Alert archive / Georgia / Flash Flood Watches in 2012
Flash Flood Watch 4, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this flash flood watch at Aug 8, 2012, 3:09 AM EDT for 5 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 17 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 8, 2012, 3:09 AM EDT (07:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2012, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 17 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Ben Hill County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Tift County, GA, Turner County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 156 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.
192 WGUS62 KTAE 080709 FFATAE URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 309 AM EDT WED AUG 8 2012 ...HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA... .SHOWERS ASSOCIATED WITH A WEAK TROPICAL WAVE HAVE ALIGNED ALONG A CONVERGENT REGION ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA. SOME OF THE HEAVIEST RAIN PRODUCERS HAVE BEEN DEPOSITING RAIN ON THE ORDER OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS BETWEEN 3 TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE WITHIN A 3 HOUR TIME FRAME. LOCAL GUIDANCE ALIGNS WELL WITH THESE AMOUNTS AND SUGGESTS SIMILAR RAIN RATES COULD CONTINUE PERIODICALLY THROUGH THE DAY. THUS...THERE EXISTS THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN THE SMALL URBAN CENTERS THROUGHOUT THE REGION. GAZ148-090000- /O.CAN.KTAE.FF.A.0003.000000T0000Z-120808T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FF.A.0004.120808T0709Z-120809T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BERRIEN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NASHVILLE 309 AM EDT WED AUG 8 2012 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREA...BERRIEN. * THROUGH THIS EVENING * HEAVY RAINFALL RATES EXPECTED TO CONTINUE PERIODICALLY THROUGH THE DAY. * FLASH FLOODING WOULD BE MOST LIKELY IN THE SMALL URBAN CENTERS ACROSS THE AREA PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-108-112-114-115-118-127-128-134- GAZ146-147-155>161-080815- /O.CAN.KTAE.FF.A.0003.000000T0000Z-120808T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-INLAND WALTON-CENTRAL WALTON- HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-INLAND BAY-CALHOUN-INLAND GULF- INLAND FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON-INLAND JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY- INLAND WAKULLA-INLAND TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-INLAND DIXIE-SOUTH WALTON- COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN-COASTAL JEFFERSON- COASTAL WAKULLA-COASTAL TAYLOR-COASTAL DIXIE-COLQUITT-COOK- SEMINOLE-DECATUR-GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ENTERPRISE...OZARK...FORT RUCKER... DALEVILLE...HEADLAND...ABBEVILLE...GENEVA...HARTFORD...SAMSON... SLOCOMB...MALVERN...TAYLOR...ASHFORD...DOTHAN...KINSEY... COWARTS...WEBB...COTTONWOOD...REHOBETH...DE FUNIAK SPRINGS... HUDSON...BONIFAY...CRYSTAL LAKE...CHIPLEY...FIVE POINTS... MARIANNA...GRACEVILLE...MALONE...SNEADS...YOUNGSTOWN... BLOUNTSTOWN...WHITE CITY...WEWAHITCHKA...QUINCY...CHATTAHOOCHEE... TALLAHASSEE...SPRING HILL...MONTICELLO...MADISON...GREENVILLE... SWEETWATER...CRAWFORDVILLE...PERRY...MIDWAY...MAYO...CROSS CITY... FREEPORT...SANTA ROSA BEACH...PANAMA CITY...PARKER... PORT SAINT JOE...APALACHICOLA...CARRABELLE...SOPCHOPPY... SAINT MARKS...KEATON BEACH...STEINHATCHEE...SUWANNEE...MOULTRIE... ADEL...SPARKS...DONALSONVILLE...BAINBRIDGE...CAIRO... THOMASVILLE...QUITMAN...VALDOSTA...LAKELAND 309 AM EDT WED AUG 8 2012 /209 AM CDT WED AUG 8 2012/ ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...FLORIDA AND GEORGIA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED IN THESE AREAS OVERNIGHT. ADDITIONALLY IT APPEARS AS THOUGH RAIN RATES THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE LESS THAN REQUIRED TO WARRANT A FLASH FLOOD WATCH. $$ GAZ128>131-090000- /O.NEW.KTAE.FF.A.0004.120808T0709Z-120809T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL-IRWIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASHBURN...TIFTON...FITZGERALD...OCILLA 309 AM EDT WED AUG 8 2012 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...BEN HILL...IRWIN...TIFT AND TURNER. * THROUGH THIS EVENING * HEAVY RAINFALL RATES EXPECTED TO CONTINUE PERIODICALLY THROUGH THE DAY. * FLASH FLOODING WOULD BE MOST LIKELY IN THE SMALL URBAN CENTERS ACROSS THE AREA PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ HARRIGAN
The 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, 3:42 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, 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 |
Nearby
Flash Flood Watches in Georgia, 2012Every flash flood watch in 2012
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.