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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 21, 1992DeKalb County, Fulton County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Aug 21, 1992, 7:27 PM EDT for DeKalb County, Fulton County, Georgia. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 21, 1992, 7:27 PM EDT (23:27 UTC)
Expired
Aug 22, 1992, 12:30 AM EDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties DeKalb County, GA, Fulton County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 98 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, Athens Municipal, GA at 12:00Z on 1992-08-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 370 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Athens Municipal, GA at 12:00Z on 1992-08-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 62 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
370 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
553 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KATL 212329
FFWATL
GAC067-089-121-220430-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA  GA
727 PM EDT FRI AUG 21 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTA  HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
 
   ...EASTERN COBB COUNTY...NORTHERN DEKALB COUNTY
   ...NORTHERN FULTON COUNTY
 
AT 730 PM EDT AN AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING
THROUGH THE ATLANTA METROPILITIAN AREA. HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF OVER
2 INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS. FLOODING OF LOW
LYING AREAS...ROADWAYS AND SOME HOMES HAS OCCURRED. RESIDENTS ALONG OR
NEAR SWEETWATER...PEACHTREE...NANCY..AND SOPE CREEKS SHOULD TAKE
APPROPRIATE PRECAUTIONS AS THE CREEKS ARE ON THE RISE. SWEETWATER
CREEK IS NEAR FLOOD STAGE AND THER ARE REPORTS OF FLOODING ON
NANCY CREEK.
 
 
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT.  MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY.  NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT.  TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 20, 9:30 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCRabun3 hr
Aug 21, 7:27 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCCobb5 hr

Nearby

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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.