Alert archive / Georgia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 35, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this flash flood warning at Aug 8, 2012, 8:18 AM EDT for Berrien County, Irwin County, Tift County, Georgia. It was in force for 87 min. 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 8, 2012, 8:18 AM EDT (12:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2012, 9:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 87 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Berrien County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Tift County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 2519 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 564 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
853
WGUS52 KTAE 081218
FFWTAE
GAC019-155-277-081345-
/O.NEW.KTAE.FF.W.0035.120808T1218Z-120808T1345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
818 AM EDT WED AUG 8 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN BERRIEN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
SOUTHWESTERN IRWIN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
EASTERN TIFT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 945 AM EDT
* ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS THAT
WATER IS STILL OVER ROADWAYS...AND PEOPLE ARE STILL BEING
EVACUATED FROM HOMES SURROUNDED BY WATER. THIS WILL LIKELY
CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR SO UNTIL FLOOD WATERS SUBSIDE.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO UNIONVILLE
AND TIFTON
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 3159 8353 3159 8321 3150 8314 3138 8319
3133 8335 3141 8356
$$
15-HARRIGANThe 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, 3:42 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Berrien, Irwin, Tift | 2 hr |
| Aug 8, 5:54 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Berrien, Irwin, Tift | 2 hr |
| 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.