Alert archive / Georgia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this flash flood warning at May 29, 2016, 9:55 AM EDT for Bryan County, Bulloch County, Effingham County, Georgia. It was in force for 5 hr. 2 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
- May 29, 2016, 9:55 AM EDT (13:55 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 2016, 2:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Bryan County, GA, Bulloch County, GA, Effingham County, GA
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 12:20 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 S Stilson, GA | SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT SHOWS MCELVEEN RD WASHED OUT |
| May 29, 12:30 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 Nne Eden, GA | A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED THAT A POND OVERFLOWED AND FLOODED BLUE JAY ROAD NEAR WHERE IT INTERSECTS WITH HW-17. THE ROAD WAS CLOSED AND IMPASSABLE FOR APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES. |
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 12:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 666 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 537 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 216 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
The text
As transmitted.
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WGUS52 KCHS 291355
FFWCHS
GAC029-031-103-291645-
/O.NEW.KCHS.FF.W.0004.160529T1355Z-160529T1645Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
955 AM EDT SUN MAY 29 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF...
BULLOCH COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA...
EFFINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA...
BRYAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 1245 PM EDT
* AT 950 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
STATESBORO...BAY...LANIER...BROOKLET...STILSON...MELDRIM...LEEFIELD AND
MARLOW.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE BEEN REPORTED OVER
THE LAST 24 HOURS...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS FALLING FROM AROUND
EDEN...NORTHEAST THROUGH STILSON AND BROOKLET...AS WELL AS
STATESBORO. A NEARLY STATIONARY BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN HAS
SET UP ACROSS THE WARNED AREA AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL
1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE NEXT 2 TO 3 HOURS.
FURTHERMORE...BULLOCH COUNTY DISPATCH RECENTLY REPORTED WATER ON
AREA ROADWAYS AND THE DOT IS BEGINNING TO CLOSE OFF ROADS WHERE THE
WATER IS GETTING DEEPEST.
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 3220 8125 3205 8146 3243 8189 3255 8171
3252 8164 3243 8159 3234 8151 3230 8137
$$4 follow-up statements
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WGUS72 KCHS 291557
FFSCHS
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1157 AM EDT SUN MAY 29 2016
GAC029-031-103-291645-
/O.CON.KCHS.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160529T1645Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLOCH GA-EFFINGHAM GA-BRYAN GA-
1157 AM EDT SUN MAY 29 2016
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 PM EDT FOR
PORTIONS OF BULLOCH...EFFINGHAM AND BRYAN COUNTIES...
AT 1148 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING
IS EITHER ONGOING OR IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
STATESBORO...BAY...LANIER...BROOKLET...STILSON...MELDRIM...LEEFIELD AND
MARLOW.
OVER THE LAST 3 HOURS...RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF BETWEEN 1 TO 3 INCHES
HAVE OCCURRED FROM AROUND LEEFIELD...TO STILSON AND EDEN. ANOTHER
AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IS MOVING INTO THESE AREAS FROM THE
NORTH AND AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE.
BULLOCH COUNTY DISPATCH RECENTLY REPORTED A FEW ROADS CLOSED AROUND
THE LEEFIELD AREA WHERE WATER FROM A POND WAS OVERFLOWING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
REPORT FLOODING DIRECTLY TO THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO NWS.CHARLESTONSC@NOAA.GOV.
&&
LAT...LON 3220 8125 3205 8146 3243 8189 3255 8171
3252 8164 3243 8159 3234 8151 3230 8137
$$685
WGUS52 KCHS 291629
FFWCHS
GAC029-031-103-291845-
/O.EXT.KCHS.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160529T1845Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1229 PM EDT SUN MAY 29 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF...
BULLOCH COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA...
EFFINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA...
BRYAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 245 PM EDT
* AT 1224 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EITHER
ONGOING OR IS ALREADY OCCURRING.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
STATESBORO...BAY...LANIER...BROOKLET...STILSON...MELDRIM...LEEFIELD AND
MARLOW.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES HAVE FALLEN OVER THE PAST 6 HOURS
AND ANOTHER BAND OF VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS DEVELOPED ACROSS THE AREA
FROM LEEFIELD TO STILSON...AND PINEORA TO EDEN. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3
INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT 2 HOURS. BULLOCH
COUNTY DISPATCH HAS ALREADY REPORTED A COUPLE OF AREA PONDS
OVERFLOWING...WHICH HAS MADE HAGAN MILL POND ROAD AND ALEX KNIGHT
ROAD IMPASSABLE.
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 3220 8125 3205 8146 3243 8189 3255 8171
3252 8164 3243 8159 3234 8151 3230 8137
$$147
WGUS72 KCHS 291816
FFSCHS
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
216 PM EDT SUN MAY 29 2016
GAC029-291822-
/O.CAN.KCHS.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160529T1845Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BRYAN GA-
216 PM EDT SUN MAY 29 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR BRYAN COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO
HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3249 8180 3255 8171 3252 8164 3243 8159
3234 8151 3230 8137 3220 8125 3210 8139
3211 8140 3221 8141 3222 8143 3224 8143
3224 8144 3222 8152
$$
GAC031-103-291845-
/O.CON.KCHS.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160529T1845Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLOCH GA-EFFINGHAM GA-
216 PM EDT SUN MAY 29 2016
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM EDT FOR
PORTIONS OF BULLOCH AND EFFINGHAM COUNTIES...
AT 212 PM EDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLOODING ONGOING
AROUND STILSON...LEEFIELD AND NORTH OF EDEN. NUMEROUS ROADS ARE
FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE...WITH SOME ROADS WASHED OUT WHERE SMALL
PONDS HAVE OVERFLOWED.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
STATESBORO...BROOKLET...STILSON...MELDRIM...LEEFIELD...MARLOW...EDEN AND
PINEORA.
STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN...WITH SOME ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS. THE RAINFALL HAS TAPERED
OFF SIGNIFICANTLY AND LITTLE TO NO ADDITIONAL RAIN IS EXPECTED OVER
THE NEXT HOUR.
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 3249 8180 3255 8171 3252 8164 3243 8159
3234 8151 3230 8137 3220 8125 3210 8139
3211 8140 3221 8141 3222 8143 3224 8143
3224 8144 3222 8152
$$634
WGUS72 KCHS 291846
FFSCHS
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
246 PM EDT SUN MAY 29 2016
GAC031-103-291855-
/O.EXP.KCHS.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160529T1845Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLOCH GA-EFFINGHAM GA-
246 PM EDT SUN MAY 29 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR BULLOCH AND EFFINGHAM COUNTIES HAS
EXPIRED...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. ANY REMAINING FLOOD WATERS WILL CONTINUE
TO RECEDE THIS AFTERNOON.
LAT...LON 3249 8180 3255 8171 3252 8164 3243 8159
3234 8151 3230 8137 3220 8125 3210 8139
3211 8140 3221 8141 3222 8143 3224 8143
3224 8144 3222 8152
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 7:32 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Bulloch, Effingham, Jenkins, Screven | 118 min |
| May 29, 12:38 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Bulloch, Effingham, Screven | 112 min |
| May 29, 2:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CHS | Screven | 3 hr |
| May 29, 3:23 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Effingham, Screven | 112 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.