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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Tallahassee, FL

June 14, 2023Worth County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this flash flood warning at Jun 14, 2023, 5:29 PM EDT for Worth County, Georgia. It was in force for 6 hr. 8 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
Jun 14, 2023, 5:29 PM EDT (21:29 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2023, 11:30 PM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Worth County, GA

The radar

The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 14, 7:00 PM EDTFLASH FLOOD1 Nne Powelltown, GASumner Road was reported to have flooding.
Jun 14, 7:00 PM EDTFLASH FLOOD1 Nne Powelltown, GAWrights Chapel Road was reported to have flooding.
Jun 14, 7:00 PM EDTFLASH FLOOD1 N Shingler, GAHighway 313 near Medders Road was reported to have flooding.
Jun 14, 7:00 PM EDTFLASH FLOOD1 Wnw Crestwood, GAFlooding reported at 1800 S County Line Road.
Jun 14, 7:00 PM EDTFLASH FLOOD3 Sw Gammage, GAFlooding reported on Spring Flats Road.
Jun 14, 7:00 PM EDTFLASH FLOOD4 Ne Red Rock, GAHighway 33 near North Joe Crow was reported to have flooding.
Jun 14, 7:00 PM EDTFLASH FLOODAlfords, GACane Mill Road was reported to have flooding.
Jun 14, 7:00 PM EDTFLASH FLOODIsabella, GAFlooding was reported along Bessel Church Road near the 112 block.

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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 142 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 12:00Z on 2023-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1769 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 12:00Z on 2023-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 19 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1769 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-67 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
756 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

100 
WGUS52 KTAE 142129
FFWTAE
GAC321-150330-
/O.NEW.KTAE.FF.W.0013.230614T2129Z-230615T0330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
529 PM EDT Wed Jun 14 2023

The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Worth County in south central Georgia...

* Until 1130 PM EDT Wednesday.

* At 529 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or 
  expected to begin shortly.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

  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...
  Sylvester, Poulan, Marine Corps Logistics Base, Terrell, Sumner, 
  Warwick, Isabella, Gammage, Sylvester Airport, Shingler, Gordy, 
  Red Rock, Tempy, Alfords, Parkerville, Crestwood, Acree, Doles and 
  Powelltown.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 
deaths occur in vehicles.

&&

LAT...LON 3184 8386 3180 8380 3162 8380 3162 8371
      3157 8365 3145 8367 3133 8365 3134 8400
      3147 8398 3148 8400 3155 8400 3156 8398
      3163 8401 3165 8399 3165 8402 3172 8403
      3177 8399 3180 8401 3180 8398 3185 8395

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 3:37 AM EDTFlood WatchTAEBaker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more64 hr
Jun 14, 8:44 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBen Hill, Irwin46 min
Jun 14, 10:49 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEClay26 min
Jun 14, 11:27 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBen Hill, Irwin33 min
Jun 14, 11:38 AM EDTTornado WarningTAEClay52 min
Jun 14, 11:47 AM EDTTornado Warning Tornado observedTAEQuitman, Randolph9 min
Jun 14, 12:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEQuitman50 min
Jun 14, 12:42 PM EDTTornado WarningTAERandolph48 min
Jun 14, 1:05 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEClay, Early25 min
Jun 14, 1:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEClay36 min
Jun 14, 1:15 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEQuitman, Randolph25 min
Jun 14, 1:17 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEEarly43 min
Jun 14, 1:25 PM EDTTornado WarningTAECalhoun, Clay, Early50 min
Jun 14, 1:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAELee, Randolph, Terrell44 min
Jun 14, 1:57 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEEarly48 min
Jun 14, 2:07 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEBaker, Calhoun, Dougherty38 min
Jun 14, 2:34 PM EDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatTAEBaker, Calhoun, Dougherty, Early41 min
Jun 14, 2:35 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAELee, Randolph, Terrell115 min
Jun 14, 2:59 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEDougherty, Lee, Turner, Worth46 min
Jun 14, 3:03 PM EDTTornado Warning Tornado observedTAEBaker, Dougherty, Mitchell42 min
Jun 14, 3:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBrooks, Lanier, Lowndes41 min
Jun 14, 3:35 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEBen Hill, Irwin, Turner, Worth40 min
Jun 14, 3:37 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEDougherty, Worth38 min
Jun 14, 3:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEClay, Quitman, Randolph, Terrell47 min
Jun 14, 3:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAECalhoun, Dougherty, Lee, Terrell67 min
Jun 14, 4:11 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEBen Hill, Irwin, Turner49 min
Jun 14, 4:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBen Hill, Irwin, Tift, Turner, Worth63 min
Jun 14, 4:14 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningTAEQuitman, Randolph, Terrell6 hr
Jun 14, 4:21 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEBaker, Calhoun, Dougherty, Mitchell39 min
Jun 14, 4:23 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningTAELee6 hr
Jun 14, 4:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAELee, Quitman, Randolph, Terrell48 min
Jun 14, 4:42 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEIrwin35 min
Jun 14, 4:49 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningTAEDougherty6 hr
Jun 14, 4:56 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEDougherty, Mitchell, Turner, Worth49 min
Jun 14, 5:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAECalhoun, Clay, Quitman, Randolph80 min
Jun 14, 5:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAECalhoun, Dougherty, Lee, Randolph, Terrell77 min
Jun 14, 5:32 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEBerrien, Colquitt, Cook, Tift, Worth43 min
Jun 14, 5:36 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEColquitt, Dougherty, Mitchell, Worth39 min
Jun 14, 5:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAELee, Terrell62 min
Jun 14, 5:55 PM EDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatTAEDougherty4 hr
Jun 14, 6:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBerrien, Colquitt, Cook, Lanier, Tift80 min
Jun 14, 6:10 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEBerrien50 min
Jun 14, 6:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBaker, Calhoun, Clay, Dougherty, Early, Mitchell and 2 more69 min
Jun 14, 7:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBaker, Brooks, Colquitt, Cook, Decatur, Early and 5 more88 min
Jun 14, 7:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBerrien, Colquitt, Cook, Lanier, Lowndes84 min
Jun 14, 7:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatTAECalhoun, Clay, Early, Miller, Randolph71 min
Jun 14, 7:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threatTAEEarly, Miller, Seminole33 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.