Alert archive / Georgia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2011
Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Mar 9, 2011, 2:53 PM EST for Habersham County, Georgia. It was in force for 6 hr. 1 report 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
- Mar 9, 2011, 2:53 PM EST (19:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 9, 2011, 9:00 PM EST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Habersham County, GA
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:54 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 3:20 PM EST | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Nw Clarkesville, GA | PITTS CITY PARK CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 548 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 690 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 795 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
403
WGUS52 KGSP 091953
FFWGSP
GAC137-100200-
/O.NEW.KGSP.FF.W.0007.110309T1953Z-110310T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
253 PM EST WED MAR 9 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
HABERSHAM COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 900 PM EST
* AT 251 PM EST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED AN AREA OF
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
REPORTED THAT THE SOQUE RIVER WAS AT BANKFULL IN THE CLARKSVILLE
AREA. HEAVY RAIN AND RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE HIGHER RIVER
LEVELS.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR ESPECIALLY IN CLARKSVILLE AREA NEAR PITTS PARK AND ALONG THE
SOQUE RIVER. . SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING
INCLUDE... CLARKESVILLE...BALDWIN...CORNELIA...DEMOREST AND
TURNERVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...
COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND
OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
TO REPORT HIGH WATER...FLOODING...MUDSLIDES...LANDSLIDES OR OTHER
SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH OUR AUTOMATED REPORTING SYSTEM...CALL OUR TOLL
FREE NUMBER... 1 8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2.
&&
LAT...LON 3475 8361 3474 8353 3472 8351 3472 8347
3470 8336 3464 8338 3449 8346 3448 8362
3456 8365 3460 8365
$$
PAT2 follow-up statements
582
WGUS72 KGSP 092202
FFSGSP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
502 PM EST WED MAR 9 2011
GAC137-100200-
/O.CON.KGSP.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-110310T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HABERSHAM GA-
502 PM EST WED MAR 9 2011
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN HABERSHAM
COUNTY UNTIL 900 PM EST...
AT 458 PM EST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING OF
PITTS CITY PARK IN CLARKESVILLE. THE SOQUE RIVER WILL BE CRESTING
SHORTLY AND WILL RECEDE THIS EVENING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS
AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS
AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING
AREAS ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 3463 8356 3465 8354 3468 8350 3457 8350
3454 8350 3449 8355 3448 8362 3456 8365
3460 8365
$$
CSH188
WGUS72 KGSP 100109
FFSGSP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
809 PM EST WED MAR 9 2011
GAC137-100200-
/O.CON.KGSP.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-110310T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HABERSHAM GA-
809 PM EST WED MAR 9 2011
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL HABERSHAM COUNTY
UNTIL 900 PM EST...
AT 806 PM EST...THE SOQUE RIVER GAGE AT THE GEORGIA 197 BRIDGE WAS
READING 13.5 FEET AND HAS APPARENTLY CRESTED. EXPECT THE RIVER TO
FALL LATER THIS EVENING AND RETURN TO WITHIN IT/S BANKS OVERNIGHT.
FLOODWATERS THROUGHOUT PITTS CITY PARK IN CLARKESVILLE WILL
GRADUALLY RECEDE AS WELL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...DO NOT ENTER THE
WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT STAY IN
AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
&&
LAT...LON 3462 8356 3464 8354 3466 8351 3460 8351
3456 8357 3452 8363 3454 8364 3455 8363
$$
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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.