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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this flash flood warning at Mar 9, 2024, 4:48 AM CST for Houston County, Alabama; 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 4 hr. 4 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
- Mar 9, 2024, 4:48 AM CST (10:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 9, 2024, 8:45 AM CST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Houston County, AL, Baker County, GA, Early County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA
The radar
The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:53 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 5:30 AM CST | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Nnw Pansey, AL | Strong Road between Pleasant Grove Rd and County Road 75 N was closed. |
| Mar 9, 7:00 AM CST | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Se Bethany, GA | Officials reported water over the roadway on Hamill Road near Highway 200. |
| Mar 9, 7:00 AM CST | FLASH FLOOD | 3 Nw Pelham, GA | Flooding reported on Old Pelham Road. |
| Mar 9, 7:00 AM CST | FLASH FLOOD | Baconton, GA | Flooding reported on Church Street. |
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 00:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 103 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 937 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 313 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
618
WGUS52 KTAE 091048
FFWTAE
ALC069-GAC007-099-201-205-091445-
/O.NEW.KTAE.FF.W.0013.240309T1048Z-240309T1445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
448 AM CST Sat Mar 9 2024
The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southeastern Houston County in southeastern Alabama...
Baker County in southwestern Georgia...
Central Early County in southwestern Georgia...
Miller County in southwestern Georgia...
Mitchell County in southwestern Georgia...
* Until 845 AM CST /945 AM EST/.
* At 448 AM CST /548 AM EST/, 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...
Colquitt, Cottonwood, Newton, Camilla, Pelham, Ashford, Baconton,
Douglasville, Centerville, Sale City, Madrid, Gordon, Damascus,
Jakin, Cooktown, Bellview, Bethany, Mimsville, Jeterville and
Crestview.
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 3143 8466 3143 8449 3145 8445 3144 8400
3108 8400 3108 8503 3101 8500 3100 8549
3127 8511
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
42-DVDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 12:27 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Henry | 7 hr |
| Mar 9, 1:14 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Coffee, Dale | 31 min |
| Mar 9, 1:17 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale | 58 min |
| Mar 9, 1:38 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Henry | 67 min |
| Mar 9, 1:38 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dale, Henry | 31 min |
| Mar 9, 2:08 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale | 5 hr |
| Mar 9, 2:21 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Henry | 8 min |
| Mar 9, 2:37 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Geneva, Henry, Houston | 5 hr |
| Mar 9, 3:27 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Geneva | 48 min |
| Mar 9, 3:28 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Dale | 32 min |
| Mar 9, 3:46 AM CST | River Flood Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale | 11 hr |
| Mar 9, 4:07 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Geneva | 38 min |
| Mar 9, 4:32 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Houston | 43 min |
| Mar 9, 5:14 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Houston | 91 min |
| Mar 9, 7:37 AM CST | River Flood Warning | TAE | Dale | 59 hr |
| Mar 9, 10:33 AM CST | River Flood Warning | TAE | Henry | 51 hr |
| Mar 9, 10:34 AM CST | River Flood Warning | TAE | Houston | 63 hr |
| Mar 9, 12:34 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Clay, Lee, Quitman, Randolph, Terrell | 7 hr |
| Mar 9, 3:02 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Clay, Dougherty, Early | 5 hr |
| Mar 9, 3:58 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Ben Hill, Irwin, Tift, Turner, Worth | 5 hr |
| Mar 9, 5:35 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Ben Hill, Irwin, Turner, Worth | 40 min |
| Mar 9, 5:53 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Decatur, Miller, Seminole | 3 hr |
| Mar 9, 6:10 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Ben Hill, Irwin | 35 min |
| Mar 9, 6:18 AM CST | River Flood Warning | TAE | Lee | 5 days |
| Mar 9, 6:26 AM CST | River Flood Warning | TAE | Terrell, Webster | 50 hr |
| Mar 9, 6:32 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Berrien, Colquitt, Cook, Irwin, Tift | 43 min |
| Mar 9, 6:41 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Berrien, Colquitt, Cook, Mitchell, Tift | 49 min |
| Mar 9, 6:43 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Decatur, Seminole | 47 min |
| Mar 9, 7:25 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Berrien, Colquitt, Cook, Decatur, Grady, Thomas | 50 min |
| Mar 9, 8:13 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Berrien, Brooks, Cook, Grady, Lanier, Thomas | 32 min |
| Mar 9, 8:46 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Berrien, Brooks, Cook, Lanier, Thomas | 44 min |
| Mar 9, 9:27 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Brooks, Lanier, Lowndes | 48 min |
| Mar 9, 9:46 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Brooks, Thomas | 44 min |
| Mar 9, 10:22 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Brooks, Lowndes, Thomas | 38 min |
| Mar 9, 10:35 AM CST | River Flood Warning | TAE | Lee | 58 hr |
| Mar 9, 10:54 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Lanier, Lowndes | 36 min |
| Mar 9, 11:01 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Brooks, Lanier, Lowndes | 44 min |
| Mar 9, 12:10 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Lowndes | 3 hr |
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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.