Alert archive / Georgia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 33, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this flash flood warning at Aug 8, 2012, 3:42 AM EDT for Berrien County, Irwin County, Tift County, Georgia. It was in force for 2 hr. 3 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
- Aug 8, 2012, 3:42 AM EDT (07:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2012, 5:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Berrien County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Tift County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 4:18 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Tifton, GA | FLASH FLOODING ONGOING IN TIFTON. SEVERAL AREA ROADS ARE ALREADY CLOSED...AND THE BOTTOM FLOOR OF THE RAMADA INN IS BEING EVACUATED DUE TO WATER ENTERING THE HOTEL. |
| Aug 8, 4:55 AM EDT | FLOOD | 3 N Gladys, GA | HIGH WATER REPORTED ACROSS HWY 129 IN SOUTHERN IRWIN COUNTY. |
| Aug 8, 5:10 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Tifton, GA | CONFIRMED WATER DAMAGE TO THE SHONEYS RESTAURANT IN TIFTON. |
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, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 158 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
- 903 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 796 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
043
WGUS52 KTAE 080742
FFWTAE
GAC019-155-277-080945-
/O.NEW.KTAE.FF.W.0033.120808T0742Z-120808T0945Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
342 AM EDT WED AUG 8 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN BERRIEN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
IRWIN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
TIFT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 545 AM EDT
* AT 331 AM EDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETECTED FLASH
FLOODING FROM AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA. THESE
PERSISTENT STORMS HAVE BEEN PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2
INCHES PER HOUR WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 4 TO 6 INCHES
EXPECTED.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO OCILLA AND
MYSTIC
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
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.
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 3145 8315 3137 8323 3135 8334 3135 8351
3156 8361 3159 8350 3166 8344 3167 8338
3165 8318 3168 8317 3166 8303
$$
17-GOULD1 follow-up statement
608
WGUS72 KTAE 080924
FFSTAE
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
524 AM EDT WED AUG 8 2012
GAC019-155-277-080945-
/O.CON.KTAE.FF.W.0033.000000T0000Z-120808T0945Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
TIFT GA-BERRIEN GA-IRWIN GA-
524 AM EDT WED AUG 8 2012
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 AM EDT FOR
IRWIN...NORTHERN BERRIEN AND TIFT COUNTIES...
AT 510 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED
AREA. WE HAVE ALSO RECEIVED REPORTS OF SEVERAL ROAD CLOSURES IN THE
CITY OF TIFTON...ALONG WITH WATER DAMAGE AT THE SHONEY'S RESTAURANT
AND THE BOTTOM FLOOR OF THE RAMADA INN.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO OCILLA AND
MYSTIC
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN.
&&
LAT...LON 3145 8315 3137 8323 3135 8334 3135 8351
3156 8360 3159 8350 3166 8344 3167 8338
3165 8318 3167 8316 3166 8303
$$
17-GOULDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 2:42 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Berrien, Irwin, Tift | 3 hr |
| Aug 8, 3:09 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | TAE | Ben Hill, Berrien, Irwin, Tift, Turner | 17 hr |
| Aug 8, 5:54 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Berrien, Irwin, Tift | 2 hr |
| Aug 8, 8:18 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Berrien, Irwin, Tift | 87 min |
| Aug 8, 10:40 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | TAE | Berrien, Cook, Irwin, Tift | 6 hr |
| Aug 8, 12:26 PM EDT | River Flood Watch | TAE | Berrien, Lowndes | 20 hr |
| Aug 8, 1:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Miller | 26 min |
| Aug 8, 3:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Lanier | 43 min |
| Aug 8, 3:58 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | TAE | Berrien, Irwin, Tift | 6 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.