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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this flash flood warning at Aug 10, 2014, 8:29 PM EDT for Bulloch County, Georgia. It was in force for 4 hr. 4 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 10, 2014, 8:29 PM EDT (00:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 11, 2014, 12:50 AM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Bulloch County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 9:35 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Statesboro, GA | ROADS FLOODED AND CLOSED INCLUDE FAIR AND GENTILE. SEVERAL VEHICLES STALLED OUT WITH WATER HALF WAY UP THE CAR DOORS. ALSO FOREST DRIVE FLOODED ON THE GEORGIA SOUTHERN CAMPUS AS WELL AS SEVERAL PARKING LOTS. |
| Aug 10, 10:10 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Statesboro, GA | PROCTOR AND ELLIS ROADS FLOODED AND CLOSED. |
| Aug 10, 10:22 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Statesboro, GA | FLOODING CAUSED WATER DAMAGE TO A HOUSE ON JOHNSON ST IN STATESBORO. ADDITIONAL ROAD CLOSURES INCLUDE FAIR RD AND CHANDLER RD...AS WELL AS FAIR RD AND HERTY RD. |
| Aug 10, 10:35 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Statesboro, GA | PARKING LOT FLOODED WITH 2.5 FEET OF WATER. HIGHWAY 67 CLOSED NEAR THE ENTRANCE OF GEORGIA SOUTHERN BETWEEN LANIER AND GENTILE... WITH SOME PEOPLE BEING HELPED FROM STALLED VEHICLES. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 814 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 676 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
673 WGUS52 KCHS 110029 FFWCHS GAC031-110230- /O.NEW.KCHS.FF.W.0021.140811T0029Z-140811T0230Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 829 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL BULLOCH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA... * UNTIL 1030 PM EDT * AT 819 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING OVER STATESBORO. THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL RATES EXCEEDING 3 TO 4 INCHES PER HOUR WILL PERSIST IN AND AROUND STATESBORO...INCLUDING GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY...UNTIL 930 TO 1030 PM EDT. RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN WILL PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY HIGH WATER ON ROADS...THROUGH AT LEAST 1030 PM EDT. * FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND... GEORGIA SOUTHERN...STATESBORO... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU CAN NOT SEE THE ROAD DUE TO INTENSE NIGHT RAINFALL...YOU SHOULD NOT DRIVE. TO REPORT FLOODING...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024. && LAT...LON 3247 8183 3253 8170 3237 8169 3236 8182 $$
5 follow-up statements
472 WGUS72 KCHS 110121 FFSCHS FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 921 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2014 GAC031-110230- /O.CON.KCHS.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140811T0230Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLOCH GA- 921 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2014 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL BULLOCH COUNTY... AT 914 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE NEARLY STATIONARY THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER STATESBORO AND SURROUNDING AREAS. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT AROUND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN WITHIN THE WARNING AREA. RAINFALL RATES OCCASIONALLY EXCEEDING 3 INCHES PER HOUR WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST 1000 TO 1030 PM EDT AND WILL PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING IN AND AROUND GEORGIA SOUTHERN AND STATESBORO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WATER DEPTH IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO DETERMINE AT NIGHT. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER ON THE ROADWAY EVEN IF IT APPEARS SHALLOW. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. A SHORT DELAY IN YOUR TRAVEL PLANS IS BETTER THAN LOSING YOUR CAR...OR YOUR LIFE. TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV. REPORTS CAN ALSO BE SENT THROUGH TWITTER USING #WXREPORT. && LAT...LON 3247 8183 3253 8170 3237 8169 3236 8182 $$
