Alert archive / Georgia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this flash flood warning at Oct 8, 2016, 12:20 AM EDT for 5 counties in Georgia; 5 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 10 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
- Oct 8, 2016, 12:20 AM EDT (04:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 8, 2016, 10:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Bryan County, GA, Bulloch County, GA, Chatham County, GA, Effingham County, GA, Screven County, GA, Allendale County, SC, Beaufort County, SC, Colleton County, SC, Hampton County, SC, Jasper County, SC
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 8, 2:00 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Se Mcphersonville, SC | NWS EMPLOYEE REPORTED TWO SECTIONS OF POCOTALIGO RD WERE WASHED OUT WHERE WATER WAS OVERFLOWING FROM BUCKFIELD POND INTO TULIFINY RIVER. |
| Oct 8, 2:00 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Sw Early Branch, SC | NWS EMPLOYEE REPORTED A SECTION OF POCOTALIGO ROAD NEAR VIZSLA LOOP IS WASHED OUT. |
| Oct 8, 2:00 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 Ssw Georgia Southern, GA | IMAGE FROM SOCIAL MEDIA SHOWS A MOBILE HOME AND SURROUNDING BUILDINGS INUNDATED WITH WATER IN THE 8300 BLOCK OF SINKHOLE RD |
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, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
- 248 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 569 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 306 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 345 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 7.6
The text
As transmitted.
855
WGUS52 KCHS 080420
FFWCHS
GAC029-031-051-103-251-SCC005-013-029-049-053-081015-
/O.NEW.KCHS.FF.W.0010.161008T0420Z-161008T1015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1220 AM EDT SAT OCT 8 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF...
CHATHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA...
BULLOCH COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA...
EFFINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA...
SCREVEN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA...
BRYAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA...
HAMPTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA...
BEAUFORT COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA...
JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA...
ALLENDALE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA...
COLLETON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 615 AM EDT
* AT 1215 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 3 TO 7 INCHES OF RAIN HAS
FALLEN SO FAR. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT FEW
HOURS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
STATESBORO...POOLER...WALTERBORO...RIDGELAND...SYLVANIA...
SPRINGFIELD...HAMPTON AND PEMBROKE.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE
THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
REPORT FLOODING DIRECTLY TO THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO NWS.CHARLESTONSC@NOAA.GOV.
&&
LAT...LON 3261 8200 3265 8185 3306 8113 3303 8108
3310 8094 3306 8090 3313 8089 3318 8079
3315 8070 3307 8062 3305 8039 3284 8040
3197 8149 3197 8159 3206 8165 3211 8176
3224 8182 3227 8197 3242 8192 3254 8203
$$2 follow-up statements
097
WGUS72 KCHS 080813
FFSCHS
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
413 AM EDT SAT OCT 8 2016
GAC029-031-051-103-251-SCC005-013-029-049-053-081015-
/O.CON.KCHS.FF.W.0010.000000T0000Z-161008T1015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CHATHAM GA-BULLOCH GA-EFFINGHAM GA-SCREVEN GA-BRYAN GA-HAMPTON SC-
BEAUFORT SC-JASPER SC-ALLENDALE SC-COLLETON SC-
413 AM EDT SAT OCT 8 2016
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 AM EDT FOR
PORTIONS OF CHATHAM...BULLOCH...EFFINGHAM...SCREVEN...BRYAN...
HAMPTON...BEAUFORT...JASPER...ALLENDALE AND COLLETON COUNTIES...
AT 405 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA. 8 TO 12 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SO FAR AND IF FLASH FLOODING
IS NOT ONGOING, IT SHOULD BEGIN SHORTLY.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
STATESBORO...POOLER...WALTERBORO...RIDGELAND...SYLVANIA...
SPRINGFIELD...HAMPTON AND PEMBROKE.
THE HEAVIEST RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL MAINLY ACROSS COLLETON, HAMPTON,
NORTHERN BEAUFORT, JASPER, AND EFFINGHAM COUNTIES. RAINFALL RATES
WILL CONTINUE TO RANGE BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES PER HOUR. ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE NEXT
FEW HOURS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
REPORT FLOODING DIRECTLY TO THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO NWS.CHARLESTONSC@NOAA.GOV.
&&
LAT...LON 3261 8200 3265 8185 3306 8113 3303 8108
3310 8094 3306 8090 3313 8089 3318 8079
3315 8070 3307 8062 3305 8039 3284 8040
3197 8149 3197 8159 3206 8165 3211 8176
3224 8182 3227 8197 3242 8192 3254 8203
$$958
WGUS52 KCHS 081003
FFWCHS
GAC029-031-051-103-251-SCC005-013-029-049-053-081445-
/O.EXT.KCHS.FF.W.0010.000000T0000Z-161008T1445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
603 AM EDT SAT OCT 8 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF...
CHATHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA...
BULLOCH COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA...
EFFINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA...
SCREVEN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA...
BRYAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA...
HAMPTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA...
BEAUFORT COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA...
JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA...
ALLENDALE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA...
COLLETON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 1045 AM EDT
* AT 602 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWS HEAVY RAINS ASSOCIATED WITH
HURRICANE MATTHEW IMPACTING THE AREA. MUCH OF THE REGION HAS
ALREADY SEEN RAIN AMOUNTS 5 TO 9 INCHES. ALTHOUGH RAIN AMOUNTS
WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH AS MATTHEW MOVES NORTH OF THE AREA...IT
WILL TAKE SOME TIME FOR FLOOD WATERS TO SUBSIDE.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
STATESBORO...POOLER...WALTERBORO...RIDGELAND...SYLVANIA...
SPRINGFIELD...HAMPTON AND PEMBROKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REPORT FLOODING DIRECTLY TO THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO NWS.CHARLESTONSC@NOAA.GOV.
&&
LAT...LON 3261 8200 3265 8185 3306 8113 3303 8108
3310 8094 3306 8090 3313 8089 3318 8079
3315 8070 3307 8062 3305 8039 3284 8040
3197 8149 3197 8159 3206 8165 3211 8176
3224 8182 3227 8197 3242 8192 3254 8203
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 8, 10:45 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CHS | Bryan, Bulloch, Candler, Chatham, Effingham, Evans and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Oct 8, 3:54 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | CHS | Colleton, Dorchester | 13 days |
| Oct 8, 3:54 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | CHS | Berkeley, Georgetown, Williamsburg | 5 days |
| Oct 8, 7:27 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CHS | Berkeley, Dorchester | 4 hr |
| Oct 8, 9:42 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CHS | Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester | 108 min |
| Oct 8, 11:27 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CHS | Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester | 5 hr |
| Oct 8, 1:53 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CHS | 8 days | |
| Oct 8, 3:57 PM EDT | Lake Wind Advisory | CHS | Berkeley | 19 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Georgia, 2016Flash Flood Warnings in South Carolina, 2016Every flash flood warning in 2016
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.