Alert archive / Georgia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2009
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this flash flood warning at Apr 2, 2009, 1:39 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 3 hr. 5 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 2, 2009, 1:39 PM EDT (17:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 2, 2009, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Evans County, GA, Liberty County, GA, Long County, GA, Tattnall County, GA
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:42 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 2:15 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Collins, GA | COURTNEY BRUMMETTE ROAD CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. |
| Apr 2, 2:15 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Glennville, GA | DURRENCE PURVIS ROAD CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. |
| Apr 2, 2:15 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Reidsville, GA | ALEXANDER MILL POND ROAD CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. |
| Apr 2, 3:37 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 0 | Ludowici, GA | COUNTY WARNING POINT REPORTS SEVERAL DIRT ROADS ARE FLOODED BUT ALL PAVED ROADS ARE PASSABLE ACROSS THE COUNTY. |
| Apr 2, 3:45 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 0 | Ludowici, GA | SEVERAL DIRT ROADS FLOODED ACROSS THE COUNTY. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 785 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 560 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 139 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 411 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS52 KCHS 021739
FFWCHS
GAC109-179-183-267-022030-
/O.NEW.KCHS.FF.W.0002.090402T1739Z-090402T2030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
139 PM EDT THU APR 2 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EVANS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
NORTHWESTERN LIBERTY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
WESTERN LONG COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
TATTNALL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 430 PM EDT
* AT 134 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM REIDSVILLE TO
LUDOWICI...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
* FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...
REIDSVILLE...LUDOWICI...
DONALD...ALTAMAHA...
MENDES...GLENNVILLE...
COLLINS...CLAXTON...
MIDWAY...MIDWAY...
AVOID DRIVING INTO WATER ON THE ROAD. THE WATER IS USUALLY DEEPER
THAN IT APPEARS AND THE ROAD MAY BE WASHED OUT. ONLY ONE FOOT OF
WATER WILL STALL A VEHICLE AND LESS THAN TWO FEET OF WATER CAN FLOAT
AND CARRY AWAY A VEHICLE. FLOODING IS THE NUMBER ONE WEATHER-RELATED
CAUSE OF DEATH IN THE UNITED STATES. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS
MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM STORM DRAINS...WATER CATCHMENTS...AND
STREAMS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF MOVING WATER CAN KNOCK A CHILD OFF
THEIR FEET AND SWEEP THEM TO THEIR DEATH.
RAINFALL RATES OF 1/2 TO 1 INCH IN 60 MINUTES OR LESS WILL PERSIST
THIS AFTERNOON...WHICH WILL FALL INTO AREAS THAT HAVE SEEN AS MUCH
AS 3 TO 5 INCHES SINCE LAST NIGHT.
TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024.
LAT...LON 3214 8219 3229 8222 3225 8186 3213 8179
3202 8164 3195 8160 3194 8154 3162 8175
3165 8184 3178 8197 3182 8205 3188 8212
3191 8224
$$
334 follow-up statements
000
WGUS72 KCHS 021822
FFSCHS
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
222 PM EDT THU APR 2 2009
GAC109-179-183-267-022030-
/O.CON.KCHS.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090402T2030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LONG GA-EVANS GA-TATTNALL GA-LIBERTY GA-
222 PM EDT THU APR 2 2009
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN LIBERTY...TATTNALL...EVANS AND WESTERN LONG COUNTIES...
AT 215 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR REPORTED AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM MANASSAS TO LUDOWICI...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
7 MILES NORTHWEST OF CLAXTON TO LUDOWICI...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15
MPH.
FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND BELLVILLE...CLAXTON...
COBBTOWN...COLLINS...DAISY...DONALD...GLENNVILLE...GUM BRANCH...
HAGAN...LUDOWICI...MANASSAS...MENDES...MIDWAY AND REIDSVILLE.
AT 215 PM EDT...COUNTY OFFICIALS IN TATTNALL COUNTY REPORTED ROAD
CLOSURES DUE TO FLOODING IN REIDSVILLE...GLENNVILLE AND COLLINS.
ADDITIONAL ROAD CLOSURES ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO THE RAIN THIS AFTERNOON.
AVOID DRIVING INTO WATER ON THE ROAD. THE WATER IS USUALLY DEEPER
THAN IT APPEARS AND THE ROAD MAY BE WASHED OUT. ONLY ONE FOOT OF
WATER WILL STALL A VEHICLE AND LESS THAN TWO FEET OF WATER CAN FLOAT
AND CARRY AWAY A VEHICLE. FLOODING IS THE NUMBER ONE WEATHER-RELATED
CAUSE OF DEATH IN THE UNITED STATES. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS
MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM STORM DRAINS...WATER CATCHMENTS...AND
STREAMS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF MOVING WATER CAN KNOCK A CHILD OFF
THEIR FEET AND SWEEP THEM TO THEIR DEATH.
