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Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Tallahassee, FL

April 15, 2014Brooks County, Lanier County, Lowndes County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this flash flood warning at Apr 15, 2014, 6:14 AM EDT for Brooks County, Lanier County, Lowndes County, Georgia. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report 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: Apr 15, 2014, 6:14 AM EDT (10:14 UTC)
Expired: Apr 15, 2014, 9:15 AM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Brooks County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Lowndes County, GA

The radar

The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:15 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
Apr 15, 8:30 AM EDT	HEAVY RAIN 4.44	2 Ese Clyattville, GA	MOSTLY THIS MORNING AFTER 0630 EDT.

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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 123 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 127 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -66 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 840 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 58 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.7

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

281 
WGUS52 KTAE 151014
FFWTAE
GAC027-173-185-151315-
/O.NEW.KTAE.FF.W.0010.140415T1014Z-140415T1315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
614 AM EDT TUE APR 15 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN BROOKS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF QUITMAN...
  LANIER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LAKELAND...
  LOWNDES COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF VALDOSTA...

* UNTIL 915 AM EDT

* AT 611 AM EDT...RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED    
  AREA WITH RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR. FLASH FLOODING 
  IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS...ESPECIALLY AROUND 
  URBAN AREAS SUCH AS VALDOSTA.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO I-75 AT
  EXIT 16 AND MOODY AFB

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE AWAY FROM RISING WATER TO HIGHER GROUND! MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR
IN VEHICLES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADS.
REMEMBER...TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN.

&&

LAT...LON 3084 8301 3084 8308 3080 8312 3062 8314
      3066 8374 3069 8374 3100 8332 3103 8327
      3103 8320 3106 8320 3107 8317 3111 8317
      3115 8312 3115 8304 3119 8304 3118 8297
      3087 8297

$$

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1 follow-up statement

133 
WGUS72 KTAE 151308
FFSTAE

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
908 AM EDT TUE APR 15 2014

GAC027-173-185-151318-
/O.EXP.KTAE.FF.W.0010.000000T0000Z-140415T1315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LOWNDES GA-LANIER GA-BROOKS GA-
908 AM EDT TUE APR 15 2014

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 915 AM EDT FOR SOUTHERN
BROOKS...LANIER AND LOWNDES COUNTIES...

LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN MAY CONTINUE FOR ANOTHER HOUR OR TWO... BUT 
THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING IS DIMINISHED. 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.

LAT...LON 3084 8301 3084 8308 3080 8312 3062 8314
      3066 8374 3069 8374 3100 8332 3103 8327
      3103 8320 3106 8320 3107 8317 3111 8317
      3115 8312 3115 8304 3119 8304 3118 8297
      3087 8297

$$

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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.