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Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this flash flood warning at Jun 29, 2016, 4:57 PM EDT for Evans County, Tattnall County, Georgia. It was in force for 2 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
- Jun 29, 2016, 4:57 PM EDT (20:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2016, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Evans County, GA, Tattnall County, GA
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:57 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 29, 5:13 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.21 | 1 Ne Reidsville, GA |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 181 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
- 1429 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 800 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
814
WGUS52 KCHS 292057
FFWCHS
GAC109-267-292300-
/O.NEW.KCHS.FF.W.0006.160629T2057Z-160629T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
457 PM EDT WED JUN 29 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF...
EVANS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA...
TATTNALL COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 700 PM EDT
* AT 455 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF
THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINS EXTENDING FROM NEW BRANCH TO
CLAXTON. AS MUCH AS 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN
SOME AREAS AND ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES COULD FALL THROUGH 7 PM.
THIS WILL RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
REIDSVILLE...CLAXTON...GLENNVILLE...HAGAN...COLLINS...DAISY...BELLVILLE
AND MANASSAS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...FARMLAND...AND OTHER LOW LYING
SPOTS.
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 3208 8221 3216 8218 3220 8219 3221 8220
3225 8187 3204 8177 3191 8207 3193 8222
$$2 follow-up statements
235
WGUS72 KCHS 292120
FFSCHS
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
520 PM EDT WED JUN 29 2016
GAC109-267-292300-
/O.CON.KCHS.FF.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160629T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
EVANS GA-TATTNALL GA-
520 PM EDT WED JUN 29 2016
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR
PORTIONS OF EVANS AND TATTNALL COUNTIES...
AT 520 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY
RAIN EXTENDING FROM JUST SOUTH OF JOHNSON CENTER TO MIDWAY...
INCLUDING REIDSVILLE. AS MUCH AS 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY
FALLEN IN SOME AREAS. AN ADDITIONAL 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE
THROUGH 7 PM. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING
AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
AT 513 PM...A RAIN GAGE NEAR REIDSVILLE REPORTED 2.21 INCHES OF
RAIN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...FARMLAND...AND OTHER LOW LYING
SPOTS.
REPORT FLOODING DIRECTLY TO THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO NWS.CHARLESTONSC@NOAA.GOV.
&&
LAT...LON 3208 8221 3216 8218 3220 8219 3221 8220
3225 8187 3204 8177 3191 8207 3193 8222
$$215
WGUS72 KCHS 292201
FFSCHS
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
601 PM EDT WED JUN 29 2016
GAC109-267-292211-
/O.CAN.KCHS.FF.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160629T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
EVANS GA-TATTNALL GA-
601 PM EDT WED JUN 29 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EVANS AND TATTNALL COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3208 8221 3216 8218 3220 8219 3221 8220
3225 8187 3204 8177 3191 8207 3193 8222
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 8:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Evans | 68 min |
| Jun 28, 8:21 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Bryan, Bulloch, Candler, Chatham, Effingham, Evans and 3 more | 114 min |
| Jun 28, 8:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Chatham | 23 min |
| Jun 28, 8:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Chatham | 63 min |
| Jun 29, 3:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Effingham | 66 min |
| Jun 29, 3:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Chatham, Effingham | 58 min |
| Jun 29, 4:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Evans | 25 min |
| Jun 29, 4:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Evans, Tattnall | 36 min |
| Jun 29, 4:26 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Evans, Tattnall | 94 min |
| Jun 29, 5:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Evans | 18 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.