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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Columbia, SC

June 3, 2015Lincoln County, Georgia

NWS Columbia, SC issued this flash flood warning at Jun 3, 2015, 8:40 PM EDT for Lincoln County, Georgia. It was in force for 3 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: Jun 3, 2015, 8:40 PM EDT (00:40 UTC)
Expired: Jun 3, 2015, 11:45 PM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Columbia, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Lincoln County, GA

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:42 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
Jun 3, 9:00 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	6 Ese Lincolnton, GA	LINCOLN COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT REPORTS FLOODING AT THE INTERSECTION OF AUGUSTA HIGHWAY (HIGHWAY47) AND HIGHWAY 220 EAST AND WEST.
Jun 3, 9:15 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	4 E Lincolnton, GA	LINCOLN COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT REPORTS FLOODING ALONG REED RD. ESTIMATED 2-4 FEET OF WATER ACROSS THE ROADWAY.
Jun 3, 9:15 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	6 Nnw Lincolnton, GA	LINCOLN COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT REPORTS FLOODING ALONG ELBERTON HIGHWAY (HIGHWAY 79) NORTH OF LINCOLNTON

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 195 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: 134 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -77 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1161 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 133 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

074 
WGUS52 KCAE 040040
FFWCAE
GAC181-040345-
/O.NEW.KCAE.FF.W.0002.150604T0040Z-150604T0345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
840 PM EDT WED JUN 3 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  LINCOLN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 1145 PM EDT

* AT 838 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE 
  WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES BETWEEN TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN 
  HAS ALREADY FALLEN.  THIS RAIN IS FALLING OVER AREAS THAT ALREADY 
  RECEIVED SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS.  FLASH 
  FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  LINCOLNTON.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 
WARNED AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

REPORT LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS OR FLOODING TO YOUR COUNTY
SHERIFF...ALSO USE WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/NWSCOLUMBIA AND EMAIL
CAEWX@NOAA.GOV TO RELAY SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS.
&&

LAT...LON 3384 8259 3391 8251 3378 8229 3370 8233
      3369 8235 3368 8236 3368 8237 3367 8239
      3367 8240 3366 8241 3368 8251 3382 8259

$$

1 follow-up statement

713 
WGUS72 KCAE 040239
FFSCAE

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
1039 PM EDT WED JUN 3 2015

GAC181-040345-
/O.CON.KCAE.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150604T0345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LINCOLN GA-
1039 PM EDT WED JUN 3 2015

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM EDT FOR
LINCOLN COUNTY...

AT 1034 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT IN LINCOLN COUNTY REPORTED 
AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING DUE TO HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE 
COUNTY THIS EVENING. BETWEEN 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL WAS ESTIMATED 
TO HAVE FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY EARLIER THIS EVENING.  

EVEN THOUGH THE RAIN HAS DIMINISHED...FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN 
POSSIBLE AS WATER RUNS OFF.  IF YOU MUST DRIVE TONIGHT ACROSS 
LINCOLN COUNTY...USE ADDED CAUTION.  IF WATER IS OVER THE 
ROAD...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH IT.  REMEMBER...TURN 
AROUND...DONT DROWN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

&&

LAT...LON 3384 8259 3391 8251 3378 8229 3370 8233
      3369 8235 3368 8236 3368 8237 3367 8239
      3367 8240 3366 8241 3368 8251 3382 8259

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 3, 8:23 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Columbia, Lincoln	3 hr
Jun 3, 8:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Lincoln	64 min
Jun 4, 12:34 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CAE	Columbia, Lincoln, McDuffie	116 min
Jun 4, 2:22 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CAE	Richmond	3 hr
Jun 4, 3:49 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Columbia, Lincoln, McDuffie, Richmond	116 min

Nearby

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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.