORTED TO BE ENTERING
SEVERAL HOMES IN SUBDIVISIONS AROUND THE RICHMOND HILL AREA.
* FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...
KELLER...BELFAST...
RICHMOND HILL...FORT MCALLISTER...
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE 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
FOR HIGHER GROUND. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.
TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024.
LAT...LON 3175 8125 3182 8130 3186 8138 3191 8139
3197 8130 3190 8124 3193 8121 3192 8120
3190 8122 3190 8118 3186 8115 3182 8117
3174 8115 3173 8120
TIME...MOT...LOC 1539Z 180DEG 0KT 3188 8128
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS72 KCHS 021838
FFSCHS
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
238 PM EDT SUN SEP 2 2007
GAC029-021845-
/X.EXP.KCHS.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-070902T1845Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BRYAN GA-
238 PM EDT SUN SEP 2 2007
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 245 PM EDT FOR BRYAN
COUNTY...
THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS ENDED OVER BRYAN COUNTY...AND FLOOD WATERS ARE
RECEDING. BRYAN COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTS ALL ROADS ARE
OPEN. THUS THE FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BRYAN COUNTY UNTIL 6 AM MONDAY
MORNING. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT HEAVY RAIN MAY REDEVELOP LATER TODAY OR
TONIGHT...WHICH COULD PROMPT THE ISSUANCE OF ADDITIONAL ADVISORIES
OR WARNINGS.
TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR
REPORTS TO CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV.
LAT...LON 3175 8125 3182 8130 3186 8138 3191 8139
3197 8130 3190 8124 3193 8121 3192 8120
3190 8122 3190 8118 3186 8115 3182 8117
3174 8115 3173 8120
TIME...MOT...LOC 1835Z 180DEG 0KT 3188 8128
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 9:56 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Liberty | 2 hr |
| Sep 2, 1:07 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CHS | Bryan | 7 hr |
| Sep 2, 4:59 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Liberty, McIntosh | 91 min |
| Sep 2, 7:54 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CHS | Bryan | 4 hr |
| Sep 2, 8:21 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Chatham | 99 min |
| Sep 2, 9:57 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Chatham | 2 hr |
| Sep 2, 11:48 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Chatham | 3 hr |
| Sep 2, 2:40 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Chatham | 2 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.