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Flash Flood Warning 29, NWS Tallahassee, FL

August 16, 2021Early County, Miller County, Georgia; Houston County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this flash flood warning at Aug 16, 2021, 9:32 PM EDT for Early County, Miller County, Georgia; Houston County, Alabama. 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
Aug 16, 2021, 9:32 PM EDT (01:32 UTC)
Expired
Aug 17, 2021, 1:30 AM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Houston County, AL, Early County, GA, Miller County, GA

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:35 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 115 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2021-08-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 624 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2021-08-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 457 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
624 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
597 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
457 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
592 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.4
Supercell composite
11.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

037 
WGUS52 KTAE 170132
FFWTAE
ALC069-GAC099-201-170530-
/O.NEW.KTAE.FF.W.0029.210817T0132Z-210817T0530Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
832 PM CDT Mon Aug 16 2021

The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Eastern Houston County in southeastern Alabama...
  Southwestern Early County in southwestern Georgia...
  Western Miller County in southwestern Georgia...

* Until 1230 AM CDT /130 AM EDT/.

* At 832 PM CDT /932 PM EDT/, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain 
  across the warned area. Between 2 and 3 inches of rain have fallen 
  in the last 3 Hours. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 inches 
  are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or 
  expected to begin shortly.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by heavy rain.

  SOURCE...Radar.

  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...
  Blakely, Ashford, Columbia, Centerville, Gordon, Jakin, Cedar 
  Springs, Sawhatchee, Howards Mill, Hilton, Farley Nuclear Plant, 
  Rock Hill, Saffold, Killarney, Mayhaw, Pansey, Cuba, Lucy and 
  Chattahoochee SP.

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 3113 8528 3131 8510 3131 8509 3136 8509
      3141 8508 3144 8506 3136 8484 3107 8489
      3108 8503 3105 8501 3100 8500 3100 8503
      3111 8513

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 16, 8:32 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAECoffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston4 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Georgia, 2021Flash Flood Warnings in Alabama, 2021Every flash flood warning in 2021

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.