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 3214 8219 3229 8222 3225 8186 3213 8179
3202 8164 3195 8160 3194 8154 3162 8175
3165 8184 3178 8197 3182 8205 3188 8212
3191 8224
$$
33000
WGUS72 KCHS 021918
FFSCHS
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
318 PM EDT THU APR 2 2009
GAC109-179-183-267-022030-
/O.CON.KCHS.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090402T2030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LONG GA-EVANS GA-TATTNALL GA-LIBERTY GA-
318 PM EDT THU APR 2 2009
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN LIBERTY...TATTNALL...EVANS AND WESTERN LONG COUNTIES...
AT 313 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.
THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM COLLINS TO
LUDOWICI...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF
REIDSVILLE TO LUDOWICI...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND BELLVILLE...CLAXTON...
COBBTOWN...COLLINS...DAISY...DONALD...GLENNVILLE...GUM BRANCH...
HAGAN...LUDOWICI...MANASSAS...MENDES...MIDWAY AND REIDSVILLE.
DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER ON THE ROADWAY EVEN IF IT APPEARS
SHALLOW. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. A SHORT DELAY IN YOUR TRAVEL PLANS
IS BETTER THAN LOSING YOUR CAR...OR YOUR LIFE.
KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM STORM DRAINS...WATER CATCHMENTS...AND
STREAMS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF MOVING WATER CAN KNOCK A CHILD OFF
THEIR FEET AND SWEEP THEM TO THEIR DEATH.
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 3214 8219 3229 8222 3225 8186 3213 8179
3202 8164 3195 8160 3194 8154 3162 8175
3165 8184 3178 8197 3182 8205 3188 8212
3191 8224
$$
33000
WGUS72 KCHS 022022
FFSCHS
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
422 PM EDT THU APR 2 2009
GAC109-179-183-267-022030-
/O.CON.KCHS.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090402T2030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LONG GA-EVANS GA-TATTNALL GA-LIBERTY GA-
422 PM EDT THU APR 2 2009
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN LIBERTY...TATTNALL...EVANS AND WESTERN LONG COUNTIES...
AT 419 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.
THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM HAGAN TO 6
MILES SOUTH OF DONALD...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CLAXTON TO 9
MILES WEST OF LUDOWICI...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND BELLVILLE...CLAXTON...
COBBTOWN...COLLINS...DAISY...DONALD...GLENNVILLE...GUM BRANCH...
HAGAN...LUDOWICI...MANASSAS...MENDES...MIDWAY AND REIDSVILLE.
AVOID DRIVING INTO WATER ON THE ROAD. THE WATER IS USUALLY DEEPER
THAN IT APPEARS AND THE ROAD MAY BE WASHED OUT. ONLY ONE FOOT OF
WATER WILL STALL A VEHICLE AND LESS THAN TWO FEET OF WATER CAN FLOAT
AND CARRY AWAY A VEHICLE. FLOODING IS THE NUMBER ONE WEATHER-RELATED
CAUSE OF DEATH IN THE UNITED STATES. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS
MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM STORM DRAINS...WATER CATCHMENTS...AND
STREAMS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF MOVING WATER CAN KNOCK A CHILD OFF
THEIR FEET AND SWEEP THEM TO THEIR DEATH.
TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR
REPORTS TO CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV.
LAT...LON 3214 8219 3229 8222 3225 8186 3213 8179
3202 8164 3195 8160 3194 8154 3162 8175
3165 8184 3178 8197 3182 8205 3188 8212
3191 8224
$$
33000
WGUS72 KCHS 022023
FFSCHS
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
423 PM EDT THU APR 2 2009
GAC109-179-183-267-022033-
/O.EXP.KCHS.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090402T2030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LONG GA-EVANS GA-TATTNALL GA-LIBERTY GA-
423 PM EDT THU APR 2 2009
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 430 PM EDT FOR FOR
NORTHWESTERN LIBERTY...TATTNALL...EVANS AND WESTERN LONG COUNTIES...
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 3214 8219 3229 8222 3225 8186 3213 8179
3202 8164 3195 8160 3194 8154 3162 8175
3165 8184 3178 8197 3182 8205 3188 8212
3191 8224
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 11:16 PM EDT | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | CHS | 5 hr | |
| Apr 2, 2:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bulloch, Effingham, Jenkins, Screven | 34 min |
| Apr 2, 3:55 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CHS | 40 hr | |
| Apr 2, 9:46 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | CHS | Burke, Emanuel, Jenkins | 9 days |
| Apr 2, 11:10 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 65 min | |
| Apr 2, 1:14 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Bryan, Bulloch, Candler, Effingham, Evans, Jenkins and 4 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 2, 1:49 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Bryan, Bulloch, Candler, Effingham, Jenkins, Screven | 3 hr |
| Apr 2, 2:08 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Bryan, Chatham, Effingham, Liberty, Long, McIntosh | 3 hr |
| Apr 2, 3:06 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CHS | Liberty, Long, McIntosh | 3 hr |
| Apr 2, 3:43 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | CHS | Evans | 6 days |
| Apr 2, 4:32 PM EDT | Gale Warning | CHS | 11 hr |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.