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Areal Flood Warning 21, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this areal flood warning at Aug 16, 2012, 5:58 PM EDT for 5 counties in 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
- Aug 16, 2012, 5:58 PM EDT (21:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 2012, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Dougherty County, GA, Lee County, GA, Tift County, GA, Turner County, GA, Worth County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 144 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
- 3769 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 522 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
989 WGUS42 KTAE 162158 FLWTAE BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 558 PM EDT THU AUG 16 2012 GAC095-177-277-287-321-170100- /O.NEW.KTAE.FA.W.0021.120816T2158Z-120817T0100Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ TURNER GA-TIFT GA-LEE GA-WORTH GA-DOUGHERTY GA- 558 PM EDT THU AUG 16 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR SMALL STREAMS IN... NORTHWESTERN TIFT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA... SOUTHWESTERN TURNER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA... NORTHERN WORTH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA... EXTREME NORTHEASTERN DOUGHERTY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... SOUTHEASTERN LEE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... * UNTIL 900 PM EDT * AT 557 PM EDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETECTED AN AREA OF STRONG AND SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE AREA. THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 4 INCHES PER HOUR...WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE. A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED. STREAM RISES WILL BE SLOW AND FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED. HOWEVER...ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS IMMEDIATELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN. && LAT...LON 3156 8349 3144 8365 3171 8422 3182 8403 $$ 9-FOURNIER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 12:20 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Baker | 55 min |
| Aug 16, 4:34 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | TAE | Turner, Worth | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 5:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Ben Hill | 26 min |
| Aug 16, 5:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dougherty, Lee, Worth | 26 min |
| Aug 16, 6:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dougherty, Lee, Worth | 23 min |
| Aug 16, 6:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dougherty, Lee, Worth | 35 min |
| Aug 16, 6:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Dougherty, Worth | 2 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.