759 WGUS72 KCHS 110151 FFSCHS FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 951 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2014 GAC031-110230- /O.CON.KCHS.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140811T0230Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLOCH GA- 951 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2014 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL BULLOCH COUNTY... AT 941 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A NEARLY STATIONARY AREA OF INTENSE RAINFALL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE STATESBORO AREA. LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT SEVERAL ROADS WERE CLOSED BY FLASH FLOODING AND THAT CARS WERE STALLED IN HIGH WATER. TORRENTIAL RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE IN AND AROUND GEORGIA SOUTHERN AND STATESBORO THROUGH AT LEAST 1030 PM EDT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING. IF YOU CAN NOT SEE THE ROAD DUE TO INTENSE NIGHT RAINFALL...YOU SHOULD NOT DRIVE. && LAT...LON 3247 8183 3253 8170 3237 8169 3236 8182 $$
945 WGUS52 KCHS 110225 FFWCHS GAC031-110530- /O.EXT.KCHS.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140811T0530Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1025 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS EXTENDED THE * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL BULLOCH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA... * UNTIL 130 AM EDT * AT 1015 PM EDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN STATESBORO AND ON THE GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY CAMPUS. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT GREATER THAN 4.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN THE STATESBORO AREA SINCE 8 PM. RAINFALL RATES HAD DECREASED SIGNIFICANTLY...AND THIS TREND WILL CONTINUE. HOWEVER...FLASH FLOODING PRODUCED BY EARLIER HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE UNTIL 130 AM EDT. * FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND... GEORGIA SOUTHERN...STATESBORO... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WATER DEPTH IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO DETERMINE AT NIGHT. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER ON THE ROADWAY EVEN IF IT APPEARS SHALLOW. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. A SHORT DELAY IN YOUR TRAVEL PLANS IS BETTER THAN LOSING YOUR CAR...OR YOUR LIFE. TO REPORT FLOODING...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024. && LAT...LON 3247 8183 3253 8170 3237 8169 3236 8182 $$
142 WGUS72 KCHS 110348 FFSCHS FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1148 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2014 GAC031-110530- /O.CON.KCHS.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140811T0530Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLOCH GA- 1148 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2014 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM EDT FOR CENTRAL BULLOCH COUNTY... ...NEVER DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY... AT 1140 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED ONLY LIGHT RAINS FALLING ACROSS CENTRAL BULLOCH COUNTY...INCLUDING STATESBORO AND GEORGIA SOUTHERN. ALTHOUGH THE RAIN HAS DIMINISHED...IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME FOR FLOOD WATERS TO SUBSIDE. THE BULLOCH COUNTY WARNING POINT RECENTLY REPORTED THAT ALL PREVIOUSLY CLOSED ROADS HAVE BEEN REOPENED AND THAT CONDITIONS ARE IMPROVING. HOWEVER...SOME LOCATIONS REMAIN FLOODED. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND GEORGIA SOUTHERN AND STATESBORO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WATER DEPTH IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO DETERMINE AT NIGHT. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER ON THE ROADWAY EVEN IF IT APPEARS SHALLOW. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. A SHORT DELAY IN YOUR TRAVEL PLANS IS BETTER THAN LOSING YOUR CAR...OR YOUR LIFE. TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV. REPORTS CAN ALSO BE SENT THROUGH TWITTER USING #WXREPORT. && LAT...LON 3247 8183 3253 8170 3237 8169 3236 8182 $$
682 WGUS72 KCHS 110450 FFSCHS FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1250 AM EDT MON AUG 11 2014 GAC031-110500- /O.CAN.KCHS.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140811T0530Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLOCH GA- 1250 AM EDT MON AUG 11 2014 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR CENTRAL BULLOCH COUNTY... ALTHOUGH THE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING HAS ENDED...DRAINAGE SYSTEMS AND CULVERTS WILL REMAIN FULL. PONDING WATER WILL PERSIST IN LOW-LYING AREAS AND MAY POSE A HAZARD TO MOTORISTS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL-HAZARDS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. LAT...LON 3247 8183 3253 8170 3237 8169 3236 8182 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 8:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CHS | Chatham | 115 min |
| Aug 11, 4:37 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | CHS | 8 hr | |
| Aug 11, 7:29 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | McIntosh | 91 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.