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Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this flash flood warning at Jun 6, 2012, 4:18 PM EDT for Thomas County, Georgia. It was in force for 3 hr. 2 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
- Jun 6, 2012, 4:18 PM EDT (20:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2012, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Thomas County, GA
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 5:35 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Ne Thomasville Munici, GA | DAYS INN AT THE INTERSECTION OF US19 AND US319 HAS BEEN FLOODED. HIGH WATER MARK ON FIRST FLOOR IS 2 FEET HIGH. |
| Jun 6, 6:25 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 6.5 | 3 E Thomasville, GA | SUMMER HILL ROAD AREA OF THOMASVILLE. PUBLIC REPORT FORWARDED BY WCTV-TV. |
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 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 61 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
- 643 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 799 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
719 WGUS52 KTAE 062018 FFWTAE GAC275-062315- /O.NEW.KTAE.FF.W.0011.120606T2018Z-120606T2315Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 418 PM EDT WED JUN 6 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL THOMAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA... * UNTIL 715 PM EDT * AT 405 PM EDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETECTED FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. * THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER THE TOWN OF THOMASVILLE AND SURROUNDING AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES... DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM... EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. && LAT...LON 3092 8401 3090 8392 3079 8391 3083 8403 $$ 44-LERICOS
1 follow-up statement
703 WGUS72 KTAE 062106 FFSTAE FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 506 PM EDT WED JUN 6 2012 GAC275-062315- /O.CON.KTAE.FF.W.0011.000000T0000Z-120606T2315Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ THOMAS GA- 506 PM EDT WED JUN 6 2012 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL THOMAS COUNTY... AT 452 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS AND THE PUBLIC HAVE REPORTED FLASH FLOODING AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS AROUND THOMASVILLE. THESE REPORTS INCLUDE OVER A FOOT OF PONDING WATER ON ROADWAYS AND PARKING LOTS. FLOODED BASEMENTS HAVE ALSO BEEN REPORTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. && LAT...LON 3092 8401 3090 8392 3079 8391 3083 8403 $$ 44-LERICOS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 3:48 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Brooks, Lowndes, Thomas | 3 hr |
| Jun 6, 5:16 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | TAE | Decatur, Grady | 3 hr |
| Jun 6, 7:04 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | TAE | Decatur, Seminole | 116 min |
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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.