Alert archive / Georgia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2018
Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this flash flood warning at Oct 10, 2018, 9:01 PM EDT for Quitman County, Randolph County, Terrell County, Georgia. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 10, 2018, 9:01 PM EDT (01:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 11, 2018, 1:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Quitman County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Terrell County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 382 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 474 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 308 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 350 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 2.4
The text
As transmitted.
357
WGUS52 KTAE 110101
FFWTAE
GAC239-243-273-110300-
/O.NEW.KTAE.FF.W.0014.181011T0101Z-181011T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
Issued by National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
901 PM EDT WED OCT 10 2018
The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Northwestern Randolph County in southwestern Georgia...
Quitman County in southwestern Georgia...
Northwestern Terrell County in southwestern Georgia...
* Until 1100 PM EDT.
* At 900 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain across the
warned area. Up to three to four inches of rain have already
fallen. Flash flooding is imminent or already occurring.
* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Georgetown, Wire Bridge, Bonapartes Retreat, Chambliss, Hatcher,
Crossroads and Benevolence.
Additional rainfall amounts of 2 to 3 are possible in the warned
area.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
&&
LAT...LON 3198 8504 3198 8501 3197 8495 3195 8496
3192 8491 3193 8480 3192 8480 3192 8469
3193 8468 3192 8465 3193 8445 3196 8444
3193 8440 3178 8514 3189 8513 3190 8511
3194 8508 3196 8509 3197 8507 3199 8507
$$
MCGINNIS1 follow-up statement
214
WGUS52 KTAE 110254
FFWTAE
GAC239-243-273-110500-
/O.EXT.KTAE.FF.W.0014.000000T0000Z-181011T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
Issued by National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
1054 PM EDT WED OCT 10 2018
The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has extended the
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Northwestern Randolph County in southwestern Georgia...
Quitman County in southwestern Georgia...
Northwestern Terrell County in southwestern Georgia...
* Until 100 AM EDT.
* At 1052 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain across the
warned area. 3 to 5 inches of rain have fallen.
Flash flooding is imminent or already occurring.
* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Georgetown, Wire Bridge, Bonapartes Retreat, Chambliss, Hatcher,
Crossroads and Benevolence.
Additional rainfall amounts of 1 inch are possible in the warned
area.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
&&
LAT...LON 3198 8504 3198 8501 3197 8495 3195 8496
3192 8491 3193 8480 3192 8480 3192 8469
3193 8468 3192 8465 3193 8445 3196 8444
3193 8440 3178 8514 3189 8513 3190 8511
3194 8508 3196 8509 3197 8507 3199 8507
$$
MCGINNISThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 10, 8:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Dougherty, Lee | 3 hr |
| Oct 10, 9:52 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | TAE | Lee | 13 hr |
| Oct 10, 9:56 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | TAE | Terrell, Webster | 13 hr |
| Oct 10, 9:56 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | TAE | Lee | 72 hr |
| Oct 10, 10:00 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | TAE | Dougherty | 12 hr |
| Oct 10, 10:00 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | TAE | Baker, Mitchell | 13 hr |
| Oct 10, 10:00 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | TAE | Decatur | 7 days |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.