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Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Tallahassee, FL

June 8, 2007Lee County, Randolph County, Terrell County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this flash flood warning at Jun 8, 2007, 8:42 PM EDT for Lee County, Randolph County, Terrell County, Georgia. It was in force for 63 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 8, 2007, 8:42 PM EDT (00:42 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2007, 9:45 PM EDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Lee County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Terrell County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 8, 8:50 PM EDTFLASH FLOODCuthbert, GAWATER OVER ROAD ON U.S. 27 SOUTH OF TOWN...ON FOUNTAIN BRIDGE ROAD...AND ON GA HIGHWAY 216.
Jun 8, 8:55 PM EDTFLASH FLOODDawson, GASIX INCHES OF WATER OVER THE ROADON PLAINS HIGHWAY.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 153 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 00:00Z on 2007-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2895 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 00:00Z on 2007-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 28 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
2895 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1162 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
2.9

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The text

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

000 
WGUS52 KTAE 090042
FFWTAE
GAC177-243-273-090145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
842 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  LEE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LEESBURG...
  RANDOLPH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CUTHBERT...
  TERRELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DAWSON...

* UNTIL 945 PM EDT

* AT 839 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF CUTHBERT TO 7 MILES EAST OF LEESBURG...OR ALONG
  A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORT GAINES TO 7 MILES
  EAST OF LEESBURG...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BYNE
  CROSSROADS...FOUNTAIN BRIDGE...ARMENA...CARNEGIE...OAKLAND AND
  CENTURY.

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR
  OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER
  GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS
  SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
  DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF
  UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE.

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

* REPORT FLOODING OR FLOOD DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 
  IN TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE
  NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY 
  MANAGEMENT. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER 
  SERVICE.

LAT...LON 3190 8491 3189 8403 3167 8401 3163 8481

$$

18-WOOL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 3:36 PM EDTRed Flag WarningTAEBaker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more28 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Georgia, 2007Every flash flood warning in 2007

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.