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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this flash flood warning at Jul 27, 2021, 6:49 PM EDT for Dougherty County, Lee County, Worth County, Georgia. It was in force for 116 min. 9 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
- Jul 27, 2021, 6:49 PM EDT (22:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 2021, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 116 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Dougherty County, GA, Lee County, GA, Worth County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:50 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 7:20 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | East Albany, GA | REPORT OF A CALL STALLED IN FLOODED AREA NEAR 100 BLOCK OF COLLINS STREET. |
| Jul 27, 7:20 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | East Albany, GA | REPORT OF A CAR STALLED IN FLOODED AREA NEAR 100 BLOCK OF COLLINS STREET. |
| Jul 27, 7:52 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Stocks, GA | A COUPLE OF ROADS IN SE LEE COUNTY HAD WATER OVER THEM DURING A 30 MINUTE PERIOD OF HEAVY RAINFALL. FLOODING HAS SINCE ENDED. |
| Jul 27, 8:00 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Ene Albany, GA | FLOODING REPORTED AT THE 200 BLOCK OF WEST TIFT. |
| Jul 27, 8:00 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 E Radium Springs, GA | FLOODING REPORTED AT THE 2500 BLOCK OF BETTYS DRIVE. |
| Jul 27, 8:00 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Ne Radium Springs, GA | FLOODING REPORTED AT THE 400 BLOCK OF REDBUD. |
| Jul 27, 8:00 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Nnw East Albany, GA | FLOODING REPORTED AT THE 1100 BLOCK OF DON CUTLER SR. DRIVE. |
| Jul 27, 8:00 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | East Albany, GA | FLOODING REPORTED AT THE 1100-1200 BLOCK OF CAMPBELL STREET. |
| Jul 27, 8:00 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Turner City, GA | FLOODING REPORTED AT THE 1500 BLOCK OF MALONE DRIVE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 1615 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 947 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
587
WGUS52 KTAE 272249
FFWTAE
GAC095-177-321-280045-
/O.NEW.KTAE.FF.W.0021.210727T2249Z-210728T0045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
649 PM EDT Tue Jul 27 2021
The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Northwestern Worth County in south central Georgia...
Eastern Dougherty County in southwestern Georgia...
Lee County in southwestern Georgia...
* Until 845 PM EDT.
* At 649 PM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated
thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between
2 and 3 inches of rain have fallen in the last 1 Hour. The
expected rainfall rate is 3 to 4 inches in 1 hour. Additional
rainfall amounts of 2 to 3 inches are possible in the warned area.
Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
other poor drainage and low-lying areas.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Leesburg, Albany, Putney, Turner City, East Albany, Marine Corps
Logistics Base, Stocks, Philema, Mossy Dell, Century, Forrester,
Starksville, Palmyra, Oakfield, Acree, South Albany, Pecan City,
Radium Springs, Williamsburg and Chokee.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.
&&
LAT...LON 3167 8421 3191 8415 3191 8392 3190 8393
3186 8393 3186 8394 3185 8394 3178 8392
3176 8394 3167 8394 3147 8398 3144 8400
3144 8418
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL...3-4 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
$$
WDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 5:48 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Early, Miller | 117 min |
| Jul 27, 6:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Worth | 31 min |
| Jul 27, 6:26 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Calhoun, Dougherty, Worth | 109 min |
| Jul 27, 6:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Colquitt, Decatur, Grady, Mitchell | 49 min |
| Jul 27, 7:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Brooks, Colquitt, Cook, Lowndes | 56 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.